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Day 5 - Post ride lethargy

Feeling good this morning, I decided to jump on Zwift and get some miles in. In my head I had some strength back, but wasn't going to over do it.
Setting out I immediately realised I didn't have anywhere near the amount of energy that I thought I did. Part of it I think is from quite relaxed for the past 4 days. So more energy for general existence that I have had of late, but certainly not enough to make an impression on Zwift.

Other than my legs feeling a bit weak, the main thing I noticed was a sore trachea. From lots of coughing, and a little extra effort to breathe, it has left things quite raw and sore. So any increase in effort to breathe, and it becomes vert noticeable, and quite uncomfortable.

Backing off a little to let things settle down, after about half an hour the sensation became "normal" so I was able to raise the effort a bit more, but still being sensible, and keeping the HR way down. Just enough to keep the fans on the NeoBike spinning. (set to 100bpm)

Towards the end of the ride, just under an hour in, the effort required increased a little for a small 3% gradient. At this point, as the power increased, I reached around 250w my legs literally switched off. Almost tripping out, anything around that number and the body just said NOPE! Backing right off, power was restored, but I felt immediately fatigued by pushing beyond my body's threshold, the game was up, time to call it a day.

Since then I have relaxed, drunk lots, and had my legs up, but felt more and more fatigued as the afternoon has drawn on. Not terrible, still more energy than past days, but certainly paying the price.

Body battery dropping steadily.

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