lower quad muscle soreness on RR#2
Hi! i wanted to get a little bit of feedback regarding some symptoms I felt during my second race rehearsal:
My quads, in particular, the vastus medialis (the interior muscles just above the knee & on the inside), became noticably sore around ~5:15 of 6h. Initially it was on both sides equally, but then it essentially became just my left side. This is definitely muscle soreness/tiredness, not joint pain, but I rarely ever get muscle fatigue on rides of this nature... Thankfully on the run it did not bother me at all. However, this gives me pause because I am just back from a sacroileal joint rotation on my "*right* side. It had caused quite a bit of hip pain on my right side (in addition to calf strain & knee pain). I am wondering if the left knee fatigue is at all related to my hips being rotated back to anatomic normal (had a slight rotation for a ~ year beforehand then just recently was pulled even more out of alignment)... Maybe it's also that week 16 was my first week at 100% after three weeks of below normal training, and then to tackel RR #2 in week 17 was just a bit of a stretch?
Do you have any suggestions for what I should consider leading up to and during the race, given the injury history? I am happy to report that I felt no lingering muscle soreness in that area over the remainder of the weekend, nor did my hip start to hurt at any point. However, clearly, there is still a little something up with my body. Thanks in advance for reading!!
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Juila, see your RR2 report thread!
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