wexford
Maximum Pace
- Jul 3, 2012
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Two and 1/2 months into my new (and first) baby now. I'm trying desperately to keep my fitness in check so that if an opportunity arises I can get out on a longish mountain ride and not completely die on it. Keeping fit also helps deal with him
Anyway - been trying to fit in 20 to 30 minutes where I can on the rollers during the week. Usually this ends up being around 22:30 after my wife finally comes out of hiding in the bath and is ready to watch the baby monitor again. I'm usually quite knackered though by this time having worked all day and then taken over from her when I get home. So it's sometimes tough to get myself near the bike as I'd rather fall asleep...
When I do though, I've been wondering is it best to eat a little food after the ride especially if it was more intervals than recovery or just go to sleep. Obviously, I'm drinking water to replenish liquids but was wondering about food. Maybe the workouts aren't long enough to worry about this. How about an hour? If it was a daytime workout, I'd usually nibble something afterwards but then I'm not going to bed.
Anyway - been trying to fit in 20 to 30 minutes where I can on the rollers during the week. Usually this ends up being around 22:30 after my wife finally comes out of hiding in the bath and is ready to watch the baby monitor again. I'm usually quite knackered though by this time having worked all day and then taken over from her when I get home. So it's sometimes tough to get myself near the bike as I'd rather fall asleep...
When I do though, I've been wondering is it best to eat a little food after the ride especially if it was more intervals than recovery or just go to sleep. Obviously, I'm drinking water to replenish liquids but was wondering about food. Maybe the workouts aren't long enough to worry about this. How about an hour? If it was a daytime workout, I'd usually nibble something afterwards but then I'm not going to bed.