One point to add to all the great stuff above: flexibility matters. There are some good suggestions for stretching in Just Ride.
I had a heck of a time on my first century with my lower back, just because I probably did not have enough flexibility in my legs. I was smart enough to have my handlebars at saddle height, but not smart enough to know that comfort was more than that. Fortunately, that ride led me into yoga. Now I'm much more comfortable, pretty much for all day in the saddle. If I were "training" for that first century again, I would start doing stretches that would open the hips, loosen the hamstrings, stretch the IT band, and lengthen the groin muscles. Your lower back in mile 80 will thank you. When I ride anything over 50ish miles, I usually spend about ten or fifteen minutes somewhere stretching. I feel as refreshed from that as I do from ice water and real food. Forward folds and pigeons are pretty good stretches. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
