Cooling Down... How long is normal?

Andrew Morris said:

Hi Folks,

Did a 120 km training ride yesterday (Sunday) for Around The Bay, and on
return home, had a controlled warm down.... Track Pants, and Polar Fleece
top, stretches, and 10 minutes walking and light jogging...

Then I went inside, and had a shave and a warm shower, due to feeling
cold...

Ended up with the shower turned onto all hot, with no mixed cold - still
cold, starting to shiver...

Then I put myself in bed and 20 minutes later, still shivering...

Turned the electric blanket onto 2, and after being in bed for about 90
minutes total, I finally stopped shivering, and after another warm shower
felt like a human again...

I've done a bit of googling, and spoken to my trainer at the gym, and
haven't been able to glean anything useful as yet....

Ate quite a bit of potato the night before the ride, couple of Weetbix
before, 3 apples, 6 fruit sticks, packet of snakes, and two Milo bars during
the ride, drank 2 bidons of water, and 2 of Powerade mixed from powder...

Based on that, I don't believe I was undernourished, had some carb, but not
heaps, and kept the fluids up throughout the exercise...

Any ideas??

Cheers,

Andrew

but did you eat anything toward the end , and immediately after. supposedly (dont go by me. Im going on others' theories here) that's when you best take up the protein...

Andrew Morris said:

Ended up with the shower turned onto all hot, with no
mixed cold - still cold, starting to shiver...

Quoted message said:

Then I put myself in bed and 20 minutes later, still shivering...

Quoted message said:

Turned the electric blanket onto 2, and after being in bed for
about 90 minutes total, I finally stopped shivering, and after
another warm shower felt like a human again...

Hey, all my showers end like that. It's the result of having a hopelessly inadequate hot water service.

Sure you're not coming down with the flu or something? Sounds pretty serious, like you really hurt yourself. My post ride cooldowns usually involve a beer and falling asleep in the bath or on the sofa. No temperature issues, just thorough knackeredness.

Regards,

Suzy