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06/10/2011

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Michelle Simmons

Maybe your muscles need heat and humidity?? ;) I don't know. That is weird. I would think the TT fit would have been the difference. I road my road bike on Wednesday b/c my TT bike wasn't back from tri-bike transport yet... and totally felt my upper hamstrings/lower glutes in a way I never do on my P3.

Jason Wiener

I'm not sure it's the case for you but I have found that sometimes I change my pedal stroke and hammer or not releasing on the up-stroke. I keep constant pressure on the balls of my feet and my big toes. I had this for the first 1/2 of Hawaii 70.3. My big toes were phasing in and out of going numb versus feeling like the were on fire when I got circulation back into them. I also realized in retrospect that I strapped my shoes on too tightly. Maybe that...

The thing that has a massive impact on my glutes is saddle position. I've found that I have less tightness when I ride in proper position way up on the hozzle of the saddle and fully resting on my elbows in aero. Anything else sends full jabs of agony at distance. It's painful to ride in the upfront position, but I'll take taint pain over muscle pain any day (hello chamois butter :).

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