Sore neck
CCS
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Hi,
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might have caused this...?
I did a sprint race on Sat, and for the last coupe of days, my neck has been really aching. The odd thing is that it is the front / sides of my neck rather than the back. As the bike course was dead flat, I spent almost all of the bike section on the aero bars. I do a lot of my training on the aero bars, so am fairly used to the position - but it's a bit hilly on most of my training routes, so I do have to spend quite a bit of time on the drops too.
The only other thing that I can think of is that my hemet does have a bit of a sun visor thingy (which I thought was quite cool when I bought it for mountain biking about 8 years ago) - which perhaps does mean that I have to stare up from underneath it a bit to see where I am going.
Any thoughts?
P.S. I should say that it's entirely possible that my bike setup is all wrong as I haven't had time to get it properly fitted - does anyone have any recommendations for a good bike shop in Surrey (I am in Woking) where I could get it looked at?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might have caused this...?
I did a sprint race on Sat, and for the last coupe of days, my neck has been really aching. The odd thing is that it is the front / sides of my neck rather than the back. As the bike course was dead flat, I spent almost all of the bike section on the aero bars. I do a lot of my training on the aero bars, so am fairly used to the position - but it's a bit hilly on most of my training routes, so I do have to spend quite a bit of time on the drops too.
The only other thing that I can think of is that my hemet does have a bit of a sun visor thingy (which I thought was quite cool when I bought it for mountain biking about 8 years ago) - which perhaps does mean that I have to stare up from underneath it a bit to see where I am going.
Any thoughts?
P.S. I should say that it's entirely possible that my bike setup is all wrong as I haven't had time to get it properly fitted - does anyone have any recommendations for a good bike shop in Surrey (I am in Woking) where I could get it looked at?
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I do normally breathe bilaterally when training - but in all the panic of a first open water swim, I was breathing only to my right side (and a lot more often than usual)...perhaps that's it. Although, I would say my neck aches equally on both sides.
Will have to think more about bilateral breathing (and technique in general) in my next race.