Best way to recover after a race?

[madmax22425]

I race bicycles, and after every race i feel pretty good, legs burn a little and the lungs are heavy but overall pretty good. I go walk around and watch the other races but once i get in the car and start to relax i get very tired. Like i should i usually sleep on the way home/when i get home but once i wake up im VERY sore and cranky (pretty normal but ***** when you have school the day after a race). Throughout the week i am still very tired when i get home from school and it makes it hard to train. I dont like to take pills all the time only when im sick. Should i take some kind of recovery stuff? I dont really like the taste of any of it and you have to take a lot of it also its very expensive but ill do what i have to do. So can any one help? Thanks a bunch!

[Niffer991]

A good recipe is 1/2 tsp "no salt" and 1/2 tsp sea salt, 1/2 tsp of baking soday, lemon juice and stevia for taste. This is basically the cheapest recipe of electolite balanced drink. It tastes discusting so just chug it or have sips throughout the day would be better.

[Niffer991]

It sounds like you are depleting yourself of sodium. sodium is in almost every processed foods as well as natural foods like celery, carrots etc. But, sodium is one of the fuels for our energy. You ever notice how sweat tastes like salt? Well it is because during your race you are sweating out all the salt, so to speak. Most people neet more pottassium as it is the the better half of sodium that balances out our body's water retention. But after a race you need salt or sodium. Look at food labels and you will quickly learn there is sodium in almost everything. If you find your body craving burgers, chips, cookies etc it is because the body desperately needs sodium (salt).

I don't know your current diet regement, but I hope this helps
Jen