I disagree, if you feel good and you want to, keep pushing! Just make sure you get enough carbs, electrolytes, and water.
If things are hurting, look into bike fit. Your joints shouldn't be in pain. If you are feeling the "burn" then ease up or take a break, or learn to enjoy the suffering.
The enterprise support also means security updates, which is a huge requirement for government contract work (not just US, anything military really). I've also seen requirements for use of DISA approved products. I think at the time RHEL and maybe SUSE were the only ones on the list - I'm a few years removed from having to care about this.