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You can learn how to do a self-massage on your legs. Also mustard often helps to relieve soreness. I believe it's as little as a teaspoon full although I might be wrong and it's a table spoon full. Three teaspoons to a tablespoon. You take the mustard internally not rub it on the sore area.
Another thing that can help on the days you don't want to ride in the rain, is to get a wind trainer and use that to help recover from outdoor riding and also to keep muscles relaxed more. You can often get an excellent deal on a wind trainer on either Craigslist or Kijiji.
Plus as another poster mentioned, stay hydrated when riding. Even riding in the rain you're losing moisture from the body.
Decent waterproof rain gear can make riding in the rain (even without fenders) quite enjoyable.
And finally. Eddy Merckx take on riding: "Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride. ..."
Cheers