How have you felt after a 2 month layoff

[GrumpyGregry]

Legs cope, lungs don't.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I only need about 4 days off my bike for my lungs to feel like crap, but I'm a severe asthmatic. After the summer lay off I had last year (May through to August) it took a while for my lungs to settle and I just have to accept it and go more slowly. I have found the trick is to ease up, but not actually stop cycling if my breathing is problematical. Stopping makes me worse almost immediately

 

[MarkF]

I had an op after an accident in 2011, was off the bike for nearly 9 months, it was horrendous, I knew I liked cycling but didn't realise how much pleasure I gained from such a simple activity. I was over a stone heavier when I started again and my recovery came well into winter. By March I was cycling again and I couldn't bloody stop, went C2C in May and rode across Spain in June, it I'd had the cash I'd till be going, wouldn't have come back.

 

[KierenT]

2 months off for me feels like a lifetime off - I don't recover well. Had a flare up of the epilepsy a few months back and couldn't (for obvious reasons) ride for the best part of two months.

 

[sackville d]

What form I have... tends to fall off fast but can be found again quite quickly.But the first ride after a layoff is never too nice.

 

[Accy cyclist]

If i don't cycle for a few weeks i compensate by "power walking"(i'm useless at running)the hills around where i live, so my lungs and legs aren't left to slumber! My average speed and performance are decided by the weather,how much carbs i've taken and how much enthusiasm i have rather than how long it's been since i rode a bike.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

same as many here, I've been off the bike for a month here and there after having a few ops over the last couple of years, its my heart and lungs conditioning that goes most easily too. I'm still not right & needing another op. I need to take a few more days rest here and there with the discomfort & I'm not riding at full capacity to really get my heart rate and breathing back as was, allied to still fuelling myself nearly as much as when doing more longer & faster runs, so a double whammy of misfortune and my own poor willpower/stupidity is making every ride a bit harder than it should be or needs to be.