Hi everyone.
I started my 12 year cycling comeback training in march, i had been swimming quite regularly in the cycling retirement years, so i was not to unfit for 67 year old, also i did over 100 continous spinning sessions at the local gym prior to buying & riding my new bike in early march.
All through the summer i met up with long standing ex cycling friends and went on cafe rides with them ,& i could reasonably old my own with the company , i aiso introduced my old time trial route that i used to hammer round when i was racing in my younger days, its quite a hilly route and my best time ever was 47minutes, in july i was going around in 52 minutes & i had room for improvement , but this is my question !, ever since then i have been going backwards daily , and now i am at a very pedestrian speed.
ok i chilled out a bit & on past years when i had a busy year t/t i would drop off about october & make a comeback for the xmas 25.
But while i dont feel ill , i feel very lethargic , as anyone a clue or advice they can give me so that i can get ready to pick the pace up a bit for spring next year, im not a total novice at this game & did achieve to go under the hour occasionally.
9 months down the line & im thinking about retirement ,which i dont want to do as i feel this is probably my last chance since i got back in to a bit of shape.
Im picking my days when to go for a 25 mile winter ride , & i have re-started my 64 length swim in a morning , now in to my second week & its not going to bad, just steady lengths , not really clock watching , but about 33 mins.
I feel at the moment that i am just starting out to learn to ride again !, infact it feels a lot harder than that even after the 4k miles achieved since march.
Help please.
I started my 12 year cycling comeback training in march, i had been swimming quite regularly in the cycling retirement years, so i was not to unfit for 67 year old, also i did over 100 continous spinning sessions at the local gym prior to buying & riding my new bike in early march.
All through the summer i met up with long standing ex cycling friends and went on cafe rides with them ,& i could reasonably old my own with the company , i aiso introduced my old time trial route that i used to hammer round when i was racing in my younger days, its quite a hilly route and my best time ever was 47minutes, in july i was going around in 52 minutes & i had room for improvement , but this is my question !, ever since then i have been going backwards daily , and now i am at a very pedestrian speed.
ok i chilled out a bit & on past years when i had a busy year t/t i would drop off about october & make a comeback for the xmas 25.
But while i dont feel ill , i feel very lethargic , as anyone a clue or advice they can give me so that i can get ready to pick the pace up a bit for spring next year, im not a total novice at this game & did achieve to go under the hour occasionally.
9 months down the line & im thinking about retirement ,which i dont want to do as i feel this is probably my last chance since i got back in to a bit of shape.
Im picking my days when to go for a 25 mile winter ride , & i have re-started my 64 length swim in a morning , now in to my second week & its not going to bad, just steady lengths , not really clock watching , but about 33 mins.
I feel at the moment that i am just starting out to learn to ride again !, infact it feels a lot harder than that even after the 4k miles achieved since march.
Help please.
