How depressing, ive lost a years worth of training

Gav888

Ive been suffering with a cold since the end of Jan and my training has been very limited, maybe once a week of easy riding if that, as I have been trying to rest and get over this cold, now im finally feeling better although im not 100% over it yet I decided to go out for a ride yesterday, planned to do an easy 3 hours to see how badly the lack of training has effected me as I would normally ride for this long on a weekend and find it a comfortable amount of time to ride.

I ended up struggling to do the ride at a pace I was doing in april last year

I hate the fact that you can detrain so quickly, and that this damb cold isn't gone yet, and that the damb doctors told me its to be expected as I have a daughter in nursery and to expect alot more colds in the future..... It makes you want to give up on cycling some times.

Sorry, just felt like moaning

BigG67

Chin up...I've been there and while I'm no Cat 1 I've always found it comes back quicker than it took to get in the first place....

SteveR_100Milers

Gav, I stopped racing about a year ago - had just gone under the hour, started to come into some form with a nice new shiny bike, and in May practically stopped riding altogether. I started again in anger about 6 weeks ago, and it comes back quicker than you might dare think it will. Losing the weight is the hard bit!

markos1963

You'll be fine Gav. I get like that after every winter layoff and have come back harder and more determined. Get yourself into the Suffolk Sunrise and me and the boys will give you a tow around

hamstrich

This article might be of interest - it outlines which particular aspects of fitness decrease after stopping training and how they recover upon resuming.

http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/training/article/training-comeback-for-good-20115

johnboy183

I can certainly sympathise with your predicament. It's been so long since I've been on a bike that I think I've forgot a) what it looks like and b) what to do with it once I get back on...can't say I was at any real level of fitness other than enjoying a good 50 mile ride every week. Not sure I could do 50 yards now without getting out of breath. best of luck on your comeback

Splottboy

Break your femur...THEN you'll miss your training !

But, positive thinking, turbos, swiss ball, physio and a good Mrs and it'll come back.

starlet_gt

I know how you feel, I finally got up to doing 120miles a week about 2 months ago, then I caught sickness and diarrhoea which I had for a week, then went straight into a cold which lasted 2 weeks and started getting migraines weekly for which I'm now on medication for.

I lost 2mph from my average o.O

Gav888

Thanks for the responses, I didnt really expect to get any I just needed to vent as im finding this so frustrating, rather than spending the last 3 months getting fitter and faster im going backwards quite dramatically....

Markos, to be honest im not sure if im going to enter the Suffolk Sunrise now, I did put my name down for the 100 route end of last year, obviously with me being ill for so long the 50 mile route will be a struggle now and I wouldnt want to slow you down again like last year...!

hamstrich, thanks for the article, interesting read