Back on the bike

Well I've just done my first ride back after all the issues with my abscess.

I've decided to go right back to basics and use the rest of the summer to build up a really good base fitness but this means really boring rides to start off with.

It's all about building up the hours on the bike at a low heart rate. Today was supposed to be an hour but ended up being 1:17 with my heart rate on the border of zone 2/3 (70-75% of MHR). These rides are horrible as you have to sit there in an easy gear trying to keep the heart rate down whilst spinning the gear - it's just really hard not to put more effort in.

Legs felt fine today and my heart rate was back to the levels it was before the issues with the abscess but my arse complained all the way round.

Same again on Monday.