Hi everyone, it has been a while.
Whilst recovering from a year of setbacks I have learnt a few tips that really can make a difference when recovering from an illness or injury.
I hope you find them useful.
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25 Comments
Welcome back Chris! Was wondering why you haven't posted in awhile. Glad to hear about your recovery. Ride safe!
Hi Chris hope you are doing well now 🙂
IMHO this is also the unfortunate thing of getting "older". Im 52 now, but there is a notable decline in how my body reacts vs when i was younger. My muscles takes longer to heat up and i cant push as hard as i did before or my Garmin will scream at me "Too hard..slow down!!"
My mind wants to, but my body cant keep up 🙁
damn…sucks getting older…
Congrats on the 2 years buddy, premature I know but its as good as done anyway.
Next: zwift racing!!!!! It's the way to get your kw minute 😅.
My bikes are my weights, because I can't carry more than that 😎
Thank you for the video! Broke my clavicle one month ago from a gravel race and now on the road to recovery so this is definitely helpful!
Welcome back Chris. You have a message on Messenger waiting for you. 😊
100%. I use my e-mtb to get into the hills without the intensity (I think of it as a mental reset ride and make it fun).
When I am carrying good form and hit the hills on the roadie i find when i get back on the flats my legs seem to have more torque and i can keep on top of the bigger gears ( I find hitting the gym gives similar results).
You're not alone, this winter i hit a trifecta with injuries that put a stop to riding in any form and no gym, mental health suffered a bit. 1.5 of the problems now resolved and I'm back on the bike 🎉.
What I'm basically saying is you're not alone and WELCOME BACK 👊
Great news on the booze, it's a tough nut to crack 👏
Good to see you, Chris, and thanks for sharing some sound thoughtful advice
Great to see you back Chris..hope you are back to full fitness 👍🏻
A well times video Chris.I've been contemplating where to go next after a few illnesses and would prefer to avoid my tendency to push forward without enough rest Good luck for the next few months 🙂
Really insightful Chris. Love hearing about and learning from your experiences. Lessons for us all here. ❤
This is me right now. I trained for an endurance race last year, aiming for a race this summer. It's not the Trans Pyrenees (great video! ), but something similar. I did lots of training and felt good. I completed the event and was happy with my performance. Afterwards, I never felt the urge to go back into heavy training mode. About two weeks after my race, I did a 300km Audax with a friend who was training for the Trans Pyrenees and went hard. It was the first time I really did not want to do a ride, and I mean I really did not want to, but I had agreed to help him train. He was on the rise, while I was in the post-race blues phase. I spent 7 hours at threshold! Then, I got COVID! It completely floored me; I think my body had nothing left to fight with. Now after 2 months of nothing I have started to do CrossFit and re-evaluate what I want my fitness to look like. Today, I went on Zwift for the first time in months, and yeah, I'm no longer in my hard-fought cat B – but that's fine, I'll take it slow.
It's good to hear that it's not just me and it's not just old age (mid-40s). I think I need to start enjoying riding a bike again, without constantly looking at power numbers and data. I do have a race in mind for 2024 but not sure if I can actually physically do it. Time will tell.
Have watched you for years and really enjoy your content.
It felt a long 76 days 😉
In my experience E-Bikes are brilliant for keeping you riding and even you getting back to riding "normal" bikes. When I first got rheumatoid arthritis I'd all but given up trying to ride, untill my wife persuaded me to get an e-bike. After about a year I was able to get back to riding non e-bikes. I still have the RA but I'm now still riding un-assisted 5 years later. The E-bike made that possible.
Hi from perth Australia. Great to see you back. Im not a competitive cyclist but still trying to get motivated to ride more. Watching your vids always inspires me, so thank you for that.
And definitely it’s about the love of riding. My favourite thing is riding with my 8 year old daughter. I just love watching her skills develop.
As always keep up the great work 👍🏼👍🏼
Glad you’re back Chris. As always, love the video. Your openness and honesty always makes the advice you give so much more relevant and relatable than some content providers.
Great video…just finished the Rebellion way in Norfolk UK…not too difficult but with the cold and wet weather it really was a challenge at times….sometimes you just need a good rest…at 58 years old I do need that extra recovery..😎
Great video Chris. I have a few big goals next year and just started planning out a schedule 👍
I’ll be 1 year alcohol free in a couple of weeks, well done on reaching the second!
One thing I remind myself when I struggle to get motivated to go out on the bike is that I never regret it. Sometimes it's type 2 fun but I never regret it.
Looking fresh so what you have done is working for you.
insightful talk Chris, smashing the MTB along the coast trails can't be beat for sorting out the headspace! good luck with the gravity focused stuff, a nice chilled vibe rather than super competitive road racing – fingers crossed for those 1000W efforts- good to see you back
I needed this video been in a bit of a depression pit and got a chest infection… Looking forward to the commute to work on the bike
CHRIS…always enjoy your well considered content. Often soul seeking and very honest reflections and analysis…One thing though-first thing ANYONE needs to address is their diet. Whilst all the things covered in this video are important,first thing really needs to be how we fuel our tank. If we are slowly poisoning ourselves with foods our body is not evolved to deal with,then no amount of training,rest or recovery will ,over time as we get older especially( when young most body’s can get by on anything) bring us to better health. Don’t know if you remember I suggested looking at the work of Dr Sarah Myhill..but the simple fact does seem from much research and study that the single most harm we are doing to ourselves is ingesting sugar and carbohydrates,mostly in an addictive way! For myself,after over 40 years being vegetarian am moving towards very low carb carnivore😮
Good to see you back, that was an interesting vid 👍