Improvement

This week has been a steady "getting back into it" week while still getting over the chest infection. I think all things considered its gone ok.

Today was the long outdoor ride which was an aerobic recovery ride - aiming for as much zone 2 as possible. This ride was due to be tomorrow but I moved it to today as the weather was much warmer (and my chest seems to have become so ultra sensitive to even the slightest changes in air temperature its just a joke). The first half (way out) was rather depressing as it was very tough to stay in zone 2 on the rolling hills (well lumps more than hills, but you know what I mean). This meant I was crawling along, and even on the flats the speed was very, VERY low. But this was the plan and I wanted to stick to it (even though I was dying of embarrassment). It got better though, and when I turned around I realised what had been going on, a subtle but fairly significant head wind. This meant I flew back and had to go to Richmond Park to get the time up. Obviously the second half made me hopeful that I have not completely lost all ability riding a bike.

One positive thing I did find in RP was that I was able to keep my heart rate lower up the hills compared to the 10 mile TTT I did a few weeks back. I figured this was some good quantifiable evidence of improvement.

And my chest feels fine this evening, although I will wait a few days on that before I decide to give it the all clear.

I hope the weather stays warm for next weekend, there's a sportive to do!