After an hour and a half in the gym on Saturday lifting (for me) heavy weights, Mrs O and I went for a run on Sunday morning. About 6.3 km (4 miles) but most notably it was the first time I’ve been outside for exercise for just over 4 months, what with the sciatica, holidays, and terrible weather.
I have noticed how fatigued my legs are for a day or two after the gym – so I must be doing something right (or wrong) … but at least I’m doing something. On Sunday I couldn’t do the ‘stand up from dining chair using only one leg’ with either leg. Monday morning I tried again and could do it easily with both.
Monday was very wet so I went to the gym again and worked pretty hard with increasing weights.
Even more radically, on Tuesday morning I got on a bike which wasn’t attached to the turbo trainer … and went for a ride outdoors. This was the first such ride since 9 November (when I fell off). Happily, this time I did not fall off, something that made a real contribution to the enjoyability of the whole experience.
The aim wasn’t to go too far, too fast or too hilly – and I rose to the challenge of delivering on all three of those. In the end I was out for a couple of hours riding 55km at 27kph with 282m of climbing (34.5 miles at 16.8mph and 925 ft).
Not too bad with the training wheels and a certain amount of excess me. I started off feeling fairly strong – but tired towards the end which might simply have been the run and gym session in the legs from the last two days.
This cycling outdoors idea could catch on.
(an Old Man in Lycra) 
You’ve come out the other side of winter flying! 🙂
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Thank you – the first half was sort of flying but the second half was more like bumping along the runway unable to reach take-off speed. Your comments three or four weeks ago about enough recovery time after the gym are so true.
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Any ride on a bike is a good one, especially those you remain upright! Notice in you pic you are up Mont Vontoux, fair play to you whenever you did it? Smiling as well, Id of been a miserable so and so! Ruing having sprinters legs and not being able to sprint!
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Thank you. I did the Cinglés du Mont-Ventoux in 2015 at 60, and ‘everested’ last July. I envy you your sprinter’s legs, in comparison mine wouldn’t be out of place on a small side table.
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They look like sprinters legs, don’t behave like them. Everesting is a hero’s task, Seriously impressed.
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Thank you very much – more madness that heroics, I fear.
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