It's been a couple of months since I pulled the pin on racing Pro. Any regrets??? Nope. I've enjoyed the break from the sport and knew it wouldn't be forever. I watched pretty much every stage of Le Tour for the first time in 8 years, enjoyed plenty of sleep ins and got back to doing a few things I had to give up over the past years of racing.
That being said I'm still following the sport and have a passion for it. I could only be impressed with Pete Jacobs' effort at Sunshine Coast 70.3 today!
Looking back over the last year (it was just over a year ago that I broke my neck and back), I made an error trying to rush back. Partly due to disrespecting my injury and partly due to previously going through a recovery from a major injury. I wanted to race! But in the end, my body didn't cope and my mind had had enough of fighting back from set-backs.
I've started the process of getting back into it and like for everyone else, it's been a struggle. I've effectively had 4 months off and may have got a little comfortable. Giving up control of my training to another coach did make me a bit nervous, but now I'm excited to get into it. So far I've just done some test sessions:
Max Heart Rate (Bike) 190bpm
Max Heart Rate (Run) 195bpm
Functional Threshold Power (30min test) 295watts
The program should start in the next few weeks with the aim to get my body right and build a nice big base. A big part of this over the next few months is in the gym. I'll post my gym program on here at some point in the future.
Train safe.
Mike
