Getting back on the bike...

[LosingFocus]

...after 5-6 weeks off.

Due to loads of work, builders, stress and a general feeling of "why f**king bother"; Ive been off either bike for the best part of 6 weeks.

I guess I will need to give the bike a decent once over before I go out (last time I rode it it was warm and late summery!), clean it, lube it, check tyres etc.

But what about me? I've put back on a bit of weight and lost a bit of fitness over the time (stress + me = over eating and not moving normally), so should I break myself back in easily with a couple of short 10 milers, or go big bang and try to go straight to the 30s I was hitting before?

 

[coffeejo]

Take it easy at first, let your muscles get reacclimatised to the exercise. Won't take you long to get back to where you were.

 

[jonathanw]

go easy, then you will enjoy it and feel better. As you say, bang out a few 10 milers first to test the legs, but after only 6 weeks off you'll probably be back to full mileage very quickly

 

[cloggsy]

What they said

 

[brokenflipflop]

Go straight back in to the 30's you were doing before.