That was tiring... And a little advice please?

[abo]

After a crap summer of not riding much due to holiday and a mangled back my waistline has been erm. expanding and I want to sort it out. My physiotherapist says it should be ok to get back on the bike (ignore my couple of sneaky rides with my son...) So, I went out this lunchtime for a half hour ride. I didn't want to go much further as I want to see how my back copes, and I did 8.27 miles in 33 minutes and was knackered at the end.

I was aiming for a higher cadence to try and burn some calories so I was cycling in a lower gear than I usually would. Am I doing the right thing here? I've no cadence sensor by the way, just my Forerunner 205 strapped to my bars.

I also seem to be getting some pain in my left wrist?

To be fair, my recovery rate wasn't too bad

 

[Arsen Gere]

Only thing I would say is that if you use a higher cadence than usual make sure you stay supple. If you bounce about its not going to do your back any good.
If its your first time out for a while, your are bound to be knackerde and it will take a few weeks to get fit again.
I would take it easy and build up slowly so as not to get injured.

Your wrist would hurt if you fastened the forerunner to the bars without taking it off.

 

[abo]

Only thing I would say is that if you use a higher cadence than usual make sure you stay supple. If you bounce about its not going to do your back any good.
If its your first time out for a while, your are bound to be knackerde and it will take a few weeks to get fit again.
I would take it easy and build up slowly so as not to get injured.

I was concious of it getting a bit bouncy on downhill sections when the speed was building up so I was trying to minimise that as best I could. I was deliberately keeping it all road/paved track too, I don't think a cross country blast would do me any favours at the moment...

Your wrist would hurt if you fastened the forerunner to the bars without taking it off.

 

[BSRU]

If calorie burning is you aim maybe you should trying running aswell as it burns twice as many calories, although personally I find running very boring.

 

[abo]

If calorie burning is you aim maybe you should trying running aswell as it burns twice as many calories, although personally I find running very boring.

I used to run, did some local organised 10km runs last year which were fine while running with a group but the training was nearly all solo and I agree; it was very boring. Training runs became a chore, and after a while I got to hate going out and if you hate something then I see little point in doing it.

I much prefer the cycling, I can go a lot further in the same amount of time and therefore see a wider variety of scenery, places etc. With the running, unless I drove somewhere to do it (which I did with my wife on occasion) then the runs were all 'meh look, a housing estate'...

 

[Oxo]

If calorie burning is you aim maybe you should trying running aswell as it burns twice as many calories, although personally I find running very boring.

Running may burn more calories than cycling but it is a high impact sport and can be a lot more demanding on your back.