Anyone else got their legs back!

[gbnz]

Anyone else found their legs coming back? Various issues have resulted in rides being a short 28-34miles for 18 months. Until 5 weeks back

But? 96.72 miles today, just seemed to happen without effort. Even at 95 miles the legs were pushing the pedals without effort. Wasn't remotely aiming for speed, but avg. mph was a an easy 2-3mph faster than recent norms. It felt incredible, the pedals were simply turning by themselves!

Suppose may have had 4-5 days off the bike. Definitely no long rides since last Friday. Perhaps it was due to muscle rest & recovery?

Anyone else ever had that experience of their legs coming back!

[ossie]

I've been on Zwift all winter for the first time (I usually use a dumb turbo). I've been doing some daft distances plus altitudes (Alpe d'Huez numerous times). Ridiculous really, lost a shed load of weight and feel the best I have in years.

I'm usually out on the road bike by now but am planning a longish tour around Europe again, so I'm trying to get my ' touring legs'. My touring legs are anything between 50/100 miles a day fully loaded, panniers / tent etc for anything up to a month, so it would be nice to start on the front foot instead of suffering for the first week or two. No issues doing that indoors, that said the weathers lovely. (I know I'm a heretic )

[gbnz]

I've been on Zwift all winter for the first time (I usually use a dumb turbo). I've been doing some daft distances plus altitudes (Alpe d'Huez numerous times). Ridiculous really, lost a shed load of weight and feel the best I have in years.
: )

Never tried Zwift and despite being a keen gym user, had never tried an exercise bike. Until a couple of broken shoulders required it back in 2019; found it actually made a superb difference, once I was back on the road