Wierd fitness

[shootingstar]

I did my longest ride this year...50 km. Normally by this time of the year, I'm flying through this distance. This ride felt like a 70 km. ride this year.
I didn't quite realize from June - Oct. this year, I've been cycling shorter distances each day after my concussion.

But we took a simple ride through a mountain valley and had headwinds on the way back which exhausted me. I fell asleep very well which was an achievement because of some disrupted sleep patterns.

This year, it doesn't bother me at all that I have been cycling daily but shorter distances. Initially it was to allow myself to be cycling near people all over again. My top priority was to: make cycling pleasurable (and not to be hyper-alert), be able to commute for work, shopping, etc. for daily living. The rest would be icing on the cake. Strangely, this year I've been eating the same volume of food, no changes in diet and with a lot less cycling, but have not gained weight. It is either loss of muscle mass (I never considered myself having much muscle in the first place.) or the accident caused a minor quirk in my metabolism.

What has helped me this year, were other non-cycling interests also.