After 3 months of suffering, examination, testing and healing process I have now come to the beginning of the rehabilitation. Physiotherapy for the still hurting shoulder and a structured training programme to get my cardio-respiratory performance back on track. According to the recent CPET test it is currently as bad as 2012 levels, this is before I picked up the racing passion again. Two years of intense training and racing gone down the drain. At least I have fond memories and photographs of those almost 30 races.
I wont bemoan that I have to start next season as a 3rd cat again, but it wont be for long that I will be back where I ended so sadly this year. This is going to be another new experience, with the help of a personal coach and structured training using a powermeter. I am confident that this will give me the feedback I need to progress with the process within the limited given time I have for riding my bike.