I was in a bad car-bike accident last November.
Prior to the accident I was riding 230-240 miles per week. Heart rate at rest was less than 50 bpm.
I was unable to do any exercise until recently.
My resting rate is now over 70 BPM.
I finally was able to get back on the bike today and my bpm were easily over 150 and with very little exertion.
Have any of you had a similar experience and more importantly did your bpm return to pre-accident levels? Needless to say I am concerned if it doesn't as it could be the end of my Ironman competitions.