Re: Getting old is not for sissies

On 2/28/2025 10:47 AM, AMuzi wrote:

I found that one icy spot on the crown of the county road while turning left into the village at the end of my ride yesterday. Just a minor spill, had a small cut over one eye; Felt like an idiot but no big deal otherwise.
 Woke up today with an achy bruised rib and a big purple shiner.

Yeah, but hows the bike? :)
Seriously though, I hope it isn't affecting your ability to ride.
I know you all have more than a few years on me, but at 62 I'm seeing how much harder it is to recover from both hard efforts and injuries.
In october I was riding in the local park on trails I know better than the back of my hand. This past fall was a bit odd in that for some reason the trees held their leaves a bit longer than usual then dropped them seeming all at once. This completely obscured some of the trails such that even these heavily traveled MTB trails hadn't been worn in yet.
I let my confidence get the better of me and took a downhill too fast for the conditions, wiping out on the leaves and smacking my right knee hard on a rock under the leaves. The timing on my garmin shows me going from just over 15 MPH to 0 in one second.
https://www.strava.com/activities/12806360994
4 months later my knee starts to ache if I leave it in a bent position for too long (just as I would while sitting at a desk for several hours) and my hip flexor and ITB require daily stretching or I start to get hip pain. Years ago, I'd probably barely remember crashing.
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