Re: aging and riding

On Thu, 1 May 2025 07:13:57 -0400,
  zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:

 On 4/30/2025 6:25 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

Even 6 years ago I would jump on bike and ride 50 and come
back and go for say 4-5 hours easy. Now I tell you after 2 I
am getting wiped. This painting is like painting a bike you
have to mask things to avoid problems.

 
 Joe Friel's book Fast After 50 has detailed tables showing the
 performance loss with aging of age-group competitors. Let's
 just say it isn't linear (and rather depressing TBH). I can't
 find any snips from his book online, but this is a pretty close
 representation:
 
 https://www.whyiexercise.com/images/jogging-hiking-aging-decline-estimate.jpg
 
 which is from here:
 https://www.whyiexercise.com/aging-and-exercise.html
 
 Not discussed there is the time to recover, which is also
 non-linear. Last fall I went on a rather hilly 75 mile ride. We
 weren't exactly hammering, but I was surprised at how whipped I
 was the next day - And that was at the end of a summer of
 training/racing.

You guys are bumming me out.  At 69, it feels as if the
progression on that chart is about right--at least for me.

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA