| Re: My 'Bent Is Starting to Annoy Me
"Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote in message
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> "Edward Dolan" <edolan@iw.net> wrote in message
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>> Yeah, but you are probably an iron man, a species of humans that I have
>> never had any truck with. Most of us are not iron men. We lose our
>> physical fitness and strength as we age - and so will you too eventually.
>> I can assure you that by age 70 you will worship at the altar of Ed Dolan
>> the Great. You will wonder how I could have been so wise and how you
>> could have been so ignorant.
>
> Went on a little 400 mile ride back in September. Road down the coast from
> San Francisco to Santa Barbara. The guy leading the ride was 75. The other
> three of us were all in our 60's. No one was tired or achy from riding
> even on the 90 mile days.
Do 100 miles a day for 2 weeks and then get back to me on the achy business.
> No reason for you to change from recumbents but obviously you never gave
> them a proper chance to begin with.
>
> Oh, yeah, and none of us would EVER be classified as "iron men".
It is possible for guys in their 60's to do some pretty serious miles on an
upright provided they are physically fit. However, anyone who can also do
those kind of serious miles in their 70's is most definitely an iron man.
They are few and far between.
Most guys I know in their 70's already have one foot in the grave and I am
not far removed from that point myself despite over 30 years of bike riding.
I think what happens is that the body reaches its final plateau in your 70's
and there is no place for it to go from there but downhill. I have never
known anyone in their 80's who did not strike me as extremely frail.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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