| Re: Beautiful ride but too tired.
gds wrote:
> As an over 60 rider I can tell you there are lots of riders around my
> age, and older, who are far from geezers.
> That said I think that some older riders too often ignore rest &
> recovery. My experience is that I can still do a serious effort but it
> takes me a couple of days to recover. Ignore recovery and you are
> doomed to constantly feel tired and ride more slowly than you should.
I'm fairly confident that it's not a recovery thing. I'm riding
no differently "post Nebraska" than I did "pre Nebraska".
I know there are no hard rules as to when you start losing power
due to age. It inevitably happens but the age at which it happens
is highly variable.
A friend of mine who worked in the Miami, FL area said there was
some guy there in his 70's who could keep up average speeds of
over 25 mph. Bicyclists from all over would come to ride with
him (20-30 milers IIRC).
I know Miami area is flat but that's a good average speed no matter
what one's age, and doing that into one's 70's is quite an
accomplishment IMHO.
It's winter (sort of) now and my bike speeds are a couple mph lower
than in the summer normally, so I suppose I'll have to wait and
see if my average speed picks up to normal again come spring.
But I'm thinking I may simply have lost some oomph this summer! No
tragedy; just nature pursuing its course.
SMH
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