The Retirement Thread

[rustybolts]

TIMES not tines ! where's me glasses ? oh ! on top of my head

 

[IaninSheffield]

Female prison, you In trouble?

Ah, then no, not that one either.
Not much awareness of the penal system ... m'lud.

 

[Dave7]

I found an old black and white photo recently of me running a half marathon in Rosslare about 40 years ago , my legs were sinewy but muscular . Now they are matchsticks with muscle wastage but I still run a bit. I used to run the Dublin city marathon in well under 3 hours , ran it in 2016 took me 4hrs 27 mins and it nearly knackered me BUT I am glad to be able to still run a bit . My old dad used to say " every day above ground is a good day " and even racked with pains he said daily " thank God to be alive and to be so well" . There is an older lady living behind me who is 92 , she is bolt upright , no sign of a dowagers hump and walks everywhere . She wears a bit of red lipstick and looks glamorous , wearing a nice coat and necklace etc. She said to me recently that all her friends are dead ,"Tom they sat down and looked at the telly" . She has two Japanese male university students staying in her house and walks to the shop to get her groceries rather than having them delivered . She is seen walking everywhere and no one would dare stop the car to offer her a lift. So keep walking and cycling , don't bother with tines , if you are half as glamorous as you appear in your little photo you have many , many a long year left in you

Why, thank you. I never really thought of myself as glamorous but I will gladly accept the compliment

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I got back about two, did one of my regular routes out to Hatton locks, rode 53 miles.I rode most of the way out in fog, I've got a set of cheap Halford s flashing lights on the bike which are ideal when its like that, got the other side of Lowsonford and it started drizzling, and did so all the way to the cafe. It was dry on the way home but the roads were still very mucky. So not the nicest of rides and I'm slower than a slow thing at the moment, I'm still getting some back and hip pain, if that eases I'll get some turbo work done which should help that, but its just nice to be out on my bike at the moment.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Sadly that is the thing that bothers me most now. My cycling speed has dropped by 2 - 3 mph for what seems like the same or more effort. It's like the legs don't have the same strength or muscle firing now. I've giving up running again as I felt it was making things worse so see how I feel after a year of walking/cycling. I happened to speak to my recently retired doctor a few weeks ago and he was saying he really wouldn't advise back surgery unless it's an absolute last resort so I will just keep going the best I can. He is only a year younger than me and regularly cycles at 17 - 18mph and runs 7 minute miles. Talk about green with envy!

I think most of us will start slowing down at some point, I'm well down on the pace I had as a club rider, I used to average 16-17 mph on my own and managed group rides at 18-19 mph average, these days I'm around the 13 mph average, down on the 14 mph average I was doing at the end of last summer, I'm down on power working very hard and not getting a lot back. Whats irritating is I have friends who are in their 70's who have barely slowed down,

 

[Dave7]

I think most of us will start slowing down at some point, I'm well down on the pace I had as a club rider, I used to average 16-17 mph on my own and managed group rides at 18-19 mph average, these days I'm around the 13 mph average, down on the 14 mph average I was doing at the end of last summer, I'm down on power working very hard and not getting a lot back. Whats irritating is I have friends who are in their 70's who have barely slowed down,

Aged 73 (next month) I only got into cycling some 10?? years ago. 45 miles is a long way for me at 12-13 mph.
I take my hat off to you, Paul, Ian and others on here who regularly grind out 50+ in the winter.
TBH a 10 miler would be nice at the moment.
Keep it up dave r.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Aged 73 (next month) I only got into cycling some 10?? years ago. 45 miles is a long way for me at 12-13 mph.
I take my hat off to you, Paul, Ian and others on here who regularly grind out 50+ in the winter.
TBH a 10 miler would be nice at the moment.
Keep it up dave r.

Thank you kindly for including me in such august company, but I'm way behind Paul, Dave & co and only manage around 30 milers in winter ... and I'm only a 'young' whippersnapper! Having said that I am off 'on tour' shortly and hoping for a few longer ones

 

[oldwheels]

Car to garage this morning for new tyres so took service bus and then ferry to Oban. Not an experience I will repeat anytime soon. Double deck city type bus with hard and skimpy seats and no apparent heating. After about 22 miles of this starting at 0745 I was freezing and stiffened up. Ferry much better at this season being quieter. There are a couple of comics who man the gangway doors. In summer one just stands with both doors in hand, flings them open as he leaps clear and shouts “ GO “. The other has a similar stance but shouts “ no fighting,no kicking and no biting GO” before leaping clear. You have to quick to keep clear of the shopping trolley brigade as they would run you over without a thought. Why they are in such a rush I do not know as most of them come from “ Little England “ which is only 5 miles down the road. Mebbe they have to get their panzer wagons out of the car park before the tourist traffic gets in their way.
I had serious fights with them in my wheelchair pushing days but that is a different matter.

 

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[classic33]

Night Johnboy.

Night GranMa

 

[numbnuts]

Morning all

 

[IaninSheffield]

Mornin' all.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Dirk]

Yay! It's Fish Friday.

 

[screenman]

Yay! It's Fish Friday.

Just another Saturday here, have a good one everybody out on the bike later before gym tonight.