The Retirement Thread

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BoldonLad

Not part of the Elite
Location
South Tyneside
66" telly :ohmy: if I stood on my step ladders I should be able to see is from my place :laugh:

Size isn’t everything, so they say ;)
 

PaulSB

Squire
In my humble opinion...... assuming you mean MPH as against KPH that is some going.
My av over 35 miles was only ever 13 mph.
Thank you Dave. Appreciated. Yes, it is mph. I think it's pretty good for a 67 year old. Thing is I've struggled with motivation for months plus I've gained 3kg. I know it doesn't sound much but I'm a climber and weight makes a big difference. 2020 I was in the form of my life and setting great PBs, often top five, sometimes first, in my age group on some big hills including top 💯 climbs. This year I'm struggling to get close to some of those times.

Don't mean to blow my own trumpet it's simply what I was doing. Anyway I'm back on it now. I understand where I've gone wrong and I'm going to put it right!! 👍
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Thank you Dave. Appreciated. Yes, it is mph. I think it's pretty good for a 67 year old. Thing is I've struggled with motivation for months plus I've gained 3kg. I know it doesn't sound much but I'm a climber and weight makes a big difference. 2020 I was in the form of my life and setting great PBs, often top five, sometimes first, in my age group on some big hills including top 💯 climbs. This year I'm struggling to get close to some of those times.

Don't mean to blow my own trumpet it's simply what I was doing. Anyway I'm back on it now. I understand where I've gone wrong and I'm going to put it right!! 👍
Hidden derestricted motor!
 

Drago

Legendary Member

classic33

Leg End Member

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
What difference does one little inch make.
On a TV... not much.

On some other things, that depends! :laugh:

Thank you Dave. Appreciated. Yes, it is mph. I think it's pretty good for a 67 year old.
I would be very happy with that! :okay:

Thing is I've struggled with motivation for months...
I understand that... I was struggling even before the pandemic, but that really knocked me back!

... plus I've gained 3kg. I know it doesn't sound much but I'm a climber and weight makes a big difference.
Ha ha - a few months ago I had gone up to about 11 kg over the weight I want to be. I'm NOT a climber, and that made me even less of one! (I've lost 3 of the 11 kilos now and am aiming to lose the other 8 by next spring so I can enjoy the hills next year, rather than struggling up them.)

I hope to get back to a pretty reasonable level of fitness again, but I don't think that it is possible for me to get better than that due to the permanent damage done to me by illness. When I get to 'reasonable' though, then I'll go on to see if I can improve on that.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Since I've been feeling better Ive been lifting heavy again, very heavy, and as of this morning I'm 119.7kg. 3 here or there would bother me not.
You'd be working the other way round... I bet if you went on holiday and came back to discover that you'd lost 3 kg of hard-earned muscle, you wouldn't be happy about it! :okay:
 
Since I've been feeling better Ive been lifting heavy again, very heavy, and as of this morning I'm 119.7kg. 3 here or there would bother me not.
good to hear that you are 'lifting heavy' again

no idea why anyone would do that - but it is something that makes you yourself - and after all that has happened I is great that you are getting back to what you call normal


personally I call "lifting heavy" getting my ebike up some steps!
although this year I have been a bit ?down? and avoided the steps route and some steep hills

I must try to get back to some steep stuff (on an ebike - to be fair) - at teh end of the day I feel better - just not at the time!!!!


Thanks for reminding me!
 
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