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alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
You're still a child though (with a big target on its back)
You probably don't get aches and need long periods of time to recover either, but you will in 15-20 years. Enjoy it while you have it
JuhaL
Guru
It's good to be young like Alex says. I need probably summer vacation to be totally recovered. Nearly 40-years of shift work is leaved marks in my body and biological clock. Easy noticed the difference of my performance 20-years ago and now. I try to enjoy about cycling with those terms and conditions.
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I've an advantage over you then as I didn't really take up cycling until I was nearly 50 so I don't know how much better I could have been in my 20s/30s
(I have gone from nearly 80kg to 66kg over ~3.5 years though, which is what I'm the most pleased about)
berty bassett
Legendary Member
- Location
- I'boro
Hope the wind is behind you today Martin
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
Good luck Martin👍
It takes me several hours to wind down from these later evening events.
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
BurningLegs
Guru
My wife reminds me of this sometimes. When life gets in the way of riding for me (as it seemed to for most of last year!) and I might get a bit fed up with being off the pace of a B group she will remind me of the big picture.I've an advantage over you then as I didn't really take up cycling until I was nearly 50 so I don't know how much better I could have been in my 20s/30s
Similar to yourself, I have lost considerable weight through cycling and even when I’m in a dip it’s a long way from where I started. I started at just under 90KG and given my body a hard time though uni and a few years after. Stopped partying too hard and started commuting to work. Then picked up Zwift about five years ago and I’m a totally different person now even in a dip.
I remember struggling to hang onto the back of Sub 2.0 group rides and being totally wiped out and cramping whilst finishing towards the back of the Tour of Watopia stages.
It’s a bit like investments and the stock market - if a dip looks scary then just zoom out. The trajectory is still going the right way 👍
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
You might as well change your jersey to this if you want the target any bigger@<Tommy>, can we please just automatically add 12 excuse points for everyone over 40 and another dozen if they're 50+? This should dramatically decrease the number of posts in this thread
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Just wondering what excuse you need, to be beaten every week by men 20+ years older than you@<Tommy>, can we please just automatically add 12 excuse points for everyone over 40 and another dozen if they're 50+? This should dramatically decrease the number of posts in this thread
Would be like me being beaten by a group of 70 year olds every race
<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
In the end we lose to people older than us and we beat people younger than us and vice versa.
But the main thing to remember is that when we’re beaten it’s either because we were up against a semi pro athlete in disguise, or a complete cheat. And if we win it’s because we half, or even better very nearly or completely killed our selves. And thoroughly deserved it on every level. Never a more noble man has ever one a race on a virtual bicycle ride!
Never forget this. But always try to forget you probably lost to about 50 blokes in the categories above you in the same race. That is obviously completely irrelevant and should never diminish your glory… 👍
But the main thing to remember is that when we’re beaten it’s either because we were up against a semi pro athlete in disguise, or a complete cheat. And if we win it’s because we half, or even better very nearly or completely killed our selves. And thoroughly deserved it on every level. Never a more noble man has ever one a race on a virtual bicycle ride!
Never forget this. But always try to forget you probably lost to about 50 blokes in the categories above you in the same race. That is obviously completely irrelevant and should never diminish your glory… 👍
So I did the RGV time trial in a meet up today. I don't think my time of 39:15 will be worrying too many of you. I found Being the only rider on course definitely less motivating to dig deep.
Is everyone doing this in a meet up with race results? Just thinking because I set off from the side of the road (as in every meet up) rather than the pens. Also worth noting that the standard meet up distance had me finish about 50m short of the lap banner.
Is everyone doing this in a meet up with race results? Just thinking because I set off from the side of the road (as in every meet up) rather than the pens. Also worth noting that the standard meet up distance had me finish about 50m short of the lap banner.
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Would be cool if you could have a programmable pace-bot you could set the target Watts or W/kg on for this sort of thing.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Same here. Started on the side of the road halfway between the pens exit and the first junction, with the finish line just slightly in front of the R.G.V. finish banner - so I think it's going to be the same for everyone.
As for my time...
