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May 25, 2005
Conditioning
Five days off the bike, and it feels as if I'm starting over. It takes a lot of mental toughness to keep cycling past middle age and through obesity. The older I get, the quicker I lose conditioning when I'm away from the bike. Next winter I have to ride those damn rollers every day, or I'll never be able to get it back next spring. And the "it" I get back has changed dramatically: last year I rode only 941 miles, because my distances are so short. I would like to get back up to 20-mile rides, and I think that's realistic. But it's hard when the aging body so quickly forgets that it has muscles.
And by the way, with whom do I register a complaint about this poopy weather? Cold and drizzly, day after day, just isn't my cup o' tea.
Update: Okay, so maybe I don't have so much to complain about: those poor bastards in the Giro d'Italia are facing heavy rain and snow. But then again, those "poor bastards" are fit young male professional cyclists. Let 'em suffer.
Posted by senioritis at May 25, 2005 05:45 AM