On 4/3/21 12:45 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 11:44:17 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 4/3/21 8:53 AM, jbeattie wrote:
On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 3:42:37 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 3:08:46 PM UTC-5, wrote:
6,000 miles a year until two years ago when it dropped to 5,500 and then last year when I barely made 4,000 with the F-ing lockdown.
Did the lockdown in California make it illegal for you to leave your house and ride alone? Or did all of the group rides in your area get canceled due to the lockdown? And you being a very sociable, loving person, would never ever ride alone. You have to be riding with someone to go out for a ride. Or are you simply blaming someone else you don't like for choosing to ride less last year?
The lockdown reduced my mileage because I wasn't commuting, and I was working a lot and didn't have the discipline to get up from my desk and go for a ride ...
You've got to do that. I am now largely retired but still have to help
some clients when they are in a pickle. However, there are days when I
have to tell them that I have a "prior commitment".
-- which also didn't help my weight. Commuting is compelled mileage,
and even my relatively short commute was good for my fitness. I've
really had to work at getting my daily mileage back up and throwing in
rides that at least equaled my commute. I don't know what accounts for
Tom's drop in mileage, but one would assume growing older does not help.
I am not anticipating getting stronger as I grow older.
No but then you'll hopefully have more time. After I finally was able to
convince a friend to retire and we were riding along he said "Traffic is
always less on Saturdays, isn't it?" ... "Hey, this happens to be
Tuesday!" ... "Oh, yes, right, it is indeed, and I can ride any day now!"
This Thursday one of my retired riding buddies had a heart attack during
a break up in the hills (after a stent procedure he's ok now). Will that
put a crimp into his riding? Never.
The 88 year old riding buddy we have cannot ride until they use electroshock to put his heart back on rhythm. I don't know what that is but he seems to have had the problem before.
Probably controlled defibrillation. My buddy is much younger,
super-sporty and fit. On a hill I can't hold a candle to his riding.
However, stuff happens. That's why it is important that as many people
as possible know the symptoms of cardiac issues or stroke and everyone
should learn CPR.
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Regards, Joerg
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