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Interesting to read about how fast you go downhill when you're injured or ill.
My auntie (who is more than double my age) was ridiculously fit for 80 odd - they used to walk miles over the Dales almost every day. I went for a walk with them and had to almost jog to keep up! However she had some sort of illness, I forget what, and whilst she recovered she found that she rapidly lost fitness and mobility, and had to really struggle to regain even some of it.
I'm almost 57. I stopped riding from the ages of 21 to 43, I'm "racing" my Pugsley at Battle of the Beaches, but that might be my last race. It takes longer to get over hard rides and falling off. But like Epicycles I intend to pace myself and keep riding fixed and SS MTBs for as long as poss, then hub gears, then who knows.....looking forward to the Gravel Dash, 100 miles off road on fixed, what could go wrong?????
Some really inspiring posts here. I ride 3 or 4 times a week and know that I need more variety as I have reached a plateau as others have said. But what about stretching, are you all doing it religiously - I always seem to have aching knees, arms, etc.