I am in the process of refinishing/repainting my kitchen cabinets. A
tedious job you have to remove doors and handles. Clean, sand a bit, and >paint 2 coats. Getting the hinges off and bending and getting on the
floor is not easy as it was 6 years ago when I repainted inside of house.
Normally I do my ride early in the morning and come in and eat good
them rest a bit and dive in. Well not the back does not like all the
bending and up and down. I was never good at it and not real flexible
for sure. On top of that the normal 40-55 mile ride now takes enough out
of me that I don't have the pace I once did.
Even 6 years ago I would jump on bike and ride 50 and come back and go
for say 4-5 hours easy. Now I tell you after 2 I am getting wiped. This >painting is like painting a bike you have to mask things to avoid problems.
I am in the process of refinishing/repainting my kitchen
cabinets. A tedious job you have to remove doors and
handles. Clean, sand a bit, and paint 2 coats. Getting the
hinges off and bending and getting on the floor is not easy
as it was 6 years ago when I repainted inside of house.
Normally I do my ride early in the morning and come in and
eat good them rest a bit and dive in. Well not the back does
not like all the bending and up and down. I was never good
at it and not real flexible for sure. On top of that the
normal 40-55 mile ride now takes enough out of me that I
don't have the pace I once did.
Even 6 years ago I would jump on bike and ride 50 and come
back and go for say 4-5 hours easy. Now I tell you after 2 I
am getting wiped. This painting is like painting a bike you
have to mask things to avoid problems.
I am in the process of refinishing/repainting my kitchen cabinets. A
tedious job you have to remove doors and handles. Clean, sand a bit, and paint 2 coats. Getting the hinges off and bending and getting on the
floor is not easy as it was 6 years ago when I repainted inside of house.
Normally I do my ride early in the morning and come in and eat good
them rest a bit and dive in. Well not the back does not like all the
bending and up and down. I was never good at it and not real flexible
for sure. On top of that the normal 40-55 mile ride now takes enough out
of me that I don't have the pace I once did.
Even 6 years ago I would jump on bike and ride 50 and come back and go
for say 4-5 hours easy. Now I tell you after 2 I am getting wiped. This painting is like painting a bike you have to mask things to avoid problems.
On 4/30/2025 6:25 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
Even 6 years ago I would jump on bike and ride 50 and come
back and go for say 4-5 hours easy. Now I tell you after 2 I
am getting wiped. This painting is like painting a bike you
have to mask things to avoid problems.
Joe Friel's book Fast After 50 has detailed tables showing the
performance loss with aging of age-group competitors. Let's
just say it isn't linear (and rather depressing TBH). I can't
find any snips from his book online, but this is a pretty close
representation:
https://www.whyiexercise.com/images/jogging-hiking-aging-decline-estimate.jpg
which is from here:
https://www.whyiexercise.com/aging-and-exercise.html
Not discussed there is the time to recover, which is also
non-linear. Last fall I went on a rather hilly 75 mile ride. We
weren't exactly hammering, but I was surprised at how whipped I
was the next day - And that was at the end of a summer of
training/racing.
I posted this yesterday shows sent but did not come up for
me on ES.
I am in the process of refinishing/repainting my kitchen
cabinets. A tedious job you have to remove doors and
handles. Clean, sand a bit, and paint 2 coats. Getting the
hinges off and bending and getting on the floor is not easy
as it was 6 years ago when I repainted inside of house.
Normally I do my ride early in the morning and come in and
eat good them rest a bit and dive in. Well not the back does
not like all the bending and up and down. I was never good
at it and not real flexible for sure. On top of that the
normal 40-55 mile ride now takes enough out of me that I
don't have the pace I once did.
Even 6 years ago I would jump on bike and ride 50 and come
back and go for say 4-5 hours easy. Now I tell you after 2 I
am getting wiped. This painting is like painting a bike you
have to mask things to avoid problems
On Thu, 1 May 2025 07:13:57 -0400,
zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 4/30/2025 6:25 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
Even 6 years ago I would jump on bike and ride 50 and come
back and go for say 4-5 hours easy. Now I tell you after 2 I
am getting wiped. This painting is like painting a bike you
have to mask things to avoid problems.
Joe Friel's book Fast After 50 has detailed tables showing the
performance loss with aging of age-group competitors. Let's
just say it isn't linear (and rather depressing TBH). I can't
find any snips from his book online, but this is a pretty close
representation:
https://www.whyiexercise.com/images/jogging-hiking-aging-decline-estimate.jpg
which is from here:
https://www.whyiexercise.com/aging-and-exercise.html
Not discussed there is the time to recover, which is also
non-linear. Last fall I went on a rather hilly 75 mile ride. We
weren't exactly hammering, but I was surprised at how whipped I
was the next day - And that was at the end of a summer of
training/racing.
You guys are bumming me out. At 69, it feels as if the
progression on that chart is about right--at least for me.
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