Originally Posted by
sewupnut
I came to the realization that the amount of training one has to do to stay competitive was no longer fun and had become a chore. Now, I go out when I really want to, never in bad or really cold weather like I used to when training and just enjoy my surroundings. Now, when
I go on vacation, if I take a bike, it's my old Stumpjumper. And I still eat to ride and ride to eat, just not as hard.
That's kind of where I am now . . . or where I would like to be. I still work as hard as I did five years ago, but I'm not as fast as I was five years ago. Training hard, good weather and bad, is worth it when you're getting even slightly faster. But when training hard doesn't quite keep you as fast . . . it becomes a chore. Even though I've worked my hardest to stay ahead of it, age has caught up.