This "Ride Your Age!" crap is for the birds
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One of my riding friends turns 65 this Tuesday. She's a regular on our Tuesday rides so we'll see what she has cooked up. Last Tuesday we did 60 miles with 3K feet of climbing so she'll probably want to do more than that.
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It was slow and a day late. Pretty nice riding weather for January. Three inches of snow predicted for tomorrow.
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Thanks! We are blessed with near perfect road cycling conditions. Miles and miles of low traffic roads. Valleys with creeks and small rivers separated by ridges with enough climbing to add interest. The farmers' heirs are selling out but it should remain nice through the few cycling years I have left.
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This "Ride Your Age!" crap is for the birds
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My younger friend wanted company. No more "age" rides for me until Spring.
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I am set on riding my age in miles for a Birthday ride, but I have done so with modifications. Since it is my birthday, I get to do what I want. November birthday and it can be downright cold on the exact birth date, but there is usually a day close that will work. Wind can be a problem around here, so my route is one way, with the wind. My wife drives to meet me at the end, which is close to a winery and B&B/hotel (by design). And Happy Birthday to me! To me, the birthday ride is a mark of time. Even with health concerns, I rode 5 centuries last year, so the modified BDR is not a cheat in those terms. There will possibly come a day where I will need to ride my age in true miles to keep the spirit of the ride intact. For now, I am content with it as is.
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I am set on riding my age in miles for a Birthday ride, but I have done so with modifications. Since it is my birthday, I get to do what I want. November birthday and it can be downright cold on the exact birth date, but there is usually a day close that will work. Wind can be a problem around here, so my route is one way, with the wind. My wife drives to meet me at the end, which is close to a winery and B&B/hotel (by design). And Happy Birthday to me! To me, the birthday ride is a mark of time. Even with health concerns, I rode 5 centuries last year, so the modified BDR is not a cheat in those terms. There will possibly come a day where I will need to ride my age in true miles to keep the spirit of the ride intact. For now, I am content with it as is.
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I'll be 68 in a few months and so far doing 68 miles is no big deal so I want to make it harder and more memorable by adding a bunch of climbing. Last year I did a ride of 70ish miles with 7300 feet of climbing. I might do the same one again.
It's not as difficult as some of the rides people post on here, but it's rewarding and I feel good that I can still do that kind of ride. It's been a couple years since I last did a century and I don't know if I want to do one again but being a not super athletic, slightly overweight, older rider with physical issues I am happy to be able to crank out a tough ride.
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I will never ride my age because my health won't allow it.
But I would abso******glutely drive myself out of mn to live and ride somewhere else.
But I would abso******glutely drive myself out of mn to live and ride somewhere else.
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Riding my age is something I do almost daily if talking miles and in my language, metric, well, that's often double but I'm still a relatively young 52 and covered 21500km last year and I live in a hilly part of the World.. When I'm in my 70's I hope I'll be riding my age still occasionally.
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Back in the late 80's and 90's I wasn't obsessed with numbers either and trained according to how I felt. Training and racing again in my 50's I've learnt that the Science behind the numbers my power meter and HR monitor are providing is sound and I really do improve my performance chasing stats and metrics tailored to me specifically lowering risk of injury and overtraining and making me stronger, faster. But admittedly, this is for racing, not just going for a ride, two very different goals.
Sometimes it is positive and fun to just go for a ride with no objective at all other than to just go for a ride, no matter what or when a birthday rolls around.
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Perceptive observations about setting goals and that not every ride is for the purpose of "training", that seem to escape some cyclists who seem compulsive about setting and achieving arbitrary "goals", and gathering, recording and in some cases reporting data about every minute spent on a bicycle no matter the purpose of the ride.
Sometimes it is positive and fun to just go for a ride with no objective at all other than to just go for a ride, no matter what or when a birthday rolls around.
Sometimes it is positive and fun to just go for a ride with no objective at all other than to just go for a ride, no matter what or when a birthday rolls around.
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Non-US residents riding metric probably think we are such a bunch of wimps. Maybe after age 60 we should all go metric and if you want to do it in miles then you are a true metric hero,
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Even so, well done having fun on your ride!
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I messed up the day before by leaving 4 minutes 2 early at 2:18AM >>> https://www.strava.com/activities/6613727462
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I'll be 58 in a few weeks. Normally, I would have prepped for an epic climbing ride somewhere in the range of 80 miles and 8K of ascent.
However, this year I have had some moderate health and house damage/repair issues that have derailed my usual cycling days.
Now, 58 miles seems like a far bigger challenge to me.
However, this year I have had some moderate health and house damage/repair issues that have derailed my usual cycling days.
Now, 58 miles seems like a far bigger challenge to me.
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I'll be 58 in a few weeks. Normally, I would have prepped for an epic climbing ride somewhere in the range of 80 miles and 8K of ascent.
However, this year I have had some moderate health and house damage/repair issues that have derailed my usual cycling days.
Now, 58 miles seems like a far bigger challenge to me.
However, this year I have had some moderate health and house damage/repair issues that have derailed my usual cycling days.
Now, 58 miles seems like a far bigger challenge to me.
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I had more trouble the first time, age around 6, than last year (61).
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Yeah, I didn't do the ride my age thing in November when I turned 64. Been battling an upper respiratory inflammation for months, and between the fatigue and vertigo I haven't ridden a bike since October.
Ditto the above -- the ride minus our age from 100 makes better sense for many of us. Even in my best shape a full century was painful due to an old neck injury that's worsened with age. So I was usually satisfied to do 50-75 miles on good days when I felt like a longer ride. I've done only a couple of full centuries the past several years and can't say I enjoyed either time. Finishing the final 10-20 miles with excruciating neck pain sucks all the joy out of cycling.
My only mileage related goal in 2021 was to run a half-marathon. Didn't make that goal due to the respiratory bug. But I did 10 miles one day in May, and 7-8 miles several times, mostly on weekends. I'm satisfied with that, considering that 10-20 years ago I thought I'd never be able to run again at all.
Ditto the above -- the ride minus our age from 100 makes better sense for many of us. Even in my best shape a full century was painful due to an old neck injury that's worsened with age. So I was usually satisfied to do 50-75 miles on good days when I felt like a longer ride. I've done only a couple of full centuries the past several years and can't say I enjoyed either time. Finishing the final 10-20 miles with excruciating neck pain sucks all the joy out of cycling.
My only mileage related goal in 2021 was to run a half-marathon. Didn't make that goal due to the respiratory bug. But I did 10 miles one day in May, and 7-8 miles several times, mostly on weekends. I'm satisfied with that, considering that 10-20 years ago I thought I'd never be able to run again at all.