Aging and Performance

[Lister Farrar]

I liked this take on training and performance in 40's +. Seems to have been popular with my facebook network, so thought I'd pass it along here too.

Bottom line, never too late for performance increases. (Unless you've been training like an Olympian since you were 15.)

https://www.summitenduranceacademy.com/2017/08/29/1278/

[Alan]

What helps is ultralight kit, as I discussed in this article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal a few years ago. Really makes you want to go get an Edelhelfer (and John, no, that is not a kind of wheat beer)!

https://cmajblogs.com/cycling-and-the-m ... odynamics/

[Rolf]

...a featherweight $150 seat that cradles your prostate like a baby in a hammock...

Research has shown the overly fixated will tend to see more adverse effects in their personal relationships and their gluteal regions, especially near the buttock cheek that holds the wallet.

Another very tasty bit of writing, Alan!

[John D]

Another very tasty bit of writing, Alan!

You couldn't find a more appropriate adjective in that thesaurus-like mind of yours?

[Rolf]

I've got an adjective: annoying.

It's what I become when I relent to sesquipedalian compulsion.

See?

[Claire]

The lad gets a little credit for being self-aware and (somewhat) self-regulating. However, this does cause me some concern that a barrage of pent-up verbosity could be unleashed upon us at any moment (and that the onset of dreary weather leading to increased opportunities for omphaloskepsis at the computer screen could just be the catalyst we don’t need).

[Rolf]

I've given up omphaloscopy; too much could make one go blind, or grow hair on one's alms.

And don't worry: my skinny arms are so tired these days from learning how to lift my bike on the run, there's nothing left for typing and confusing cleverness with intelligence.

Having said all that, the forum has become distressingly focused on cycling. There was a time when vendettas-in-cheek, gormless attempts at wit, and some really funny shit enjoyed nearly as much space as ride conventions and tedious ruminations on fitness and technology...

[Claire]

It is a bit of a sad situation. I'll go beat some bushes and see if I can't find any witty and willing participants for frivolous forum banter.

Certainly something interesting has to happen here before the POTY poll gets underway - otherwise, whatever would we have to look forward to at the Christmas party?