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Dave B
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 4511
Location: Pittsburgh, PA1/9/15 7:48 AM |
Not Forever But Longer
I believe that exercise can't stop aging but it can slow the effects. I know that now (I'm 72) my average speed riding over the same routes is significantly slower that it was 10 or 20 years ago but I still consider it respectable and I certainly can still better their benchmark of a metric century in less then 6-1/2 hours, even in hilly terrain.
So, I'm happy to fight the decline but don't expect to stop it.
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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe1/9/15 8:31 AM |
Here is an ongoing experiment
He is trying to defy aging, we wil be watching to see how this all turns out:
"Sports accelerate the aging process, especially football, which often leaves gladiators, once powerful and sculpted, with shredded ligaments, broken bones and scrambled brains. Yet quarterbacks seem to age more slowly than other players. Based on touchdown passes, nine of the top 10 signal-callers this year are 30 or older; six are at least 33. For Brady to play this well for so long isn't simply a matter of built-in aggression (although he has that) or extra film study (although he does that) or of avoiding big hits and running only when necessary. The secret to his longevity is more encompassing. "Everything," says Guerrero, "is calculated.""
http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/12/10/tom-brady-new-england-patriots-age-fitness
Then there is this:
Repeat 80+ National CX Champ
And our local multiple 70+ CX Champ from NEBC Julie Lockhart:
quote:
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JohnC
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 1939
Location: Glastonbury, Ct1/9/15 9:01 AM |
News?
I think that for most of us here, this is one of those studies to which the reaction is "duh!"
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6895
Location: Maine1/9/15 12:43 PM |
Yeah
I wouldn't call that exactly a newsflash.
Approaching 65, I don't have the power in my legs that I used to (as I am painfully reminded when I try to shoot a basketball or play volleyball), but I think I can ride a hilly century comparably to when I was much younger. I weigh less now than the last couple years in High School, but that's more due to diet than exercise.
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Rickk
Joined: 01 Jun 2004
Posts: 528
Location: Montreal1/11/15 6:22 PM |
Then there's this .. 80yr old champ
1 word
Outlier. (Bell curve)
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Dave B
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 4511
Location: Pittsburgh, PA1/12/15 7:15 AM |
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Then there's this .. 80yr old champ
1 word
Outlier. (Bell curve)
Not only are they outliers but note they are competing against other 80+ year olds and, in her case, 70+ year olds not against 20 somethings.
I'm sure in both were much faster 40 or 50 years ago.
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Andy M-S
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 3377
Location: Hamden (greater New Haven) CT1/12/15 7:25 AM |
$.02
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Anthony Smith
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 848
Location: Ohio1/12/15 10:12 AM |
check out
Carl Grove and his times in his 80s
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sandiway
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
Posts: 4902
Location: back in Tucson1/12/15 11:11 AM |
quote:
1 word
Outlier. (Bell curve)
Maybe they were always outliers, not just at age 80.
Anyway, at 80+ in the USA right now, you'd be already winning...
Sandiway
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH1/13/15 6:35 AM |
The next time I see Julie...
...I'll ask her what kind of "program" she's on. ;-) I know her well enough that I can get away with it without getting whacked.
Julie isn't fast by any standard, but she
never
gives up.
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Paul Datars
Joined: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 1229
Location: Manotick, Ontario, Canada1/16/15 2:53 PM |
Well, "I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was." I constantly remind myself of this when it's early in a long day with a bunch of young studs. It helps to ensure I have something left towards the end of the day which tends to be what most remember anyway. In my younger years it didn't really matter if I hammered hard early in the day, I always had lots left at the end of the day. Unfortunately that is no longer the case.
While you can't stay young you can at least attempt to stay fit...maybe fit forever???
http://fitforeverottawa.com/ The blond in the pictures is going to be 53 this year and is only a year away from getting a 5th degree black belt in Karate. As well she can still ride a bicycle damn well. Lepore may recognise her, Sandiway too.
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PLee
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 3713
Location: Brooklyn, NY1/16/15 3:02 PM |
Yeah - all I remember seeing of her was her back as she rode away from me!
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH1/17/15 8:39 AM |
My favorite quote is...
..."the older we get, the better we were".
It's funny how memory works that way.
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Anthony Smith
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 848
Location: Ohio1/17/15 2:00 PM |
But
The saved computrainer reports don't lie
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Paul Datars
Joined: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 1229
Location: Manotick, Ontario, Canada1/17/15 4:10 PM |
Why I can't lie to myself...
That's the problem with 16 years of SRM data...fortunately diminished body weight and improved aerodynamics go a long way towards covering up some of the truth, at least on the first day. Subsequent days become more problematic, hence my comment about "good once".
My problem is that I'm getting to the point that further weight reduction isn't really practical and aero improvements aren't likely to continue coming at the rate they have in the past. Worst of all, many are starting to figure out what I've been doing for years...aero doesn't just count in TTs.
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