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Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2626
Location: Canberra, Australia3/16/18 12:56 PM |
The aging cyclist
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43308729
One of my fellow retiree cyclists said on reading it: "One bloke reckons he has the body fat of a 19 year-old. I can beat that - I have the body fat of four 19 year-olds."
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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield3/16/18 1:05 PM |
"Half the man? I'm twice the man I used to be."
RRS, aka Daddy-o
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lrzipris
Joined: 04 Mar 2004
Posts: 532
Location: Doylestown, PA3/17/18 4:41 PM |
With all the injuries and maladies forum members have suffered recently, the forum should be renamed "aging cyclist."
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX3/17/18 4:47 PM |
"aging" or aged? ;)
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH3/18/18 7:05 AM |
Or perhaps...
...we should rename it the "Convalescent Talk Forum"?
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6890
Location: Maine3/18/18 8:51 AM |
Some input
I had a follow up (probably the last) with the surgeon on my busted shoulder a couple days ago. The x-ray is not aesthetically great as the bone settled a bit during healing (perhaps to my osteoporosis) but it has healed solidly and is functionally great.
He said with a less active person of my age and with osteoporosis, he would do a replacement as it has fewer potential complications, but he figured I would wear it out "leaning over the handlebars." He said "a 67 year old guy who rides like you, I expect to live into his 90s," and the shoulder replacement might last 7 years. He said "I'm planning the rest of your life," and "I'm very careful about who I do these with." He knows about the aneurysm, a lot of docs don't look at that as a big deal.
Previously a nurse had told me they see a lot more replacements than repairs with injuries like mine.
Better to be an aging or aged cyclist than just aging or aged.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX3/18/18 9:25 AM |
"Better to be an aging or aged cyclist than just aging or aged"
Here, here!
Exactly why I do steep hills. It gets less and less pretty probably. But I don't care if I average 4 MPH, I am still going it...
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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe3/18/18 10:13 AM |
As Pete Hausner commented
While I was describing the discussions we often have at the stating line of my races in the 60+ field he said the the discussions were an "organ recital" :)
While I am at it I am often reminded of the name of Jerry Garcia's old band when I am in multi age fields "Old and in the way".......
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