Fitness over forty (or closer to 50)

It amazes me how quickly I can loose my fitness...or let me be specific.  It amazes me how quickly, without training for a few days, and pretty much abusing the body from a nutrition perspective, the top end of the fitness can vanish.  Last week I rode 6 consecutive days  ....(yes one of those days was at Joyride, just to keep the legs spinning), the last day was Thursday, where I pretty much blew up on the final climb...running on empty and then some.  Instead of going home and having a recovery type drink  - this is my favorite

I decided to have a few glasses of this..

Well it may have all kinds of anti-oxidizing properties, but it does not make a great recovery drink.  And yes, for those of you that read my earlier blog about falling asleep sitting up in front of the TV...well this was likely a contributing factor.

Feeling physically depleted on Saturday,  I (with my much better half) headed out for a road trip (car, not bike) for Prince Edward county...very cool area, visited some wineries - lots of cyclists doing the wine circuit; bought a bottle of Norman Hardie county Pinot Noir, (really looking forward to this one) and a couple other Pinot Noirs from other Wineries.  Okay back to "training" , so on this great little day trip, we ate crap (way too hungry...grabbed a club & fries), tasted a good local beer, and listened to some great music at the the Acoustic Grill in Picton - highly recommended.

Well I am all over the map with this posting aren't I? 

Sunday ....sleep, sleep 

Monday did some raspberry clearing at Durham forest, then yesterday was feeling ready for a ride.  

Call Martin...no, he is sailing today.  Okay, who do you call when you want to have your legs bursting, your lungs on the verge of collapse?  Yes...Louis, joined Louis for one of his Durham forest race course preview rides.  The results were similar to a few weeks ago when I posted about this... try to stay ahead of Louis, blow up, collapse, recover, and ride some more.

Now this Wednesday morning, I am feeling much better, completely recovered, and looking forward to tomorrow's hammerfest.

Looking back at the title of this post..Fitness over forty (or closer to 50); the point that I wanted to make (that I seem to have diverted from) was that it still amazes me that the fitness can go so quickly, that recovery is so much longer than when I was younger.  One curious thing I notice though is, the amount of "fun" or "pleasure" that I get from a ride seems to be much more than when I was younger...there is that expression "youth is wasted on the youth" can be so true.

btw... my birthday is tomorrow so, "age" is playing very prominently with me today.