I’ve been giving this a lot of thought since my 62nd birthday in Feb. Being a guy that has always liked competition and needed to win as much as possible. I’ve consistently tried to out train my competition. I’ve begun to shift my thoughts about biking to maybe give up a little bike performance to stay a highly functional human. Such as not adjusting my strength training to drop weight on the bike. As hard as it is to make gains now maybe I need to keep up what I’ve earned so I’m better off the bike. Maybe I don’t kill myself in a VO2 workout until I fall off the bike so I can take a longer hike that day. As much as I still like to kick some butt, not too many rewards for getting on the podium in a local race Over 60 class.
Less killer competitor, more super capable old fart.