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V45: All downhill from here?
Jack Hughes
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As I triathlete, it is only worth celebrating your birthday every 5 years. And this year (and my first tri season) I will be a VM45.
Although I will be the baby of the age group, the fact that I have up to five years advantage on the others, while being a thing worth celebrating, is also a bit depressing. As, all too soon, old father time will be weaving his magic once again - less aerobic fitness as my VO2 max is sliced away. Longer to recover from training with the need for extra rest days, and, unless huge amounts of training time are spent on flexibility and core strengthening, the prospect of more time lost to injuries.
So, as an antidote to the "spring is in the air, the sap is rising" threads, I thought it would be good to have a thread to celebrate the additional efforts that us elderly folk have to go through, just to improve or even maintain our performance levels.
So, what are your age group goals?
- Started off so unfit, you will still be improving for a while yet?
- Trying to be 24 again, but failing heroically
- Trying to stave off Coronary/Vascular disease for as long as possible
- Becoming insanely attractive to whatever gender floats your boat.
Should have made it a poll!
Although I will be the baby of the age group, the fact that I have up to five years advantage on the others, while being a thing worth celebrating, is also a bit depressing. As, all too soon, old father time will be weaving his magic once again - less aerobic fitness as my VO2 max is sliced away. Longer to recover from training with the need for extra rest days, and, unless huge amounts of training time are spent on flexibility and core strengthening, the prospect of more time lost to injuries.
So, as an antidote to the "spring is in the air, the sap is rising" threads, I thought it would be good to have a thread to celebrate the additional efforts that us elderly folk have to go through, just to improve or even maintain our performance levels.
So, what are your age group goals?
- Started off so unfit, you will still be improving for a while yet?
- Trying to be 24 again, but failing heroically
- Trying to stave off Coronary/Vascular disease for as long as possible
- Becoming insanely attractive to whatever gender floats your boat.
Should have made it a poll!
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Having " up to five years advantage on others in your age group " doesnt quite work like that as I'm sure you will find out during your coming season, There are some very fast old buggers out there.
Your dead right about the longer recovery needed and the extra time spent on flexability and core, but all this "smart" training can actually make you a better athlete.
Having been a middle of the packer in the sport for over 20 years, aproaching my 50th birthday my goal was to represent GB in Triathlon/Duathlon,
this gave me an added incentive in my trainiing and somehow I could dig a little deeper than I thought possible.
I have now represented GB in 7 major events culminating with a bronze medal in Vancouver last year, something I would never have thought possible in my younger days.
Makes me spit to see the younger less baggy athletes sprint away from me during the run though - wish I'd taken this up in my thirties.
What's hard is knowing that however hard you work, those thighs will never ever be svelte, toned and undimpled.
However I can still outpace many of the youngsters, and the men, in the swim.
blurredgirl
I'll be happy to make it to 70-never mind running at that pace!
I guess if you can be still competing at 70 the number of people you have to beat in your age-group will thin out a bit. Only 25 years to go Jack!
definitely me[:D]
What year do they start from? If it's 35 plus does are you in that agre group in the year you turn 35 or the year after?
I did try and look this up, can't actually find the answer anywhere obvious on the BTA website.