Adam and Dad ride a Time Trial
This morning, Adam and Dad rode in an individual time trial, the first 'real' event of the season. This is no spring training series, and is the first time Dad has raced in a very looooooong time. So long that Dad had to enter as 'Masters 35-44 year old'. Special category with a nice name for old farts.
The course consisted of 6 laps around one of the local parks, for a total of just over 13 miles. How did we do? Let's just say it was very educational. Adam did the course in little over 51 minutes, and Dad did it in little over 45 minutes, including a short detour into the finishing area one lap too soon! Both of us went too hard on the first lap, and spent much of the remaining laps recovering. Dad should know better, but he didn't know his legs as well as he used to. Adam seems to have recovered pretty quickly from the ride, but Dad's legs still hurt. And Dad has a hockey game tonight; coincidentally the hockey game will last about the same time, around 45 minutes on the ice.
Again, there was lots of support for the juniors from the coaches and the parents, helping them get ready, count laps and cheering every time they rode by the start finish line. Although he was aiming to ride good enough for a medal, Adam says he had a good time. Dad was aiming not to die, and managed to pull that off. "It was very tiring and I got passed alot, but it was pretty fun. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..." says Adam. He then ate three strawberry French toast and a danish for lunch.
The course consisted of 6 laps around one of the local parks, for a total of just over 13 miles. How did we do? Let's just say it was very educational. Adam did the course in little over 51 minutes, and Dad did it in little over 45 minutes, including a short detour into the finishing area one lap too soon! Both of us went too hard on the first lap, and spent much of the remaining laps recovering. Dad should know better, but he didn't know his legs as well as he used to. Adam seems to have recovered pretty quickly from the ride, but Dad's legs still hurt. And Dad has a hockey game tonight; coincidentally the hockey game will last about the same time, around 45 minutes on the ice.
Again, there was lots of support for the juniors from the coaches and the parents, helping them get ready, count laps and cheering every time they rode by the start finish line. Although he was aiming to ride good enough for a medal, Adam says he had a good time. Dad was aiming not to die, and managed to pull that off. "It was very tiring and I got passed alot, but it was pretty fun. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..." says Adam. He then ate three strawberry French toast and a danish for lunch.
35-44 are "Old Farts"?? Since when can the young whipper snappers of the new generation take over the rightful nomenclature of the truly "senior citizens? Makes me want to get on my bike and show them a thing or two, like REAL exhaustion, red faces and rapid pulse rates. That will show them. Sore muscles?? How about being catatonic? That's my style!
We are really glad to see you and Adam in this sport. It's good for you both....especially the "old guy"
We are looking forward to Aaron's progress reports on the skate board. I tried one.... once. That is not as easy as it looked! Way to go, Aaron!
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Ah yes, "recoveryitis," an effect that is proportional to the amount of time away from the sport in question. I remember doing the swimming leg of the Wellesley College Tin Man team triathlon freshman year of college (the one where the bikers got lost because of poor course markings). I went hard for the first two laps (100 yards) and then "blew up." About all I could do after that was kick and let my arms fall into the water in an attempt to drag myself forward. Somehow I had just not stayed in shape during the 4 years between my last swim team workout and that race....
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