try to hold 40kmh (25mhp) for an hour. These old guys can do this, with minimal training.
Define "minimal." It isn't "no training." The amount I train now compared to college is "minimal" and yet I can hold my own with most fast age groupers in practice. But it isn't because of what I did 20 years ago, it is because of what I've done in the last five.
I sometimes ride with a 65-yo who can hold that kind of pace; he is an amazing cyclist (when he goes, usually in the top 3 bike splits in his age group at Kona) but his training is far from minimal, though certainly less than what a pro cyclist would do.
Are you telling us a former pro can get on a bike after 20 years of not riding, and hold that kind of pace with absolutely no prior training?
By the way, this has been a great thread, one that I'm sure I'll re-read more carefully this weekend.
try to hold 40kmh (25mhp) for an hour. These old guys can do this, with minimal training.
Define "minimal." It isn't "no training." The amount I train now compared to college is "minimal" and yet I can hold my own with most fast age groupers in practice. But it isn't because of what I did 20 years ago, it is because of what I've done in the last five.
I sometimes ride with a 65-yo who can hold that kind of pace; he is an amazing cyclist (when he goes, usually in the top 3 bike splits in his age group at Kona) but his training is far from minimal, though certainly less than what a pro cyclist would do.
Are you telling us a former pro can get on a bike after 20 years of not riding, and hold that kind of pace with absolutely no prior training?
By the way, this has been a great thread, one that I'm sure I'll re-read more carefully this weekend.
