Thanks Zen,

I see it with pro-athletes, all athletes, and I read about it too. Still it's a bit hard to swallow the cold hard reality of aging.

I can't recover fast enough during hard climbs. For that matter recover fast enough period. A hard day and I'm zombied for next two three days. It used to be all out, go home to mom's cooking, too tired but eat all the food in sight, shower and crash around 6:00pm. Wake next morning around 6:00AM bright eyed bushy tailed and ready to go all out. If I try to do that today, my body would crash for atleast three, four days.

Nowhere is there a discussion of how to cope with reality. Sometimes, I still think I can maintain my conditioning. to go just as fast as may be 5 years ago. climb just as fast as 5 years ago... I want my old nimble, light, strong body of yester year (25 years ago). Is this bit much to ask??

There is no support group to talk about such things. How to get over the living in the past, the glory years... Sometimes its frustrating not to be able to do the what I once was able to do.

smilingcat