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Old 01-23-11 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by BikeWNC
I finally got out for about 20 miles today. Cr@p am I out of shape. No surprise since I have been on the bike only 5 times since Halloween for 200 miles total and none in the last month. It's amazing how quickly I get de-trained and one of the indications is how easily my HR skies up there. Anyway, it;s a start and a baseline so I know where I am. Come late April it will be a lot different.

Here's today's Garmin data for those that want to see how out of shape I really am.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/64860648
My impression is that as we get older, our fitness dissipates quicker during periods of inactivity. One of the unwelcome features of aging, I suppose.
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