Originally Posted by
MikeD1
In my case, I knew what I could do 30 years ago. When I "restarted" this last Feb, I wanted to get an idea of what performance I might be able to get to now that I'm 60. The good news is that I don't think I've peaked yet either. Room for improvement over at least the next few years possibly.
Though I've biked all my life, in 2011 I got serious again. That summer I trained and rode my first Century. Three years later I havent peaked or shown signs of slowing down. With diligent, thoughtful training I will gain 1.5mph avg each year over a course among my collection. This year I built a faster, lighter bike so the gain was a bit more. One of these years that gain rate will plateau and I will fight against it with everything I have. This year I will turn 57.