"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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I run slow, Maxi. 9-10 minute miles...and easy jog to keep my legs
strong and my heart working properly. I genereally build to a full run
in the last 1/4 and sprint the last. I also train with light weights,
high reps. I'm off today, but tomorrow I'll do another short run.

My running mates and I would leave you pretty far behind. Training for
a half-marathon (two years ago) we averaged 6.5 to 7 minute miles--not
too shabby for a bunch of old farts. Now we just run for conditioning,
but we still average sub-8 miles. I've been gradually switching to
bicycling over the past year or so, thanks to aging knees. Less
impact. I also rollerblade--I won three criteriums (criteria?) last
year in my age group--over 45.

Max

You won 3 crits. Are you racing USCF? Usually the guys that still race
over 45 are very good, pretty much untouchable by guys just entering the
sport (cycling). Or are those rollerblade crits?

Rollerblade crits. However I used to be a USCF Cat 2 in my days in
Colorado. I never had the time or the money then to devote to the sport.

Ever ride the Morgul-Bismark?

Rollerblade crits = Roller Derby

Essentially, yes. Knee and elbow pads + helmets are required.

I raced the Morgul Bismark the last year it was run. I rode USCF Cat 4.

Ever do the Bob Cook or the Iron Horse?

Nope. I rode the MB for two years prior to it being included in the
now-defunct Coors Tour. If you were a cat 4 you probably didn't spend much
time in that part of the peleton where I usually was.

Max