Went out for another ride today. I've been waiting for a job offer but the two I'm expecting haven't come through. Soon I'm going to have to admit that no one wants to hire someone approaching retirement age no matter how much it would help their company. At that point I suppose I'll just retire. But until then I'll interview and ride.
I've got in almost 700 miles so far this month despite having to take time out to go to job interviews quite a bit. The average speed of these rides isn't anything to write home about since most of them have quite a bit of climbing in them. For instance, this morning I did 32 miles with about 2,000 feet of climbing including one section that was over 10%.
Still, all of this riding doesn't build up racing speeds. The only thing that appears to do that is racing itself. And at my age I could only compete in old fart races - and those aren't being run around here any longer. Though 10 years ago they were.
I wonder if we can expect old fart races to start showing up again since probably a majority of the "serious" riders in this area are probably over 50?
Went out for another ride today. I've been waiting for a job offer but the two I'm expecting haven't come through. Soon I'm going to have to admit that no one wants to hire someone approaching retirement age no matter how much it would help their company. At that point I suppose I'll just retire. But until then I'll interview and ride.
I've got in almost 700 miles so far this month despite having to take time out to go to job interviews quite a bit. The average speed of these rides isn't anything to write home about since most of them have quite a bit of climbing in them. For instance, this morning I did 32 miles with about 2,000 feet of climbing including one section that was over 10%.
Still, all of this riding doesn't build up racing speeds. The only thing that appears to do that is racing itself. And at my age I could only compete in old fart races - and those aren't being run around here any longer. Though 10 years ago they were.
I wonder if we can expect old fart races to start showing up again since probably a majority of the "serious" riders in this area are probably over 50?
Maybe its not your age, but rather THEY don't think you'd help their company as much as YOU think you'd help their company.
BTW, where do you live, that there are few old fart racers?
Went out for another ride today. I've been waiting for a job offer but the two I'm expecting haven't come through. Soon I'm going to have to admit that no one wants to hire someone approaching retirement age no matter how much it would help their company. At that point I suppose I'll just retire. But until then I'll interview and ride.
Don't know if you are willing to relocate to Idaho and I know nothing about the company, but what these guys do sounded kind of interesting:
Went out for another ride today. I've been waiting for a job offer but the two I'm expecting haven't come through. Soon I'm going to have to admit that no one wants to hire someone approaching retirement age no matter how much it would help their company. At that point I suppose I'll just retire. But until then I'll interview and ride.
I've got in almost 700 miles so far this month despite having to take time out to go to job interviews quite a bit. The average speed of these rides isn't anything to write home about since most of them have quite a bit of climbing in them. For instance, this morning I did 32 miles with about 2,000 feet of climbing including one section that was over 10%.
Still, all of this riding doesn't build up racing speeds. The only thing that appears to do that is racing itself. And at my age I could only compete in old fart races - and those aren't being run around here any longer. Though 10 years ago they were.
I wonder if we can expect old fart races to start showing up again since probably a majority of the "serious" riders in this area are probably over 50?
55+ Cat 4,5 road race this Saturday at Wente Vineyards. Or is that too hilly for you?
55+ Cat 4,5 road race this Saturday at Wente Vineyards. Or is that too hilly for you?
Sure is unless I can spend a year doing 55+ crits to bring my fitness level back up to speed instead of endurance.
Tom,
I have to ask... did you even look at the NCNCA schedule before you made the original post? Several of the races in the next months have 55+ events, and plenty have 45+ cat 4/5 also. Why would you be complaining about not having adequate racing opportunities in NorCal, where there are undoubtedly more races for old farts than any place else in the country? Do Mt. Hamilton and Pescadero RR.
"Off The Back" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I have to ask... did you even look at the NCNCA schedule before you made the original post? Several of the races in the next months have 55+ events, and plenty have 45+ cat 4/5 also. Why would you be complaining about not having adequate racing opportunities in NorCal, where there are undoubtedly more races for old farts than any place else in the country? Do Mt. Hamilton and Pescadero RR.
Mark, I really should have explained my position more carefully. There used to be old fart criteriums every Tuesday evening out at the Oakland Airport area. That was centrally located for the east bay and so they had good attendance.
These crits are the perfect high speed training to get someone to the level where they can actually stay with the road races in the area. Without that sort of training you simply cannot accomplish anything at all by riding a road race 15 minutes off of the back.
Berkeley Bike Club was responsible for those local crits and the people putting them on had to put up with an awful lot of guff from the riders, the citizens in the area and the public works people. I can't say that I blame them for dropping that race but it was convenient and perfect training for a lot of people.
"Off The Back" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:[email hidden]...
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I have to ask... did you even look at the NCNCA schedule before you made the original post? Several of the races in the next months have 55+ events, and plenty have 45+ cat 4/5 also. Why would you be complaining about not having adequate racing opportunities in NorCal, where there are undoubtedly more races for old farts than any place else in the country? Do Mt. Hamilton and Pescadero RR.
Mark, I really should have explained my position more carefully. There used to be old fart criteriums every Tuesday evening out at the Oakland Airport area. That was centrally located for the east bay and so they had good attendance.
These crits are the perfect high speed training to get someone to the level where they can actually stay with the road races in the area. Without that sort of training you simply cannot accomplish anything at all by riding a road race 15 minutes off of the back.
Berkeley Bike Club was responsible for those local crits and the people putting them on had to put up with an awful lot of guff from the riders, the citizens in the area and the public works people. I can't say that I blame them for dropping that race but it was convenient and perfect training fora lot of people.
So, you can't race until you have a few races under your belt? I think this is a known problem. Go to www.SchwarzSoft.com and download a new bootstrap loader.
"Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I've been waiting for a job offer but the two I'm expecting haven't come through.
here are some nice words for you, including possible future job and also improving interview technique
mk5000
Rheba: Grandpa go to the graduation exercises today? Essie Carmichael: Guess so. Rheba: I wonder how many people Grandpa's going to bring home for dinner tonight. Essie Carmichael: I don't know, it all depends if he goes walking in a park. Rheba: Well let him bring them, I'll be ready for them. --You can't take it with you
Went out for another ride today. I've been waiting for a job offer but the two I'm expecting haven't come through. Soon I'm going to have to admit that no one wants to hire someone approaching retirement age no matter how much
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I wonder if we can expect old fart races to start showing up again since probably a majority of the "serious" riders in this area are probably over 50?
dumbass,
what you should do is staring you in the face.
you should start to organize events that you see a need for. you could start with TTs and low key rides that don't need permits and road closures and go from there.
there are masters races here where packs of differing abilities have staggered starts, with the idea that the groups merge somewhere near the finish. for the sport to grow there has to be more events for the non-hardcore riders.
Went out for another ride today. I've been waiting for a job offer but the two I'm expecting haven't come through. Soon I'm going to have to admit that no one wants to hire someone approaching retirement age no matter how much
Quoted message said:
I wonder if we can expect old fart races to start showing up again since probably a majority of the "serious" riders in this area are probably over 50?
dumbass,
what you should do is staring you in the face.
you should start to organize events that you see a need for. you could start with TTs and low key rides that don't need permits and road closures and go from there.
Not too far from Tom, a non-sanctioned 3-mile hill TT, about as low key as you can get, take it as seriously as you want.
