PM: 4.5 eliptical miles. Not a good one.
Had some thoughts today. I did a very hard full body weight workout yesterday. Among other things, I did 12 consecutive strict pull-ups. According to ChatGPT, less than 1% of 61 year old men can do that. When I do something like that it allows me to delude myself into thinking that that I'm still young. Today I thought I would do a fairly hard aerobic effort of 60-70 minutes on the eliptical and it was a no-go. Had to pull the plug after 30 minutes even though I slept well last night and ate well today. I was just weak and depleated.
It turns out that I'm getting old and can't do back do back hard days even if it's different kinds of training. I have a hard job that takes quite a bit out of me mentally and even emotionally some days. There are days when I have to go into the book room at the end of the day and just sit quietly in the dark for a few minutes. I never had to do that when I was 35. In addition, Ann has a hard, full-time job as well and we are both pooped at the end of the day. All this is to say that I should probably be content with two decent workouts a week combined with hiking in the mountains and walking. In the spring, I'll hop back on the bike and see how that goes.
Just rambling and sorting things out.
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