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    OK sport fans here we go...

    Today , Friday i had to take my lorry in for its pre-mot check and servicing.
    Now the young, 22 years old, fella that works for me cant drive so we came up with a plan to get the lorry in the workshop and then get back home.

    We loaded 2 x mountain bikes on the lorry and cycled back from the garage.

    All seemed like a good plan until we clocked the mileage on the lorry as 12 miles from garage to home, no problem we thought, piece of p*ss.

    Anyway having just got back in from a 12 mile cycle ride...I can hardly walk, my a*se is like a lump of concrete and my legs are like 2 pieces of wood.

    Is it me or am i getting older and fatter and unfit.

    Have any of you had a wake up call trying to do something you could do standing on your head a couple of years ago?

    They do say that its the recovery rate that shows how fit you are....

    I will be right as rain by Xmas 2010.



    XXX XX DTS Dave

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    Bend down by bending my knees then standing up again. I can doing it but it's such a struggle and can sometimes rather hurt. It's that occasion where you decide what else you can do while your down there. And I'm only 26.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dave the scaffolder View Post
    Anyway having just got back in from a 12 mile cycle ride...I can hardly walk, my a*se is like a lump of concrete and my legs are like 2 pieces of wood.
    Tell everyone it was all uphill

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    Thats my leg over just gone out the window tonight then

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trouble View Post
    Thats my leg over just gone out the window tonight then
    Oh i dont know you could allways slip me one whilst i am asleep, but do not forget to wipe me down afterwards.

    XXX XXX DTS Dave

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    I went to GP about something and also mention my right knee plays up when i run down escalators etc

    After a few checks he said it was fine (it still hurts)

    He said ah well the decades are passing you by you know


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    Quote Originally Posted by dave the scaffolder View Post
    Have any of you had a wake up call trying to do something you could do standing on your head a couple of years ago?
    I went for my first run in 7 years last night. It was 3 miles around a lake near work and at the end I felt refreshed and good about it but wouldn't have wanted to go around again.

    7 years ago I wouldn't have thought it worth bothering to put my running shoes on for any run less than 6 miles at a lunchtime and a Sunday run would have been 17 miles. A Sunday cycle ride would have been 90-110 miles with the cyclists touring club. I have been kidding myself that dancing was an equally good way of staying fit but there is no getting away from it that time and lack of practice are taking their toll.

    So many things I want to do and only one lifetime to fit them all into.

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    Went to see my Dr a few months ago...not for me, but for one of the kids. While I was there he asked me how I was, which I thought was a bit odd. Anyway, he gave me the once over and concluded I was had high blood pressure and was on the edge of a nervous breakdownas if I've got time for one of those

    With regard to the high blood pressure, he said "you're not as young as you used to be". Thanks You can book me in for the break down in 2009...I might have a few days spare then

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    Re: Not as young as i thought i was

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    I went to GP about something and also mention my right knee plays up when i run down escalators etc

    After a few checks he said it was fine (it still hurts)

    He said ah well the decades are passing you by you know
    Spooky, I have the same problem, and I got the same type of less-than-useful response.

    He said to rest it, and to take anti-inflammatories. Gee, thanks.

    So I'm going to book in a sports massage, from someone who actually knows what they're talking about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    While I was there he asked me how I was, which I thought was a bit odd.
    I thought an apparent concern for your health would be expected - The NHS isnt THAT bad, yet

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    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    I went to GP about something and also mention my right knee plays up when i run down escalators etc
    After a few checks he said it was fine (it still hurts)
    He said ah well the decades are passing you by you know
    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Spooky, I have the same problem, and I got the same type of less-than-useful response.
    He said to rest it, and to take anti-inflammatories. Gee, thanks.
    So I'm going to book in a sports massage, from someone who actually knows what they're talking about.
    Reminds me of that old joke;
    "Doctor, doctor, my arm hurts when I do this"
    "Don't do that then , Next"...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    I thought an apparent concern for your health would be expected - The NHS isnt THAT bad, yet
    I wasn't there for me...that's why it was odd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    I thought an apparent concern for your health would be expected - The NHS isnt THAT bad, yet
    I want Doc Martin as my GP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    I wasn't there for me...that's why it was odd.
    well I don't get it - you would expect a Doctor to ignore you just because you came in with your child ?

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    Re: Not as young as i thought i was

    Quote Originally Posted by Trouble View Post
    Thats my leg over just gone out the window tonight then
    What a bizarre picture that conjures up...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    What a bizarre picture that conjures up...


    For me i think probably running and cycling for a period of time although i think that due to me being unfit but i use to do it fine a few years ago. I'll probably post something decent on this thread in 10 yrs time when 29

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    I did the 3 peaks challenge last year, was as chuffed as monkeys to finish it. Couldn't walk down the stairs the next day though.

    As you say, not as young as we once were

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crazy Shark View Post
    I'll probably post something decent on this thread in 10 yrs time when 29
    You can go off some people.

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    I'm feeling younger, fitter and healthier than I have in the last 5 years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Spooky, I have the same problem, and I got the same type of less-than-useful response.

    He said to rest it, and to take anti-inflammatories. Gee, thanks.

    So I'm going to book in a sports massage, from someone who actually knows what they're talking about.
    I could blame Chiltern railways for me running down (never up) accelerators and that’s when I get the pain

    If Chiltern got us to Marylebone like within a week of the schedule time I wouldn’t have to run

    Reminds me of my old sparring partner , they use to say if you don’t duck in time your not fit enough

    DJ me thinks there is a big conspiracy going on GPs trying to cover it up as well

    Quote Originally Posted by Balders1973 View Post
    I did the 3 peaks challenge last year, was as chuffed as monkeys to finish it. Couldn't walk down the stairs the next day though.

    As you say, not as young as we once were

    I tried the 3 peaks challenge threw up after 3rd burger. So what’s that then highest 3 hills in England/Scotland/Wales ?

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