S11 Ep15: Explore | The Midlife Cyclist
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Lionel fitted squarely into the demographic Phil was writing for in his book The Midlife Cyclist and, as one of the people behind Cyclefit, has spent years trying to make riders more comfortable, more efficient and more powerful on the bike.
As the years tick by and the likelihood of aches and pains on and off the bike rises, the middle aged cyclist has to pay more attention to their position, their pre- and post-ride regimes and their diet. But getting old does not mean slowing down. In fact, many riders in their 40s and 50s – and even older – are riding better than ever thanks to advances in our understanding of how to keep the body in good condition. Over a coffee Lionel and Phil chatted all things cycling.
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:10.0 | You are listening to Explore by the cycling podcast, powered by SuperSapiens. |
| 0:16.0 | Energy Management for committed athletes and coaches. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to Explore by the cycling podcast, my name is Lionel Bernie. |
| 0:25.0 | This episode was actually recorded a year ago in early March 2022 when I travelled to Cookham in Barclay to meet Phil Cable. |
| 0:34.0 | Phil is the author of the Midlife Cyclist, a book I read because I fitted squarely into the demographic it was aimed at. |
| 0:41.0 | Mid to late 40s but still active and with no desire to slow down, in fact quite the opposite. |
| 0:47.0 | When I spoke to Phil I was a few weeks away from setting off for the first stretch of the Tour de Cosride in Scotland, |
| 0:54.0 | which would require being in shape to ride 100 kilometres a day for more than a week, something I'd not done in quite a while. |
| 1:02.0 | I'd also started to notice I'd become more susceptible to aches and pains on and off the bike. |
| 1:07.0 | My weight had crept up and although I'd done something about that, I was conscious that I was not as invulnerable as I'd felt in my 20s and 30s. |
| 1:15.0 | With so many of us hoping to grow old gracefully in Lycra, what can we do to stay fit and healthy and perhaps even get faster |
| 1:23.0 | despite getting older? |
| 1:25.0 | Before we hear my conversation with Phil, a word about our partnership with Map, who designed and made the beautiful cycling podcast jersey which was released last year. |
| 1:34.0 | The jersey and the complete range of cycling podcast accessories are in stock now at map.cc. |
| 1:41.0 | I mentioned in our Strider Bianca episode, Map's pursuit of progression campaign which is inspiring riders to share their goals for 2023. |
| 1:50.0 | I asked our listeners to send in their aims for the coming season. |
| 1:54.0 | Friend of the podcast Jamie Roberts has written in with a fantastic trip that he's got planned for the end of April. |
| 2:00.0 | He's cycling from Suffolk, catching a ferry to San Marlo in northern France and then cycling all the way to Barcelona, taking 13 days to ride 1300 kilometres. |
| 2:11.0 | And when he gets there, he's going to see the opening night of Bruce Springsteen's European tour with his daughter. |
| 2:17.0 | He says it partly a nostalgic trip because he first saw the boss in Montpellier back in 1985. |
| 2:23.0 | In his email, he also wrote about seeing the Tour de France for the first time as a 19-year-old in 1981. |
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