You need to go train before you get excited about competition. Thats how youll find out whats going on.Didn't say what your weather is, but youll have to deal with hydration issues. I'm a cyclist with plenty of accomplishments in the sport before I blew up and any endurance sport means sweat. You may need a Camelsback to keep drinking.
Events are fun,but why dont you get yourself a good excercise jones. Workout buzz is a lovely thing! And training for the sake of training is how people progress and achieve excellence at anything.
Every body is different and you need to go some miles to see how things are working. And you need a bike. The strain on your feet and knees is asking for injury. Start back mixing up powerwalking and biking, youll be ready to run when you get to below 200. And actually, you can powerwalk races. Spin bikes are cheap now, you can use them in front of the TV. turn a fan on. Ligament repairs are hellish, you don't want that.
you want knees at 60? You want to run a marathon someday? Start slow and get strong ligaments, don't overstress your joints. The slow boring conditioning will give you speed later. Learning to use a heart rate moniter is a good idea too.
i havent had my surgery yet, but I was on half a dozen world teams in the Eighties. Training I know, excercising in a big blubber suit I know too. You need to crosstrain. It will get you to running.
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