Getting old, too old.

[Treeman]

I am getting old, I can really feel it now days when we get home, I am just finished, and it takes a day or two to recover. My whole body hurts, and it is not a nice after gym kinda hurt.

Saturday 08/02/2025
Two 4 hour walks, 31 cel at 06;00 and 39 by 09:10 and topping out at 41 by about 10.30. I doubt those are accurate temperatures, they from a R200 car after market gauge, but the weather predicted 38 by 10:30 in town which is usually 3 - 4 C less than in the mountains.

The thought of how much longer will I be able to do this is now a constant companion. I am 57 years old now, I walk every hunter that pays to hunt with me till he calls it quits  , "yo ! No man, thats enough now, lets sit here till dark  ".
Cody and myself according to the Samsung fancy watch thing, generally do a 11 km and a 16 km walk in summer, in winter we do a lot more.

I wonder where the point is where I start sitting out more than partaking, already when its cooler and I sleep - time out from 11:00 to 13:00 abouts, Cody often goes on a middle little walk-about to some smaller hunt area with out me.

Old Mr Henderson would say "old age does not come alone"
The old world war 2 veteran at the pub said to me " Old age is not for sissies my boy"
I always said 'f***ck old age" - never though I would get there, was not a concern of mine that.
 

I never really considered having to face this - Quote - The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak . Today often used as a rueful admission of weariness or other physical weakness, this idiom was first recorded in the New Testament (Matthew 26:41)

Well its 21:40 now, we  have deboned 1 hog and one Impala, 2 to go.
I am sooooo so so grateful for my cooler room, close up and tomorrow is another day.

[Ds J]

"Om oud te word is lekker - daar is wysheid, kennis, insig, en n verstaan van die lewe wat net met ervaring kan kom. 'n Mens weet wat belangrik is, en wat nie.  ... Maar om hierdie ou lyf saam te sleep ... !!!"

Ageing worthy is a very fine art.

[big5ifty]

You're only classified as old when the spirit is no longer willing.

[DaavG]

Old man and the Boy...

[Treeman]

Old man and the Boy...

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[oafpatroll]

Being a bit of a t-rex with short arms that don't easily reach my pockets I decided to move my daughter into her second storey varsity digs myself rather than paying a moving company like all the clever parents. That was 2 weeks ago and I'm still suffering the after effects in my neck and back.

Given the discipline (and good health) to maintain fitness and strength one can go on for a good while. When i did Krav Maga seriously my trainer was well into his sixties and was as tough and durable as a boot. My dad is in his mid seventies and still runs most days and was up a 5m ladder working on his solar geyser when I got to his place last.   

[Againstthegrains]

I find at 54 I can still do most of the things I used to do, I just take three times longer to recover

[Treeman]

I find at 54 I can still do most of the things I used to do, I just take three times longer to recover

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Exactly why I posted.

[Kola]

It happens... even though most of us seem to live in denial a bit...

Did a three day hunt last week where I walked around 15km per day and fished during the rest periods.

Do all the DIY stuff at home, which is quite a lot as we moved into a new house last August.

I run 5km to 7km three days a week, gym three days, one rest day.

I feel it most early morning when I get up, or during the day when I have been sitting down for some time and get up.

Some days worse than others.

I turn 60 this year.

Oud word is nie vir sissies nie.