I stopped going some years ago, after one of our Seniors said to me "you're already a fairly big unit Mark; the last thing you need is more timber". I may go back to it again but a lot of what puts me off is the cost. I can run and bike around here for nothing.
What I did used to enjoy was the rowing machines. I was a rower for 15 years or so and I still have the vestiges of the technique I learned over many hard miles. It was a bit cruel but I used to like getting on a machine between 2 younger lads who would then take off at a rate of 45 strokes per minute. After 5 minutes or so, they'd glance over at my readout and would clearly be dumbstruck by the fact that there was this sad old fart, tootling along at 32 strokes per minute but he was now 200 or 300 metres ahead of them.
Someone contacted me privately about this post. I am grateful that he reminded of one other factor... Nobody uses the showers after training! In fact, the changing rooms are completely empty, they all come and leave changed.
The irony here is that some of them are really keen to wipe the kit down with anti-bacterial wipes before and after using the machines. This was never a thing 25 years ago.
I stopped going some years ago, after one of our Seniors said to me "you're already a fairly big unit Mark; the last thing you need is more timber". I may go back to it again but a lot of what puts me off is the cost. I can run and bike around here for nothing.
What I did used to enjoy was the rowing machines. I was a rower for 15 years or so and I still have the vestiges of the technique I learned over many hard miles. It was a bit cruel but I used to like getting on a machine between 2 younger lads who would then take off at a rate of 45 strokes per minute. After 5 minutes or so, they'd glance over at my readout and would clearly be dumbstruck by the fact that there was this sad old fart, tootling along at 32 strokes per minute but he was now 200 or 300 metres ahead of them.
I don't go anywhere near the rowing machines. I do a lot of legs-based stuff, when I am not people-watching, lol.
Someone contacted me privately about this post. I am grateful that he reminded of one other factor... Nobody uses the showers after training! In fact, the changing rooms are completely empty, they all come and leave changed.
The irony here is that some of them are really keen to wipe the kit down with anti-bacterial wipes before and after using the machines. This was never a thing 25 years ago.