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eighty. He raced bikes from<br />
fifteen to twenty-four. He<br />
did stop, because he had to<br />
concentrate on work and then<br />
tennis became his leisure sport<br />
until he got aced by his knees.<br />
I had trouble keeping up with<br />
him the other week. Knowing<br />
his age, I diagnosed my struggle<br />
at that moment of incredulity<br />
as not enough air in my tyres,<br />
not enough oil on my chain and<br />
he will be in Spain with his new<br />
wife, following the Vuelta a<br />
España.<br />
I hesitate to mention Alfonso<br />
only because he is eighty-one<br />
and stronger than me. I average<br />
fifty kilometres a training<br />
session compared to his seventy.<br />
When we are riding side by<br />
side I’ll often look over and spy<br />
his heart monitor. When his<br />
to a heart problem that must<br />
have just arisen. Five years ago<br />
his wife of forty-nine years died<br />
and he found riding a better<br />
alternative to staying home.<br />
Much heartache can be abated<br />
by riding two hours with friends<br />
at seventy to eighty percent of<br />
your max pulse. Don’t go down<br />
there looking for Enrique the<br />
next three Tuesdays because<br />
is showing one hundred, mine<br />
is typically at a less efficient<br />
one hundred and fifteen for<br />
the same workload. Alfonso is<br />
the owner of an elevator repair<br />
company so I assume he is<br />
good at recalibrating electronic<br />
devices to his liking. How much<br />
different can a heart monitor be<br />
from an elevator control panel?<br />
Forgive my imagination, but I<br />
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