and its not a lot either, couple of quid or so!
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Does that mean that they’re paying you off?
As an outsider it sounds like the best outcome for you, but maybe not if you weren’t ready to go 
It’s good that you’re in a financial position to not have to worry about working. It would be much worse if you were being forced into a new career to pay the bills
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Probably Medical inefficiency which is horribly worded but quite a decent one off sum.
I know what my figures are, they give you
50
75
100%
Of that sum.
Everybody bar none who knows what happened …all the details, I’ve shared quite a bit on here but obviously not all of it says my time is up,
They can’t all be wrong !
As FP says look forward to new beginnings.
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With my handling skills… lol
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I think I can understand this feeling but in no way is this a failure on your part. If anyone has failed, it is you employer for allowin you to get into the state you are. If that wasn’t the case there would be no payout. I get the change will be difficult but onwards.
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That’s a nail on the head type of comment but I’m not sure you realise why.
People ask how do they pay you out so much then you get your pension pot too?!?
The answer is age.
Prison officers work till ( on the new scheme) 68!
This is a ridiculous number, a near 70 year old man… or woman surrounded by fit young thugs, it doesn’t actually go this way but the logic holds
Police, fire, Army, Ambulance have set years
22 for the Army ( I still think this the case, Jorgan would know)
Set ages for Fire and Police and then your paid out in FULL.
We don’t get that but we get this civil service scheme, I’ll be very greatful come Jan when I have a huge bank balance but it’s a crappy way to run a service
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This probably belongs on the training thread but I find that one too hard to keep up with.
Since covid interrupted training and then subsequent injuries my fitness has been a fair bit below pre-covid levels. But I can still go out and do a big day on the bike or long run or whatever. But I have found is that I do a ‘normal’ week’s training, nothing huge, say 10 hours with variation in efforts but no major hard training or long intervals. I can do that for a couple of weeks and then feel exhausted for week. I sleep a lot, do little training and repeat. I have decided to do a bit less, keep the intensity down except for a it of harder swimming and see how it goes.
I don’t think it is age related as such, although obviously recovery is a bit slower, but mostly down to having been training for so long in terms of years I can do the efforts but need to take a little step down to improve consistency.
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Yes, similar here, not that I do any big weeks anymore, but when I was training for my last IM I would have a week every 6 weeks or so, where I developed cold like symptoms; very fatigued, scratchy throat, headache etc and simply couldn’t train. I’d have a week off and then feel well enough to train. That was on a pretty modest training budget per week, usually no more than 10 ish hours. Since stopping any real form of structured training, it hasn’t happened.
I had my over 50s health check at my GP, yesterday. All seems fine and just waiting for my cholesterol blood check to be done.
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It’s probably a little of column A and column B. I feel like this a lot, which makes me laugh when 40 yr old folks talk about ‘slowing down and getting old’ 
Age/consistency/ being a parent and just ‘life’ at the moment gets much harder past 50. Outside elements that you were completely able to ignore for years start to loom much larger on the radar.
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I seem to have a tipping point and longer rides really take it out of me, I suspect I’m going a bit too fast coupled with not eating enough during the ride.
Also probably a bit age related and just the rest of life’s stressors.
Yet, over winter I was doing 6 hours PW which wasn’t significantly less, including several hard Zwift races and usually a parkrun and was nowhere near as fatigued.
I’m not doing as much intensity atm, ignoring the leg problem.
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Nothing huge say 10 hours… maybe this!
Do we always compare ourselves to our peer groups I wonder? Don’t forget that we are probably in the top 0.5% of the population in terms of health, fitness and ability.
I’ve only done 2 x weeks this year over 10 hours, mostly between 5 and 9 in the Summer. Still feel that I need recovery days each week, and recovery weeks! More so as I approach the six decades 
Sleep is quite an important factor for recovery isn’t it, and we all have different requirements there that also change along with age and recovery levels required I guess.
Oh as an afterthought, I don’t include core and strength into my cardio hours, and didn’t include the fact that for many of us, work gets in the way, not to mention all other kinds of stresses.
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Recovery week every 4?
I’m doing lots of volume as I’m free of all responsibilities most days
Easy / hard.
One rest day a week
One day very easy, weights stretching etc
Good food lots of sleep.
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I think I was doing the same. Going out with my cycling mates for a 3-3:30 ride with a cafe stop, i wouldn’t take any calories except in case I ‘felt’ a sugar low as we’re stopping for a coffee and a teacake or something. Now I have more calories and before the stop and feel much better the next day.
I wouldn’t get to week 4 in reality.
I will to get back to that previous normal week but just ease myself back to it rather than just think I can because I can do it for 1-2 weeks.
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I think it’s quite difficult for many of us to listen to the temple and take sufficient time off… the competition, the squeeze it all in nice weather windows (remember those!), the endorphines… not to mention burning off all of the alcohol and shit food that some of us may occasionally partake in 
I took off 4-5 weeks completely at Xmas, enforced due to manflu/COVID, and also a few weeks April time post dog bites. Felt a bit rubbish not getting that hit, but with hindsight, it probably did the battered and bruised old body a world of good.
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I think the problem with taking too much time off when you get older is that it takes much longer to recover the fitness that you lose during the time out.
Until last year, I don’t think I had more than a couple of weeks away from training at a time since I was in my teens. After the accident I had 4 weeks doing nothing and it was a real struggle to get back to where I was.
I don’t really race anymore and I’m not really motivated to go too hard in training. Now I train for the enjoyment and it’s nice to not be ruled by a training programme.
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For me the work stress is probably the biggest difference, when I’m off I can tolerate much more.
And funnily enough I’m absolutely fizzing about something today.
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Motion is lotion 
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Just had a text message come through and apparently I have high cholesterol, although doesn’t tell me how high. Just linked me to the government website about how to reduce it. I was meant to be having fish and chips tonight; might need a rethink! 
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You can sign up to NHS Patient Access where you can see the results of any tests you’ve had, plus loads of other stuff.
I had to fill out a form at my surgery to gain access so it’s not an instant thing but handy thing to have.
I had some routine tests earlier this year which showed my Ferritin levels were high so they booked me in for a more detailed fasted one but I’ve never heard anything since. I can see the later tests on the system and it’s a bit high too but only just over the normal level so I’m guessing they’re not bothered.
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