What Bro Petey has touched on, and Maestro Vic knows, is the beauty of Middle Path.
Fast Burn is good and proper.
But there is More, in Less.
And 'old guys'?? Nah

Some of the greatest less-is-more riders you'll ever meet are Dallas and Phaedrus, whose ages added together are about my age. And these are some of the most talented/spirited riders i've known
Picture stops? Breaks to shoot the shit? Throttle joy here and there in sub race-pace enviros? That's pretty much how the PAR was founded in the first place
Good onya Pete. I think you just launched a PAR Subsection 2. Needed