2002 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, stage 2. Yes, men can get brca, after all, we have breasts too. It's just not very common. Anyway, during the 6 months of chemo, I got pretty worn out. I went bald, my eyes were sunken (I looked like Uncle Fester on Addam's Family) and I had what I called "crap and nap." Getting up and going to he BR took so much out of me that I would have to take a nap after.

In 2003, I decided that I needed to change things I could control. Never being much of an athelete, I decided to get a bike. My wife and I got Diamondback Hybrids and would take after dinner rides to Starbucks. 4 mi each way. Our friends though we were nuts. I got a kid seat and would ride my grandson (that's him in my avatar.) When my grandson started school I would pick him up a couple of times a week, again about 9 miles round trip.

In Feb 2009 my buddy, 69, decided he wanted to try Road Biking, and do the Miami MS 150 in May. I borrowed a bike (89 trek 1200) and we started riding. To my amazement, I liked it. I started riding 3x a week, 40 mi each. On Dec 6th, I did my first Century and maintained a 19.0 mph ave speed (ride time) 16.67 mph ET. A far cry from Crap and Nap.

Next Sunday 1/10, I'm doing a ride-my-age "Metric" to celebrate my 62nd bday. If you are in the Coral Springs, FL area, come join us.