Absolutely.

I've been blessed with a remarkable absence of health issues so far and that's certainly nothing of my doing. High cholesterol runs in my mother's side of the family but between me, (usually :-) sensible eating and statins, we're controlling that. My post-50 screening turned up absolutely nothing, thank God. Although I tend to exhibit White Coat Syndrome during doctor visits in the form of moderate tachycardia, my EKG, ECG, etc. all came back clean and I have no indicative symptoms of problems.

However, my point (and your's too, I think) is that neither I nor anyone else have any guarantees and I will get what life gives me, so I need to do what I can, while I can. As is usual, I suppose, one thinks more about such things as one gets older.

It's been far too long without sufficient exercise, but better late than never. I can't guarantee I'll ride X miles every Y days, but I do know that since I got my bike last spring there's been a growing internal 'bent' toward riding and the benefits therein. Believe it or not, I've already seen improvements (scary, eh?). Who knows - One of these days I might even be able to ride the Davis Mountains Scenic Loop.

But I understand what you're saying and rather than make promises (to myself) that I'll get discouraged over breaking, I'm just going to do the best I can.

Thanks.