I can’t begin to tell you the number of times over the last six years that I got back into cycling I have heard someone say, “Not bad for someone your age.” To tell the truth when you hear it long enough it begins to effect you. After a while you start thinking of everything you do in terms of, “Someone my age.” Not long ago, a few months at most, I decided that attitude wasn’t healthy at least for me. Yes I know there are threads on goals and fitness but I am talking about not giving up and assuming things will only get worse just because we are older. So I did something about it, lost weight, and worked on getting fitter and eating better so I could live better.

I wonder how many others have decided to drop the “caveat” from in front of your cycling. Tomorrow I will be 66 and I believe I am a better cyclist than I last year. Everything doesn’t “have” to go downhill.