Originally Posted by
Mobile 155
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.
Age is just a number, as long as you physically can ride, there is no reason you need to slow down, or ride less then you want to. With the medical technology we have now, even arthritic hips or bad knees, do not need to slow you down, because they can do amazing things with artificial joints. The biggest stop to an active lifestyle these days is not physical it psychological.