Originally Posted by
caloso
I actually started racing when I was 38, and boy is that true. One of the things about racing in NorCal is that you can get your butt handed to you by a teenager in the morning, and then by his dad later that afternoon.
I didn't start racing until I was in my 50s. I was mainly interested in checking out whether I was really as fit as I thought I was. It was interesting, and humbling, in equal parts. I could easily hang in with the cat 3/4 guys in the open races but when it came to the 55-59 age group road races, I was toast. Some seriously quick old men who've ridden more than 300km per week, every week, for the last 30 years.