Originally Posted by
jrobe
Consider yourself damn lucky if all you have to worry about as you get older is whether or not you got slower on your daily bike ride.
Well said - touché. I certainly consider myself damn lucky.
I'm 63 and never really stopped cycling after restarting at 27, and somewhere in there I traveled extensively over twenty years but kept fitness no matter where I was so I could get back on the bike or skis or white water or whatever but always the bike.
I didn't waste my youth and over time beat the crap out of myself. Don't get me wrong, it was fun being the younger me, stronger and faster and riding four hundred miles a week and basically being competitive with everyone in front of me.
So now I'm slower and not worried but instead fortunate that I can still do it. It's saved my life and nearly killed me and I've loved every minute.
I'm still the same boy I used to be, but slower to be sure.