Naw, getting older doesn't suck, things just become more challenging. Challenge is how we grow. No challenge, no growth. I'm going to lay down a marker here: I'll be 81 in June, and I'm going to ride my age. Did it at 70, no problem, but then came Covid and my heart issues. Those seem to be history now, so I think I have a fighting chance. My wife and I never got Covid while all of our friends did. Beats me but I guess we're healthy and our friends are careful people.

I'll have to create a course without a heckuva lot of climbing, but that's possible around here. I should be able to limit it to ~2000'. I roughed out a schedule between now and then. Should be about 6 hours pedaling time and my weekly should be about 9 hours by then, so looks quite possible, even if I'm having trouble getting the full 9. I did a 150+ mile 9000' ride with about that weekly when I was 77. "No retreat, baby, no surrender"

Seems like it's just a matter of keeping at it, every week, every year. OTOH, I've never been 80 before. We'll see.