Originally Posted by
howsteepisit
As I approach my 70th birthday, I have been feeling kind of bad about getting older fatter and slower. Still riding about 5000 miles a year, and good lord willing and the creek don't rise I think 6000 is well in sight for this year. But I am for sure a lot slower and fatter than in my bike prime. And this feels bad on occasion. So today, at the mid-point of a 50-mile ride, I stopped at a coffee kiosk to have a Mocha and a break. The 20ish barista asked where i was from and told her I was halfway through a 50-miles ride. She gave me one of those looks and said "that's kind of far" Told her that's mid-range for me, and I have been riding like this since I was 15/16 years old. and I thought about this some, and realized that even slower than i was its still Kind of far. My now mantra!
That's awesome! 5k miles a year is about 100 miles per week, on average. Having time for that is always a challenge, with all other life tasks. But you found a way to do so for decades! I know many have done the same. I was happy to get in 2000 miles for the first time last year, at 58. my rides are MTB and road, so not only looking at distance.