General Discussion & Chat: Best/ worse/ ? did you learn today? #103 visit with friends!, 1 by zhinusmom

zhinusmom wrote:
Love all the bike stories......haven't been out as much as I should lately so 25 miles is about my limit right now......Many years ago we had a friend who decided to start riding....he was 60, had been smoking for about 40 years and decided it was time to get in shape....he got out his new bike and rode the 6 blocks around his neighborhood his wife had to help him climb up the steps to get in the house......he quit smoking and kept riding within a year he was doing 100 mile rides with us. We hand another friend who started riding with us in her forties...Bill had to teach her how to ride.....she is now 74 still riding.....I forget how many times, starting in her mid forties until recently, that she has won her age group in the Iron Man Triathlon in Haiwaii among other races. Another friend did a bike ride across the U.S. a few years ago at age 70 ......I couldn't do it! Just don't let them tell you you are getting too old....as long as you work up to it you can do whatever you set your mind to.