Yeah ... I have to say, why?

I'm posting because you already know I belong here and I don't want to seem like I'm trying to pretend to newer TE'rs that I'm younger than I am. I am where I am. I did set a couple of goals before the birthday, and more than anything else, that made it quite clear that the birthday was going to happen whether I trained for it or not - other things, not so much.

50, learned to ride on the late side (7 maybe?) because my uncle taught me, not my parents. Rode all the way through the rule that says you're never 29 (not racing the whole time, just the few years surrounding that date) and a couple of years after. Burned out, didn't ride at all for 10 years.

Got a little hybrid in 2003 for <3 mile errands. Thought I'd forgotten how to ride a bike. Not-quite-intentionally wound up on a demo road bike for three days in 2006. Been back ever since.