Mid-life crisis or permanent insanity?

[3weight]

bambu~
When you find something you're passionate about in life, grab it and run, run, run (or in this case, ride, ride, ride!) with it. It's like finding love~ it doesn't happen often and it usually takes you by surprise! You're lucky you found something you're passionate about~ lots of people haven't.
Congratulations!
Teresa

[RoadRaven]

To find this "meditation on wheels" is not a mid-life crisis, but a life-style choice that is physically, mentally and spiritually good for you.

I started at 39, and though some of the women at work think I'm crazy (why spend money on bikes when you could spend it on clothes? why bike somewhere when you have a car?) others at work are like me and we love the benefits.

Def not a crisis, but a wonderful way of being that will help to ensure you have many more healthy years of enjoying the life you have.

[bambu101]

Ahhhhh- I am in good company here at the “asylum”! I loved the comments about finding where I belong and also being lucky to discover something to be passionate about; how very true.

Nancielle- I am in Blandford, and close to the East Otis line and Otis Reservoir. I went on several rides this summer with the BF around the lake, and it was just spectacular. I would love to get together for a ride with some other folks from TE in the spring, either an all-Mass or western Mass group. It will give me some great incentive to lose weight and get into better shape over the winter so I don’t totally embarrass myself in the spring. The BF came home one day recently and said he saw a group of women cyclists on Route 23 (VERY hilly!), and my first response was- “and they didn’t invite me?” It’s OK riding with him, but he is much stronger than I am, and I just cannot keep up, nor do I want to kill myself trying.

[SandyLS]

When I was your age my dear daughter told me," Mom, you know you are not really middle age. How many 104 year old people do you know?" What does she know, she's only 30! At 49 I decided I did not want to go into the last half of my life out of shape. I lost 40 lbs. with Weight Watchers, became a certified scuba diver at 53, and started rideing my bike at age 56. I finished my first 4 day tour of 60-80 miles a day this fall at age 59. If this is insanity, so be it! I feel better physically and better about myself than I have in years. Long live biking insanity!