How old (or young) are you?

[snapdragen]

Hey Chickwhorips-
Happy birthday a day late! The end of Feb Pisces are the best Pisces (IMHO )

Oh, I dunno....the beginning of March Pisces are pretty cool too....

[DrBadger]

Oh, I dunno....the beginning of March Pisces are pretty cool too....

well I guess I can agree with that Snap.... 2 of my best friends are early March Pisces.... maybe all Pisces are the coolest :-)

[snapdragen]

.... maybe all Pisces are the coolest :-)

We can both agree on that!

[hellosunshine]

Oh, I dunno....the beginning of March Pisces are pretty cool too....

4o march 10th!!!!!!



but in answer to the question,maybe we have got some things out of our system-love/kids/alcohol/career moves etc etc and are now more settled and able to focus on the bike???(if only)i started to get me through divorce!!!!!!

also is it not an expensive hobby -carbon fiber bling bling?


thinking back to my 20's i was trying to get settled into my career and looking for love,buying my first house,dont think i could have devoted the time to racing.

ive also been told having kids increase your VO2 max,sadly cant have kids but many women are strong racers and they have had kiddies.food for thought.

[Eden]

ive also been told having kids increase your VO2 max,sadly cant have kids but many women are strong racers and they have had kiddies.food for thought.

What I've heard is that when a woman is pregnant her blood volume increases and that it never goes back to pre-pregnancy levels so each time she has a child she ends up with a higher blood volume. More blood = more hemoglobin = more O2 to the muscles

[rocknrollgirl]

45 for me.....

[five one]

Added myself to the 55 - 59 group since I'll be turning 55 in a week. I don't feel it, don't think I look it, but I find myself wondering how the years rolled by so quickly since 40...

[IFjane]

Added myself to the 55 - 59 group since I'll be turning 55 in a week. I don't feel it, don't think I look it, but I find myself wondering how the years rolled by so quickly since 40...

I'm with you, five one! I'm 53 & the years have flown by.

I'm a strong rider but not a fast one. Can't climb too well because of breathing - I have exercise induced asthma and climbing is when I really feel it. However, give me enough time and I can ride all day & love every minute of it - including the climbing!

[Trekhawk]

What I've heard is that when a woman is pregnant her blood volume increases and that it never goes back to pre-pregnancy levels so each time she has a child she ends up with a higher blood volume. More blood = more hemoglobin = more O2 to the muscles

Crikey lucky I had three kids - imagine how slow I would have been otherwise.

42 year old Trek - who is very slow even after three kids - hawk.

[aggiecorgi]

26 here. But in my town I feel OLD (College Station, TX)! I started riding at 18 when I met DH. I raced tons in college and got pretty fast. Grad school came along and slowed me way down. When I started working full time (and not going to school too) I started riding seriously again. Most people around here are male, and either college age or 40-60 range. Me and DH are kinda the odd man out here

[KayTee]

I just added myself to the 50-54 group. Although I'll hit the big 5-5 in September, I'm still in that younger category...er, this minute! I so wish that I'd kept cycling after college, when I used my bike strictly for transportation. I missed out on so much by not riding. Bought an mtb about 9 years ago and didn't get back on the road until 2-3 years later. Now I'll happily admit to anybody who wants to listen that cycling is truly an obsession. And yep, I got the flat wallet to prove it!