The female Triple Crown stage race winner for 2007 is 52 years old. Age is just a number. I know that's not really true.

I'm definitely in better shape now than I was in my early 30s. They were not my prime. In 2000 I weighed 180 pounds. In 2006 I completed my first Triple Crown and weighed 152 with 20% body fat.

Change takes work though, not just desire. And it's not always easy.

V.