I'm 61 and 1/2. Started biking in Sept 2005 because my doctor told me to take care of my knees or look forward to knee replacement! Physical therapy sessions had stationary biking. I thought if I can do stationary bike..why not biking outdoors ?? and my addiction was born. luv it, luv it, luv it!

Right now I am trying to recover from too much biking...didn't think that could happen. But my biking buddies all women(52,62,69) and I decided to get ready starting in the middle of May ...for BikeVA. Duh! perhaps we should have started sooner. Anyway, we rode lots of miles in weeks before and lots of hills. Then we went to BikeVA and did all the hills with no walking ( I can bike as slow as 3.8 mph with granny). Crazy Carol aka easterbird ended up June with 801 miles and 49,000' of climbing. But I am really tired and have noted my performance has definitely declined. Read about overreaching and overtraining and am taking some days off. Gotta get back to biking..luv it,luv it (did I mention that?)

Ride,Ride to all you biking ladies.... especially those >50's