"over 40"...show of hands?

[staceysue]

I'm 40 - started cycling shortly before my 40th birthday.

I just had my first "age-related injury" on St. Patricks Day - a plantaris muscle tear, which is common to us 'old folks' I guess! Oddly enough, I'm kinda proud of it - kind of like I'm proud of my gray streaks! I am finally officially a grown-up.

[Bike Chick]

I think I answered this thread several weeks ago but I will add again........

51 here. Started cycling at 45, did my first triathlon at 48 and am training for a half-marathon. My kids thought I'd lost my mind at first but now they are joining me. Ran a 5k with my 23 yo daughter last week and my 28 yo son and his wife are training to run the hm with me. Cool, huh?

staceysue, this is off the subject but what happened with your crazy neighbor?

[coolcreek]

hi,
I'm new here---and another 50-er returning after years out of the saddle! Just picked up my new Specialized Cyclocross Sport yesterday....

[shootingstar]

Maybe turning 50 does really mean something new.
I'm not being cheeky..am +1 beyond 50, but around the cycling wheel for alot longer.

Welcome!

[tulip]

I'm 42 and have been riding for over 25 years. I'm enjoying it more than ever, now, because I no longer give a hoot about being fast or cool. As a result, I enjoy cycling more than when I was racing. I love exploring cities (and the countryside) by bike.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

About to turn 56 here.

[Juliegoddess]

I'm going to be 42 in July...and I feel better than I ever have in my whole life since I've been on the bike, steadily, for the last nine months!

[malkin]

Maybe turning 50 does really mean something new.

I have noticed and am enjoying a new invisibility (to a certain segement of the population). I attribute it to my exit from the reproductive segment of the species.

I am of no further evolutionary or biologic advantage to the human race!

Whoopie!

[mekira]

44 and my second year with a road bike. Last year I did tris but this year I'm going to concentrate on the bike.

[AnnieBikes]

61 next month and loving every minute on the bike. I started in 1998 with a mountain bike and within a month had broken my collarbone. Everyone said I would never ride a bike again. Eight weeks later, I rode the Greenbriar River Trail. Ha...in 2004, I got my first road bike after resisting for years. I loved it.

My DH is doing the Southern Tier and I am so envious. But, right now it is gorgeous in our part of the world, E. TN, and I am riding alot by myself. I miss the company and we hope to ride a long one in the future when one of us doesn't need to stay in town for dad issues.