People of this age who continue to bike and are healthy as a consequence are a real inspiration to me. I meet the older males on the event rides, but rarely see an older female, and I've wondered why that is.

One event ride I did last summer, a century with about 5,000 feet of climbing, at one of the early rest stops there were a group of men in their 70s and 80s, all cycling the century that day. I overheard them discuss how they were going to be participating in time trials the following day in their age group. It was an oh wow moment for me, that these guys were so fit and athletic that they could do a moderately difficult century like it was nothing and still have the energy to do bicycle racing the next day. I want to be as fit as they are when I am their age.