How old were you when you started cycling?

[Starfish]

Starfish and Eva--let the dream grow in you. You'll be amazed what you do. Eva, if you want to be a triathlete, you can take swimming lessons! Or be a duathlete: Run, bike run. Or be a cyclist! I want to do a 1/2 Ironman next year. It's not that I love swim or run training that much. I don't. But for *me* to have such a dream? Amazing. And now, having done 6 triathlons, a 1/2 marathon, the Chicago Marathon, and a metric century on my hybrid bike, I *know* I can do it, if I'm willing to put in the effort. I love hearing the other stories of changed lives. L.

Lise, an OT question...I know there are duathlons with run/bike. Are there duathlons with just swim/bike? I have a bad knee that makes running my biggest (at least in my mind) mental hurdle to triathlons.

[CR400]

I started cycling again at 26, however I have only been at it for a year and a half won't be two years untill September. So that makes me 28.
I got into cycling because I wanted to lose weight and start racing. Plus I wanted to do the charity rides that people do at my church. We have a 70 mile ride to the Childrens hospital to deliver stuffed animals next Saturday. So that's why I got back into cycling.

My biggest problem was that I didn't have a good enough bike until I bought my Cannondale.

[jeannierides]

Like a lot of you, I rode when I was a kid. We always had bikes, and rode them everywhere! Then I grew up. Grownups didn't do *kid* stuff. SO. I behaved like a grownup for many many years. Not necessarily happy, mind you, but grown up just the same. Three years ago I decided being grownup (or at least behaving like one) wasn't all it was cracked up to be. I started running. Ran my first half marathon a few months later. About a year and a half ago, I got my first road bike. I now have several centuries under my belt & am having more fun & am in better shape than I have been in years.
Today I celebrated my 56th birthday.

[Lise]

Like a lot of you, I rode when I was a kid. We always had bikes, and rode them everywhere! Then I grew up. Grownups didn't do *kid* stuff. SO. I behaved like a grownup for many many years. Not necessarily happy, mind you, but grown up just the same. Three years ago I decided being grownup (or at least behaving like one) wasn't all it was cracked up to be. I started running. Ran my first half marathon a few months later. About a year and a half ago, I got my first road bike. I now have several centuries under my belt & am having more fun & am in better shape than I have been in years.
Today I celebrated my 56th birthday.

Happy birthday! You're ten years and several centuries ahead of me. L.

[Lise]

Lise, an OT question...I know there are duathlons with run/bike. Are there duathlons with just swim/bike? I have a bad knee that makes running my biggest (at least in my mind) mental hurdle to triathlons.

I think there are, but I can't remember what they're called. An Aquathalon is a run/swim/run. http://usatriathlon.org/Aquathlon/Aquathlon_home.htm If I turn up the info about bike/swim/bike, I'll pass it on.