Age is only a number!

I’m just generalizing here but for the most part, sprinters love to sleep in and train a bit later than endurance based cyclists. We love training on the track, and even in the gym but doing a road ride is a bit of a chore. I usually do a one and a half to two hour recovery ride on Wednesdays and for the most part, I try to put it off as long as possible but this morning, I told Jeff, a sixty-something year old I’d meet him at 8am sharp at cafe racer. I woke up at 7:45 and gave him a call to see if he was still up for it. He told me he was already there drinking his coffee. So in five minutes flat, I got dressed and out the door I went. Luckily for me, cafe racer is only about 5 blocks down from where I live and off we went for our jaunt of a ride. Isn’t it funny how I have to have someone to meet up to make sure I do my road rides. I guess it’s just because riding on the road by myself is no fun. I need someone to converse with to really make the time go by faster. Jeff is a great guy and very interesting. He’s not like most sixty year olds. In fact, he looks and acts 20-30 years younger than he is. He told me of his travels to Europe to race when he was younger. We talked about fast cars, and even hot women! He’s got a lot of toys too, including a Harley and a Ducati! It was quite a site to see him proudly tell me how he gets it cranking from 0-100km/h in about 3 seconds. I hope to be as fit and as passionate about life when I get to his age.