Originally Posted by
ClydeClydeson
Whenever I hear somebody talking about 'modest' athletic achievements, I like to compare them to the rest of the world population. For instance, you only swam for 45 minutes, walked for 1.5 mi and biked for 10 mi - I promise you this is 45 minutes, 1.5 miles and 10 miles further than 90 percent of the people in the world.
Now compare your achievement to the subset of the population who are 80 years or older, and you are in the running for World Champion! Awesome job, and keep it up!
Thank you, that is very nice. I was feeling a bit low, and you boosted me. There is a Facebook group for bicyclists 80 years and older who do amazing things. I don't belong to that, as I am the moderator of a group 65 plus to 100, and also I can't keep up with these other guys in the 80 plus group. I just do my thing, and I'm very glad that I can do it. The alternative is not so great.