Can I Really Mountain Bike 60 Miles at Age 60?
We’ll soon find out. Here’s my plan to survive… and inspire.
UPDATE 5/13/22: I made it! It was a heckuva challenge, especially the last 15 miles, and especially mentally. My 21-year-old son joined me for the last 30 miles, and having a riding buddy along helped a lot. Anyway, the article below remains as originally written. And now, I encourage you: Go find your “mountain” and climb it!
The original article:
Tomorrow—May 12—I’ll be attempting to mountain bike 60 miles for my 60th birthday, a 60@60 fitness challenge I announced 10 weeks ago as I began training for it. This is going to hurt me a lot more than it’ll hurt you, but I’m doing it for the both of us. Here’s finalized plan:
Why: To prove something to myself, but also to motivate you and others to embrace aging, acknowledge that many things are possible if we work at them, and to encourage you to muster the motivation to push boundaries in the interest of improved physical and mental well-being. As I write this on the last day of my 50s, I feel freaking amazing, and my hope is that you can experience something similar.
