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�eldpoppyJULY 10, 2019 AT 9:59 AM
You missed Jackie and Al, 10 years older than us, who just kept going like little energizer
bunnies.
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catherine wJULY 10, 2019 AT 12:43 PM
Truer words were never spoken. Like y’all, I want as much functional �tness, energy,
engagement and joy in movement as I can get. What that’s going to look like 5, 10, 15, 20 years
from now– we really don’t know. While y’all were in N�d, I was in AZ. Hiking into the Grand
Canyon– my �rst time– was a thrill, but hard coming back up. Hiking to a red rock swimming
hole in Sedona, swimming, pulling myself up onto the rocks, navigating the terrain on feet– was
fun, but I was aware that I needed all my functional �tness for it to be so. And it doesn’t come
without training. There it is…
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Cycling into one’s retirement years
July 10, 2019 · Sam B
As you likely know three of the regular bloggers here–Cate, Susan, and me– plus occasional
visitor Sarah and friend David, spent the last ten days on a Newfoundland cycling adventure. I’d
done it before. See here.
But I loved it so much I wanted to do it again and share it with friends. This time I loved that it
rained different days of the trip and so I got to endure and enjoy different sections of the
journey. Labrador looks different when it’s not foggy and rainy!
There’s lots to write about: the lovely people we rode with and met along the way, the rugged
beauty of Newfoundland, the hills, the wind, the rain. It was hard and challenging and rewarding.
Me, David, and Sarah holding our bikes above our heads in front of the Newfoundland and Labrador sign
One of the things that always hits home on these bike trips where the majority of the
participants are in their retirement years is the scope of what’s possible in the second half of
life.
There’s Pixy who at 63 isn’t just biking the N�d trip. She’s riding all the way home to
Connecticut, solo, carrying all of her own stuff. Keith and John were both 72 and looked like
they belonged on their bikes. Now they might be older than me but they have one big
advantage, time to train. They expressed admiration for those of us working full-time, getting
out on our bikes in the evenings, early mornings, and weekends. But still, thinking of the trip’s
retirees, there’s something lovely about having that �tness, that drive to train, later in life when
there’s time to enjoy it.
One way to tell this story would be to focus on the bus that accompanied us every step of the
way. Not our sag wagon and gear truck. The seniors’ bus tour that was visiting all the same
places. Writing this post a few years ago I might have contrasted the seniors on the bus tour
with the seniors on our bike trip.
I’m less sure what to make of that contrast these days.
What 70 looks like isn’t just a matter of choice. Things happen. My knee has made me painfully
aware of that. I also started thinking about the 30 somethings on our bike trip. Most people
their age couldn’t do this trip either. It’s a matter of choice, of luck, of training, and of interest.
I’m not sure that that’s different for seniors than it is for 50 somethings and 30 somethings.
The whole bike trip crew boarding the ferry to Labrador
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