Getting old?

I don't think any of us are really getting old. None of us is even half way through life yet. And if you strike the first 10 years and the last 5 years of life (depending on your type of decline) less than half and for some of us barely a third of the best years of our life are in the rear view. The problem with the perspective is that the "life span" of sports figures are brief and getting briefer by the decade. To Ed's point, even golf is a taxing sport on the body, so being the best is not sustainable for any reasonable period compared to a normal life.

So instead of thinking about our age/oldness in the context of athletics, we just need a different lens. Look at all the examples of people doing incredible things in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. Look at income statistics, which would say that our highest earning years of our lifetime are still well ahead of us all.

To bring it back to our own athleticism, can you believe Dad did all of RAGBRAI less than 5 years ago!? We are all a long ways from that age (no offense intended Dad) and we may fancy ourselves more focused on our fitness and health than Dad realistically ever was.

So instead of thinking about how old we are, I think we should be focused on how many awesome years of adventure, earning, exploration and excitement we have ahead. Marc, are you motivated to do a mountain bike adventure in Utah yet?

And hey, at least both of you guys have younger wives to keep you feeling young!

There will always be only one Michael Jordan...