Subject: RE: Mid life bragWow, nice going, La Tortuga!
I did my first triathlon to celebrate my 50th birthday - the Gloucester Fisherman Sprint Triathlon conducted in a monsoon. Ethan Brown and Karen Smyers won it by turning in times that were, oh, roughly half of what mine was. Hey, it was a start for me. My boss deemed it my mid-life crisis event.
Other things I did to celebrate my 50th:
Skied multiple days of breast deep untracked powder in the Canadian wilderness at Icefall Lodge.
Fired my employer for having me work too many weekend days which caused me to miss some ski days. This made me a huge hero on my ski internet discussion forum.
Picked up road biking, having to re-learn it for the first time in 35 years.........in Boston rush hour traffic.
Crushed numerous combat rolls in a whitewater kayak in Class III rapids (hey, I'm just a piker in that sport ).......I swam, too!
Got filthy dirty and sore doing hiking trail/skiing trail repair work after Storm Irene - I woulda' made a great laundry detergent commercial after those days!
Skied multiple days of thigh deep untracked powder in the Canadian wilderness at Icefall Lodge.
Stayed single and kept acting like a bachelor.
It's only getting better, too! |