A few years ago I started cycling, like most a few miles at first then 10s 20s, before long I was cycling 50 miles. I then trained to do my first 100 mile sportive, then another. I got fitter, then had a injury setback, which took me 18 month to regain my previous fitness. Ive gone on from this through to multi day tours in Tenerife and Southern France climbing mountains, various sportives and training alot on my turbo. I now train alot and race indoors. I ride nearly every day upto 150 miles a week. I have lost nearly 4 stone in weight and have never been fitter. The upsides I have most of my family into cycling, wife and kids. My kids cycled with me from London to Paris this year and my wife can cycle 40+ miles in one go. My local friends think I'm weird, especially when I cycle nearly 20 miles for a fish supper .
If you enjoy it, keep doing it and sod everyone else. At your age you could become an excellent sportsman, if you want it.
. Great weight loss, keep it up
. Nothing better than being able to do other tyres of physical work and not even break sweat. You should see my mates lifting the shopping from the car to the house-anybody would think they have just undertaken Britain strongest man event with all the puffing and blowing. I can run, well cycle circles around my kids in my fifties.
