I am 50. Already 50 or just 50. Is the glass half full or half empty. In other words how do I want to spend the rest of my life. Continue sitting in front of a computer and solve other people’s problems which they wouldn’t have without a computer or do I start over and do what I love.
Swimming, cycling, running, climbing, snowboarding, surfing et cetera and relearn to love life?
There are for sure some little problems to solve.
- Life costs money
- Time is scarce
- I am not in the best shape
- I want as well spend time with my family (2 kids and my wife)
This means for now I have no other choice as to put my sport ambitions (whatever they are) into an already tight schedule and see what happens.
In the last millennium (this sounds crazy) I did four Ironman races in Roth (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), Forster (Australia) and Klagenfurt (Austria). It was fun, I liked it a lot and I have only great memories about this time.
Then my first boy was born and I nearly stopped the whole sport stuff. I only managed to do a little bit of jogging and one local 8k race per year in the recent past. Here and there I was able to go for a short trip to the mountains for snowboarding or get a couple of days with friends surfing the French Atlantic waves.
And now I feel it’s time to start over, maybe not as fresh as in the last millennium, but wiser.
Body:
Weight: 83kg (182.984lbs)
Height: 180cm (5.90ft)
Age: 50
Vo2max: 41 (Garmin 735XT)
Resting heart rate: 54 (Garmin 735XT)
Sleep: 7h (on average)
Flexibility: stiff
Mind:
Stressed
Employment:
Full Time Sysadmin 40h/week
Equipment:
Brooks Cascadia 12 (850 km, 528.17miles)
Garmin Forerunner 735XT
Cube Road Bike (3000 km, 1864 miles)
Giro Helmet
Quintana Roo Wetsuit (from 1996)
Training in 2018:
Running: 700km
Road Cycling: 700km
Swimming: 14km
So far so good
Setting goals, pursue them with training plans, testing equipment, staying hopefully injury free and more is all to come.
Stay tuned.
Just to clarify things. I’m not working for any of the above mentioned companies nor do I get any money or any other benefits from them. It’s all my own opinion. If this changes I will state it clearly. Thanks for reading.
