Oh to Be Young Again

I was thumbing through the Wall Street Journal August 7th Weekend Journal and ran across this story, “Cycling’s One-in-a-Million Story“.  Reed Albergotti writes how this overworked Wall Street worker buys a bike to stay fit and finds she has extraordinary talent as a professional bicycle racer. Evelyn Stevens worked 50 hour weeks on Wall Street. Now she has a totally different lifestyle. I do not think of the WSJ as a source of bicycling stories but it did get me thinking.

According to her coach, Matt Koschara, “She’s the most complete rider I’ve ever come across.”

Velonews.com also wrote about Ms. Stevens in a July 14th article on their website. The author thinks Evelyn Stevens is a rising star.

Now what does that have to do with Texbiker.net and me? Well, I did not really find bicycle riding until 1979 when I was 32 years old. This was past the prime years for starting a racing career, even if I had some amount of talent. When I read one of the articles or hear a story about some athlete discovery I have a chance to do a little what-if dreaming.

As it is, I enjoy riding and though I am not a racer I do enjoy a fast downhill or a strong tailwind to speed me along.