I had been panting and biking 45 minutes a day for 20 years, but this year I started hiking and just sweating for 45 minutes a day in the winter.
The slimy leaves are just too dangerous for a 67 year old on a race bike.
The bike is a Specialized Roubaix expert Di2
The boots are Danner size 10

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps