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I joke that endurance events, particularly cycling, are the perfect sport for middle age when you have more money than time. It's relatively low skill and you'r
by noelwelsh 8y ago
I joke that endurance events, particularly cycling, are the perfect sport for middle age when you have more money than time. It's relatively low skill and you're mostly competing against yourself---which both help when you don't have much time to train. No new movement patterns to learn and no worries about letting down team mates. But most importantly you can participate in the sport with just your credit card and mouse clicking finger. Putting in more hours will probably have more effect on your performance, but buying that sweet new gear is perhaps more achievable.
- olalonde 8y agoThis should be the top comment. Pretty much all endurance sports are individual sports and vice versa. They also don't require a lot of technique and are straightforward to learn. Picking up a team sport or sport with more technique involved (e.g. badminton, skateboarding, etc.) is definitely not as straightforward when you are middle aged.