Redesigning your athletic identity after 50
You acquire new athletic skills in midlife. Do you have the discipline to alter your training?
On Tuesday, I gave a short talk at the University Club, a 160-year-old private social club in Manhattan, headlining its annual fitness awards. (Gratitude to Gwendolyn Bounds, last year’s speaker and my favorite non-drinking buddy, for recommending me to the organizers.) Below is an edited version of my talk, about the need many of us have to redesign our athletic ident…