I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding after having kids, like Mary King, but people say that you lose your nerve after you have kids. It's the risk.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I may, however, begin riding again when I am 60.
Cycling is an endurance sport. You lose your fast-twitch ability as you age, but your endurance peaks when you hit 30. I don't think I really started feeling my age until around 40.
But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.
After 40, you want to reverse the ageing process. That's complicated for me because I spent so many years wanting to be older.
I'm excited about turning 40. I've been an adult for a long time, but there is a difference between being an adult and being a grown-up. I'm someone's mummy now and I'm enjoying that. I feel as if I'm about to hit my peak.
I never thought I was going to have children. I just thought after 45, that was it.
It's kind of like a midlife crisis kind of thing. When you turn 40, you have to run the marathon, while all the parts still work properly.
And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years.
I wasn't worried about turning 40 at all.
I don't see any reason why I couldn't have a child when I'm 40.