Becoming Athletic In My 50s

For my entire life, I was allergic to sports and exercise. Then I fell in love with long-distance cycling

Clive Thompson

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A photo of a young man on a bicycle, riding along a long highway, with a blue sky dotted with clouds above, and a city in the distance ahead
Arriving in Montreal

That picture above? It’s a snapshot of my 16 year old son arriving in Montreal by bicycle.

I’m the one who snapped the picture; I was cycling behind him, and you can see the skyscrapers of Montreal in the background…

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Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net