New member from Salt Lake City.

cee2ski

Hi there- I'm Chris from Salt Lake City, Utah. I just joined MFP at the urging of my athletic trainer, who I just signed up with shortly before my 57th birthday. I used to be an endurance athlete, and being outside in just about any way (hiking, skiing, biking, paddling) is still very important to me both in terms of how I see myself and how I connect with my "higher power" of the natural world. Due to long-term stress and injury, I had gotten very far from that capacity, and it was beginning to scare me, both in terms of what I was losing in terms of function, and in terms of where I saw the "curve" going into my older age-- if I was this bad at 57, it's frightening to contemplate 67 much less 77.

I'm new to MFP so I'm not really sure how the "community" works, but I thought this would be a good start. I've also started a blog here, at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/cee2ski

I'm looking forward to learning, sharing, and making new friends here as I embark on this next stage of my life and fitness journey.

thankful for where my life has brought me-
~Chris