Your age is just a number. It's not necessarily an expiration date. Granted, there are sports where if you haven't started training by a certain age then you'll probably never compete at the highest levels, but that doesn't mean that you can't train and have fun. There are two great examples of this recently.
At age 52 (and after spending 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Dewey Bozella made his professional boxing debut. He won a unanimous decision over a much younger opponent. Even though he said that it will be his only fight, he still got in the ring and lived his dream. You can read the whole story here:
Wrongfully convicted man wins pro boxing debut at age 52
Even more impressive is the story of Fauja Singh. Singh is 100 years old and just entered the Guinness Book of World Records (and not for the first time either) as the oldest person ever to complete a marathon! Think about that for a minute: a 100 year old man went out and ran 26 miles. In fact, Singh runs 10 miles every single day. Keep that in mind the next time you're "feeling old". Here's the amazing story about Singh:
100-year-old smashes world record for the oldest marathon runner
Your age really is just a number.
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