Statistics of a husband's mid-life crisis

Age: 40 years

Causes for distress: Receding hair line; acceptance of never-to-be-clearly-defined-ever-again 6 pack;

Number of little red sports cars involved: 0

Number of young, pert blondes involved: 0 (lucky for him; it could have gotten ugly)

Number of really long, really hard bike rides chosen to complete upon reaching 40th birthday: 1

Number of mates conned in to doing the same: 2

Number of wives and children packed into the cars to visit 3 states and drive about 12 hours each way to reach the really long, really hard bike ride: 3 and 7 respectively
(That includes his mates' families. He isn't stockpiling extra wives and kids...as far as I am aware)

(visitalpinevictoria.com.au)

Total time from start to finish: 10 hours and 10 minutes

Total riding time: 9 hours and 11 minutes

Total distance cycled: 196 km

Total vertical metres cycled: 4355

Minimum temperature: 4 degrees Celcius

Maximum temperature: 49 degrees C
Assessment: hardest physical thing he has ever done

Event: Audax Alpine Classic, Bright, Victoria (23rd January, 2011)

Money raised by husband for Oncology Children's Foundation:
over $2400

Wife's pride factor: off the scale

...Dalgarno, Alan        finish...

Well done, hon.

(And to think, all I wanted to do on my 40th was kick back with a nice bottle of bubbly)

Wonder what will be on for his 50th.
I hear that there is some nice bike riding to be had
around the French Alps...