Guys between age of 45 and 55 do you think about death or does it seem far away

From one with no self-awareness. The only obsession here is yours for what I post.

That’s way too young but eventually people will start thinking about it and will be scared about it.

Years ago, I read a book about old Red Sox teammates, Johnny Peskey, Dom Di Maggio and Bobby Doer taking a road trip to visit with Ted Williams before he died. During the visit, Ted asked Dom whether Joe had been afraid before he died. Ted had one of the strongest personalities ever, and it really stuck with me that he asked that.

You are a narcissistic sociopath. Seek help.

Turned 45 a few months back. I honestly feel like I still got a lot of amazing years left. I did a 67 mile week last week, looking at a 70 mile week this week and my body feels fantastic. Did a 5x1000 workout at 5:46 pace as well. I didn't think this was possible when I was 30, for whatever reason.

Full head of hair and really no gray hairs either. There are pills for hair loss and good shampoos now that take of the gray. Married, with 2 kids under 10.

As for life after death? I believe there is something. I became a man of faith in the last 2 years.

One thing I do note is how my place in society has changed. The treatment I get at 45 is much different than what I received at 25. It's not quite respect, but people seem to be patient and willing to listen? At 25, I was steamrolled a lot because I was young and nobody took me seriously. Age 22 to 30 kind of sucked. 33-40 was prime.

Death does seem very far away. What I'm noticing in my family is we are losing a lot of aunts and uncles who never took care of themselves and smoked and ate crappy foods. They are not making it past 70. I believe a lot of people here (runners, cyclists, endurance folks) will live much longer because we are not sedentary and eat better than 95% of the world.

I'm pretty hopeful and excited for my future.

Part of it is seeing your parents grow old.

Part of it is people you consider contemporaries (even "healthy" ones) start dying or having serious health issues. I just stumbled upon the obituary of someone that I used to work with who died in February at age 52.

Still blurting out your drivel.

I know it hurts, little guy. You are weak. Seek help.

Will you two please shut the f-ck up? You are ruining an otherwise good thread. No one cares about your bullsh*t.

Amen to that! 👍

I'm more worried about crapping my pants whether I like it or not. First things first. Death is on down the road.

In my previous life (I was the court jester under the employment of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne) I thought about death a lot, hoping that I would make it to at least 60 or so. But in this life, nah. Once you’ve passed through to the other side once, you lose all fear of dying.

I’m 69, yesterday I was 21, my wife died in 2014 and I can’t remember a single conversation we ever had, two or three people die everyday that I knew.

Gunther Grass talked about that “ escalator ride” and that is what life is.

The escalator doesn’t care about what we think, it’s just time that mechanically whirs on and is totally indifferent as to our wants and needs.

The closer you get to the top, the more scary it gets.