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My 7 yr old daughter loved it! Great video!

Enjoyed this! Reminds me of my childhood racing BMX and having my parents support all the travel and gear when it wasn't always easy for them financially like Tomas's mom. Glad to see it was worth his mom's sacrifice.

@getrad24-7: by the way, my age could go the other way, for example If I smoked, I would have the lungs of a much older person.

@getrad24-7: I think my argument holds. What is age? It’s a point in time but through my life based on luck and how I take care of my body, it “ages” at different rates than the average person. For example, at my company last year I got a discount on my insurance for participating in medical monitoring where they take my blood, weight, physical dimensions and survey results for on their questionnaire. I was technically 42, but it said my health age was 30. So, how old am I? I know how old from a legal standpoint (42) but what about from a physical competition standpoint? I can effectively change my age based on the condition of my body. Just like trying to change the sex that I was born with.

Grrr. I'm typically open minded and I feel people should be able to live as they see fit for themselves, but this gets me frustrated. For the sake of argument, let's image that I'm 42 years old, but I identify more as a 50 year old since I'm really out of shape for my age (I'm not but play along), can I race in the 50 yr old class? I don't see a this being a different argument. At some point, we should all accept the facts that we are born with a specific sex. If you want to compete in sports, then compete as you were born. If you want to be the opposite sex, that's fine w/ me, but perhaps the trade off is that you don't try to compete unfairly.