SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Joy Lind made a goal to bike her age in miles on every birthday. She is this week’s Someone You Should Know.
“Well, I have been an avid biker for as long as I can remember. I remember moving here and just being thrilled with the bike trail here in Sioux Falls,” said Lind.
Lind pedals for miles and miles. The Kentucky native, who is a business professor at the University of Sioux Falls, had an idea on a birthday.
“In August of 2021, as I was approaching my 50th birthday, I had this thought, ‘Can I bike 50 miles on my 50th birthday?’ And I went into that with pretty low expectations, but I succeeded. So then, I set a goal for each year going forward. On my birthday, I would bike in miles my age, essentially,” said Lind.
Lind kept succeeding …