Ironman With Heart Stent Set Records At World's In Kona "Scott had chest pain during a bike ride a decade ago, and did what any triathlete would do. He rode his bike to his doctor’s office. After an examination, his suspicions of cardiac disease confirmed, the doctor wanted Scott to head to the hospital for a cardiac cath. Scott agreed and started to put his helmet back on to ride his bike to the hospital. The ... Read more
How does one train? For Ironman? You train your body, you train your mind, you train your spirit, you train your ass off. For Aging? You train your body, you train your mind, you train your spirit, you train your withering ass off. While writing the second edition of my book on how to prepare for aging, under a new title, "How to Train for Aging, the Ultimate Endurance Sport," it occurred to me that one ... Read more
The author (left) with his Jordy friend, Walter (a real runner), during a 4-mile run along beautiful nature trails near Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. If I decided to really understand each muscle (striated) in the human body, by studying one a day, it would take me about two years. Even then my understanding would be cursory, at best. While visiting my friend, Walter in England, recently, my intermittent ... Read more
Recent Instagram post by FitOldDog (Yours truly) from Lomas, near Torrevieja, Spain. Well, I did those peripheral arterial disease (PAD) painful and enjoyable hill repeats, ten in all, and they worked out well. Here's my PAD hill repeats training adventure for the day. Selected hill: 200 yards, climb 7-9%, 10 repeats, walk to start each time. PAD Hill Repeat Report All 10 - mild cardiovascular effort - ... Read more
Galaxy loves to be picked up and petted. A lovely creature. Don't be chicken when you exercise with PAD, and NO! We do NOT eat our chickens. When treating peripheral arterial disease with exercise to improve the painful symptoms of claudication (which is screwing with my running, but not affecting cycling - interesting), there is a number of key issues to consider. Conditioning: Tight muscles are less readily ... Read more
This is a cursory consideration of an interesting issue: Pressure wave interference when running with peripheral arterial disease. https://youtu.be/SCtf-z4t9L8 I have pretty severe vascular occlusion in branches of my right popliteal artery (partially blocked blood vessels in my right calf due to arteriosclerosis, reducing blood flow to tissues below my knee). This is further complicated by the presence of my ... Read more
I know it sounds weird, but if you have tight calves, stretching your hamstrings works better than a roller or using all those crazy calf stretching gizmos. Trust me! https://youtu.be/cArWgQXoktc I know, I said hip flexor instead of lateral hip rotator for the piriformis stretch. I guess I was distracted. Why did the music go on after the images? So you'll be encouraged to relax, chill out. Never force ... Read more
I really am looking forward to returning to Ironman racing, but there is some work to do, first. In 2008, I qualified for the Boston marathon, with the help of a great coach, Chris Hauth. I finished that marathon in 4:07:59, with seven minutes to spare, which guaranteed me a slot in the Boston Marathon, 2009. Make sure you have a good coach! Chris Hauth spotted my heel strike, and taught me how ... Read more
The key to a healthy old age is education. What do you see in this picture? When training young pathologists, I would sit them down at a microscope with a slide showing an interesting subject. Maybe a liver section or part of the brain. They would think they knew it all. They would think they were skilled observers. The lesson was about patience and not knowing. Your brain hides things. It's the only way it can ... Read more
Veterinary pathologist applying science and logic to health challenges, including aging, for human and non-human animals.
Please tell me about the aging subjects that interest you, personally. Thanks so much, kev
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