CURRENT ACTIVITY - IRONMAN FLORIDA 2021 TRAINING: APRIL 18th 2021 Report Count Down WEEK 29 (gentle conditioning - distances in miles) SUNDAY: Bike 30.5, Walk 2.0 MONDAY: Swim 1.0, Bike 34.5, Walk 2.0 TUESDAY: Swim 1.0, Run 1.0, Walk 1.0 WEDNESDAY: Swim 0.5, Run 1.0, Walk 2.0 THURSDAY: Swim 1.0, Run 3.0, Walk 2.0 FRIDAY: Swim 0.5, Bike 14, Run 1.0, Walk 3.0 SATURDAY: Swim 1.0, Bike 21, Walk ... Read more
Gratefulness and aging go well together, as you fight entropy-induced decay, with the aid of syntropy or your life-force. Gizmo needed a home, and our home was ready, so Gizmo (front and center) walked briskly into our life in the tiny house, for which I am grateful. Willbe says he'll think about it. While writing my latest book, "How to Train for Aging, The Ultimate Endurance Sport," I thought hard and long ... Read more
Aging is coming, whether you are ready or not. I'm so glad I took up an endurance sport in my 50s. I sure wouldn't have been ready for an aortic aneurysm in 2010, or now, in my mid-70s with peripheral arterial disease due to genetic hyperlipidemia. Bob Scott, an inspiration for older people facing the challenges of aging. He beat me three times in the Eagleman, Half-Ironman race, at age 81, 82 and 84 - WITH ... Read more
Vision blinds us? I awake, again, to a nice warm cat on my feet, a large warm dog huddled up to my side, and a wood stove needing attention. What's new! Boy, Willbe, Cat and I would freeze pretty quickly in our tiny house without this little wood stove. I go outside, one step away, to a world that is quiet and dark, with Orion's belt overhead. I've enjoyed my morning tea, two cups, several hours ago. I step ... Read more
To keep your body moving as you age it pays to be aware of what you are doing. For instance, steering your body is in many ways similar to steering a car and the metaphor is instructive. Excerpt From: The True Story of Plantar Fasciitis: And Why Heel Injections Should Be Banned, Kindle Edition. There are interesting parallels between the way cars and your body function. They are both machines that do stuff, which ... 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
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