Hi folks, welcome! Life is for living, but you have to keep your mind and body active for optimal endurance as you age, which requires intelligent and consistent conditioning. If you live in one place for a number of years, you'll notice older couples out walking together. Then one of them disappears, often leaving a somewhat desolate individual walking alone. Sometimes you hear that the partner died, but ... Read more
Sensible Conditioning Will Enable You To Stay Fit And Do Things With Family And Friends Into Old Age
FitOldDog Is Pleased To Achieve Ironman All World Athlete Status, But He Wishes He Was Running In The Boston Marathon Today With Jeff
Interesting vignettes told by Jeff, at Fleet Feet, Carrboro, NC, USA, and paraphrased here by FitOldDog: "I had a really bad case of plantar fasciitis one year, but I was entered in a 100-mile running race so I ran it anyway. It was hell for the first 60 miles, then the pain in my feet vanished, and it never came back." [FitOldDog: How about that for a cure for plantar fasciitis?]. "I bought some new socks, ... Read more
Needed, Good News On Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery And Subsequent Recovery - All Encouraging Stories Would Be Much Appreciated
Hi folks, welcome! Glad you came by! Why do I say only listen to good news? Because the bad news will find you, as the news media and people in general love to repeat bad news. I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop this morning, listening to a guy I know and like pretty well, but I wanted to get away (so did my dog Willbe!). Then I realized that he (the man, not my dog) was providing a litany of negative ... Read more
