Spring Has Sprung, Do You Want To Be A 50 Plus Ironman?

Photo by FitOldDog, with permission – yes, I asked the crocus for permission.

We all need encouragement, and when I mentioned that I’d like to qualify for Boston again, Deb put this medal on the door – Thunder Road, 2008, when a 4:07:59 got me to Boston at age 65. Never too old to live your dream. Photo by FitOldDog.

The first time I sat on the beach in Lake Placid for my first full Ironman race, in 2007, at age 64 (I think I was 64), I was really nervous. In fact, scared might be a better term. Now, when I do these things, I’m just excited, but I still ask myself, as I wait for the gun to go off, “What the hell am I doing?” But I do it anyway, and never, ever, regret it.

As I was rebuilding one of my websites the other day, FitOldDog.Com, I was thinking about search engine optimization (SEO), which led me to consider what Old Dogs in Training, LLC had to offer people in the way of value. So I added my Ironman experience, as a separate page, and then I went outside and saw my first springtime crocus, went for a long run (1.5 hours, on a treadmill), and forgot all about SEO for a while.

My page was designed to encourage people with a dream to go for it; such as Rick’s Ironman Dream (my swimming partner, Rick, did well in New Zealand the other day, 14:08:10, after about a decade away from the sport). A great example of just going for it! Apparently, he was all smiles at the finish!

Here’s my new page, v1, which contains my favorite ‘exercise is important photograph‘ that I obtained from a BiCycle Lab newsletter, by my great bike builder, Victor Jimenez.

You’re never too old to have a dream, or learn new tricks!

I was really pleased with my page, until I received a list of things that should be included, from Daniel in the UK. Daniel is a business student, who I met through Walter, of Plantar Fasciitis Fame. He, with a group of other students, have taken me on as a project with respect to my online business aspirations, which I really appreciate.

OK! Work to do, and lots of new tricks for this FitOldDog to learn.

Thanks again, Walter and David.

I’ll post v2 when I get it done.