Video is a short excerpt from my Mont-Tremblant race video, to show a pro going by, making it look as though FitOldDog is standing still (at about 17 mph). "...Amanda says if there's something you really want, you can figure out a way to get it. She says being discouraged is a waste of time." The Year Of The Flood, by Margaret Atwood. I just had a great bike ride with some friends, and I'm feeling that life ... Read more
Interesting Ironman race in Mont-Tremblant last weekend, and we had great fun camping, which was also much less expensive than the big hotels at the Ski center. The soporific rain on our tent sure helped me to sleep; 11 hours night -1, and 7 hours night before the race - best pre-race sleeps ever. What an outcome for our age-group, 6/7 didn't make it, even my hero, Howard Glass, though he'd been sick, ... Read more
Hi folks, welcome! One week ago, I told my movement and dance teacher (not that I like to dance, I just want to move freely into late old age - I'm a sprightly 71, right now), Rebecca, that I had managed to induce a case of plantar fasciitis heel pain in my left foot, by changing my running shoes, only one month before my next Ironman race, and she said, "Great, we can demonstrate that our method really ... Read more
"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." Ralph Waldo Emerson Hi folks, welcome! The lean startup taught us to build an initial product and test it in the market, before attempting to make it perfect. This is equally important when making changes to your exercise routine or fixing a sports injury! Rebecca and I are working on making our treatment for plantar fasciitis ... Read more
Hi folks, welcome! Do you remember Mr. Miyagi, the all-wise mentor of the Karate Kid, who still had trouble being outdone by the neophyte, Daniel? There are great lessons to be learned from that movie, which I enjoyed a lot. You're never too old to make the same mistakes over and over and over again, until you don't. Yesterday I finished the 2014 Eagleman Half Ironman, walking the last 7 miles of the run - ... Read more
Hi folks, welcome. I'm here again, at the Eagleman Half Ironman, about 6 months after having my abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft repaired at the Cleveland clinic. At these races I see a few familiar faces, guys in my age group, and a small group it is. There are more at this race than any, as it is one of the few half ironman races that award slots for the big race, the Hawaii Ironman. As I was ... Read more
Hi folks, welcome! They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but I think that it is harder to teach a young dog, so when I found out that my youngest son, Nigel, 6-times Hawaii Ironman, (and soon to be 7, whereas I still struggle to qualify) didn't know something that I did, it was exhilarating - how odd? My youngest son, Nigel, great Dad, dentist and Ironman Triathlete, got me into triathlons, and ... Read more
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
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