Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Originally Posted by
realspeed
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After a family friend a few years ago, who was a fitness fanatic, died at a very early age of his mid 30's, I wonder if or how easy it is to over do it with this fitness thing
Keeping fit does not guarantee longevity Realspeed, and neither does smoking condemn everyone to a long lingering death of Lung Cancer. My Gran, God rest her soul, smoked 'Roll Up's and Players Navy Cut' all of her life since the age of ten, she finally passed away at the age of 89 while refereeing a kids five a side football match on the local park.......Tragic!
My point is though, life is a lottery, you never know when your number is up.
'Fanaticism' is relative. To the sedate (Like yourself) a fanatic would apply to the runner who turns out for a couple of easy miles three times a week - Perhaps like myself - But to Mo Farrar a fanatic would be someone who trains twice a day seven days a week, covering in excess of a hundred miles per week (I have had friends like this, who either no longer run, or are deceased)....
Without knowing your young chaps medical history it would be impossible to surmise what caused his unfortunate demise, but running for a bus might just as easily turned out the same result for him.
I've never run to keep fit Realspeed. I'm what's called an 'accidental runner' I loved to go out walking on the moors and found that doing a bit of jogging through the week helped me to keep up with my companions at the weekend. But the excitement of running grew inside me like a tumour, and before long I had to choose some new friends who could keep up with me, and I progressed to racing over long distances. At school I was always the last to be picked (together with the fat kid) for any team being that I was the smallest and weakest in the class.
My Mum wrote notes to excuse me from running the cross country because I hated it and always came last.....
Suddenly I found something that I excelled at, running long distances, and runners who I considered my heroes were left in my wake as I ran my way to victory after victory (Well a couple of 8th and tenth places..
I moved on to the marathon and ran thirty six big ones.....
Well you get the idea.....
Now my fitness, speed and distance trickles through my fingers like fine sand and I must accept the inevitable age related deterioration and dodgy ticker, but my resolution and determination is as strong now as it's ever been and I will not give up my gift easily......
There's more......But Mrs Fox grows impatient......