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105-year old sets new record
On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 1:47:05 PM UTC-8, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Frank Miles: Incredible and inspiring! http://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/n...ing-22-547-km/ I hope somebody has collected/frozen some tissue samples from this guy. -- Pete Cresswell Why, are you hungry? Living to old ages isn't unusual. You need to not have inherited genetic conditions that cause your body to degenerate more rapidly that it should. And you have to avoid diseases that can kill you. I grew up from a little kid walking around in salt marshes hunting little animals to take home, put in aquariums and study. I've been bitten by just about anything that walks, crawls or slithers in those areas. At over 72 I have people pushing me out of the way with their canes saying "you youngsters have to give us old folks room. I'm 60 years old already." |
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On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 10:28:13 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote:
Wow. I'd be fairly surprised just to keep waking up at 105, let alone to be riding my bike for any distance. Good for him. Back in my racing days we had an older gent, in his early 80s, who had raced six day events in the early part of the 20th century. He pushed the velodrome at Blaine very enthusiastically and would show up as a spectator at races on his track bike. He still had a very supple spin and was very, very comfortable on what he called "track iron," would even do a few tricks on it. If I get to my 80s and can still ride a bike, I would consider that a pretty darned big win. I'm delighted to still be riding in my 50s. One of the guys we ride with is 83 and can ride right along with us without straining. While we have another that's 60 and rides just to be able to keep moving from Arthritis. |
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On Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 6:22:05 AM UTC-8, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Tim McNamara: If I get to my 80s and can still ride a bike, I would consider that a pretty darned big win. I'm delighted to still be riding in my 50s. I think your chances are pretty good. I'm in my late 70's and can barely walk - but riding a bike has not yet become a problem -- Pete Cresswell All my joints are as good as new. My eye pressure is down even though my father, mother and older brother all had glaucoma. I do need glasses but sooner or later will have that taken care of. |
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Per DATAKOLL MARINE RESEARCH:
why not walking ? Something called "Insidiously-progressive idiopathic peripheral neuropathy"... which seems to be medical terminology for "Your nerves are slowly dying; we have no idea why; there's nothing we can do; that will be $150; you can pay the receptionist on the way out.....and, oh yeah, be sure to come back in 3 months." Bottom line is that I do not have much of an idea where my legs and feet are without looking at them. Also, it's getting into the motor nerves now so I cannot push off when walking. OTOH, once I get the feet strapped into a set of old-school toe clips things pretty much take care of themselves. Only problem is getting out of the saddle: I can do it, but there is the chance of a foot coming out of the clips. -- Pete Cresswell |
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On Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 9:50:14 AM UTC-8, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per DATAKOLL MARINE RESEARCH: why not walking ? Something called "Insidiously-progressive idiopathic peripheral neuropathy"... which seems to be medical terminology for "Your nerves are slowly dying; we have no idea why; there's nothing we can do; that will be $150; you can pay the receptionist on the way out.....and, oh yeah, be sure to come back in 3 months." Bottom line is that I do not have much of an idea where my legs and feet are without looking at them. Also, it's getting into the motor nerves now so I cannot push off when walking. OTOH, once I get the feet strapped into a set of old-school toe clips things pretty much take care of themselves. Only problem is getting out of the saddle: I can do it, but there is the chance of a foot coming out of the clips. -- Pete Cresswell Sorry to hear of your problems Pete. My experience is that if you cannot get an answer from one doctor you find another. I was essentially unconscious for two and a half years and apparently went to several neurologists until my friend took me to Palo Alto Medical Center where one of the neurologists there was familiar with my sort of seizures. |
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On Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 10:13:09 AM UTC-8, Radey Shouman wrote: writes: On Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 6:22:05 AM UTC-8, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Per Tim McNamara: If I get to my 80s and can still ride a bike, I would consider that a pretty darned big win. I'm delighted to still be riding in my 50s. I think your chances are pretty good. I'm in my late 70's and can barely walk - but riding a bike has not yet become a problem -- Pete Cresswell All my joints are as good as new. My eye pressure is down even though my father, mother and older brother all had glaucoma. I do need glasses but sooner or later will have that taken care of. Sorry, but you'll almost certainly always need glasses. Even if you get surgery to correct your eyesight, presbyopia will prevent accomodation for distance, meaning you'll need reading glasses. Now that I have lost most accomodation I'm not all that disappointed to be myopic. Taking my brother to an absolutely top-rate glaucoma specialist he said that very soon they would have flexible replacement lenses to fit in your eyes which would mimic the original lense. They are still in the testing stage but they are working. Any product, company, or researcher names? -- |
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