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100-year-old cyclist rides 62 miles
On Sep 29, 8:37*pm, Dan O wrote:
On Sep 29, 9:20 am, thirty-six wrote: On 29 Sep, 15:47, Jay Beattie wrote: On Sep 28, 3:36 pm, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:40:58 -0700 (PDT), Jay Beattie wrote: On Sep 28, 9:27 am, Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:14:10 -0400, Garrison Hilliard wrote: LYON, France (AP) - French cyclist Robert Marchand has ridden 100 kilometers (62 miles) in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds. It's not the first record that he's broken: http://bicycling.com/blogs/thehub/2012/02/17/100-year-old-sets-cyclin... I'm impressed (and jealous). Well, the dude could probably take the world record or title in the over-100 category for every event *-- pursuit, madison, RR, time trial, etc., etc. *Team pursuit or TT might be hard -- digging up enough over-100 riders to fill out the team. There is no doubt that he is a genetic freak considering that less than one percent of the total population lives to 100. -- Jay Beattie. Yeah, I know. *Still, I'm impressed and jealous. *The Bicycling articles mentions that he started riding at age 78. Checking the math: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenarian In the US 70,490 over 100 out of a population of about 310 million. That's about 0.023%, which is considerably less than 1%. For the world, they claim 455,000 over 100 out of a world population of about 6.8 billion in 2009 or 0.0067% Yeah, putting together a team is going to be difficult. I am impressed, too -- really. *I've ridden with some of these old guy champions, and they can move right along. *In fact, every so often I ponder returning to racing as an old guy . . . the fantasy of finally being good among my aging peers. *The ****er is that the same guys who beat me 30 years ago can still beat me. *There is just no overcoming genetics. There's nothing you can change about your genetics but you can change what you eat. *I can remember from 30 years ago that cyclists and runners would not eat meat or stodge in the 3 days preceding an event. *Fruits and vegetable stews (Stock from bones and joints is good) are easily digested and present the body with an abundant array of nutrients required for top level performance. *Then science told us that we should eat carbohydrate rich foods with meat protein. *The scientific account has failed, meat consumption results in a negative nutrient and energy balance. *Farinaceous foods also result in nutrient loss, but do have on their side a positive energy account as long as they are consumed with fat and more cellularly strong vegetation to regulate absorbtion rate and avoid insulin spikes which cause fat deposition. *Berries are particularly helpful in maximising energy flow for prolonged periods. You're on to something. *That's sort of my problem - not so much *what* I eat as how much. *A leading theory is that low calorie diets extend lifespan. *The way I put it away, my candle will be spent. If you mean you are thick-skinned then that is likely to be indulgence in the farinaceous foods; bread, breakfast cereal, pasta, rice, potatoes, biscuits, cookies, crackers etc. The list goes on as the supermarket is full of commercial products with added value in advertising. If thou wants to live a prolonged death with a body full of tumors then the best chance one has of satisfying the medical industry is to eat the white stuff. You either are an opportunity for commerce or you live for health (as opposed to a slow profitable death). |
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100-year-old cyclist rides 62 miles
On Saturday, September 29, 2012 12:26:19 PM UTC-4, thirty-six wrote:
On 29 Sep, 00:58, datakoll wrote: pedals pedals ? HGH *French Timers... you guys are freakin gullible after swalling the TdF INCROYABLE ! I'M OUTTTA HERE.........__________ sorry, can't find that model, is it perhaps a Chinese copy of a Time type pedal? NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN showem ur outta state driver's license.... |
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