laz on aging

June 11, 2015 i know what my experience has been after training for marathons and ultras for more than 40 years.... i have not developed any immunity to the effects of aging. i have the same ailments as my non-running peers. and the same holds for the people i have known in running over all these years. what is different is the effect these ailments have. i will state unequivocally, that a lifetime of running is the best preparation in the world for the issues of aging. or even the things that can hit when you are younger. you are better equipped to face the discomforts and to fight your way thru rehab. when i walk into the dr's office for a checkup, and see all those people with the same issues struggling to go from their car to the door with a walker, being wheeled in on wheelchairs and gurneys, with their amputated legs and oxygen tanks in their laps, i thank my lucky stars that some mental defect compelled me to run for all these years. i don't expect running to make my life last one day longer. it has dam well made my life better. (later) i failed to mention that your drs will love you. when they go from patient to patient hearing them whine about how hard it is to walk 20 steps; the guy who is troubling over how to break 48 hours for 100 miles is a breath of fresh air.