I’m younger (51) but I do think how much your REGULAR training volume is makes a big difference in your consistency with HIMs. The less hours (and less intensity in those hours, but hours matter more I think) the less consistent, or the more you’ll be affected by variables like weather, conditions, etc.
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I think that running needs to be less of the training mix as we age because it’s the cause of most injuries. Lots of swimming and cycling can transfer to running fitness. So for me, at age 72, I can run as little as 12 to 18 miles a week in preparation for a 140.6 and still have a very good run that will get me on the podium (remember that podium is easier with less participants). At this age it’s running enough to do well, but not enough to break something + good form and muscle activation specific to swimming, cycling, and running.
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That’s a nice comment. Thank you.
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68 this month. First triathlon in 1986. I like to race: running (mostly 5k, 10k plus the occasional track or trail race), mountain bike, triathlon - I do about 15-20 races a year and passed 500 a few years ago. Racing a lot is my motivation to keep working out. Will start the Arizona mtn bike race season this weekend. I also do other sports: 70-80 windsurfing sessions in Canada, hockey in the summer in Canada, winter sports if possible when I am in Europe, weight training in the off windsurfing season. I also do lots of landscaping and yard work in Arizona - wrestling with cactus is great for flexibility and workout recovery.
SUP is an activity/sport that facilitates most, if not all, physiological processes that support dynamic, healthful longevity.
I frequently hear the comment - “SUP really works your core.” As if they were the only parts involved. When I finish a session of merely an hour, I feel muscular fatigue from head to toe - literally. From the bottoms of my feet up to facial musculature fatigue. Everything is routinely engaged throughout, for the entire session. When I add time (1:30h+) intensity (z’s 345), and the aforementioned strength exercises, the benefits compound dramatically. The amount of blood glucose metabolized, I happily cannot comprehend. The neural and vestibular components are another incalculable positive, for now - as well as the inevitable decline that I hope to ameliorate (12yrs. of American football. We were actually issued smelling-salts).
An in-the-water rinse, protein shake, handful of peanuts, and an apple gets me home to a breakfast bagel, and 3rd coffee. Good Lord will’n, this will get me to 80+.
ugh I am sorry..
at my nephew’s wedding, talked to one of his friends who is a gerontology doc. She said the single biggest factor in staying healthy for her patients, was just keeping on moving.. once you stop moving, it’s over. so I keep moving, slowly and painfully..
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