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Still dont have a new knee.
Raced a 1/2 marathon on my birthday. Still race MTB and MX as much as possible. 3 adventure races this summer and the Iceman Cometh MTB race in a couple weeks.
Feel like I could be competitive (relatively) for many years to come. It takes constant commitment to fitness, stretching and my friend ICE but a small price to pay for the joy.
Lost any delusions of taking on the world years ago but it is fun to take on the 50+ world in a variety of sports. My best motivation is to stay ahead of my 14 and 16 year old kids and their friends...........so far it is working.
Old Racers Rule....
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I run about 25 miles a week and go to the gym 3 times a week. Starting running in 1980 and I've been hooked ever since.
Still race mx some and ride about every weekend at private tracks.
All of my non riding friends are outta shape and bitch about being old.
They're all in their 50's but sometimes act like they're in their 70's. Of course they think I'm crazy.
I just keep telling them, age is a state of mind.
I still love mx though.
It's the only sport I know of where age doesn't seem to matter. Our group ranges from 20 to 63, but when we're all at the track hanging out, the younger guys just look at us as riders.
Although I do get called old man every now and then, mostly by my 36 year old son. lol
That said, like others here, after a hard day of riding I do feel like an old man for a day or two.
I know what you mean...
Hilarious...
I have read a few threads on here from guys racing after having full knee replacements...I do know every year they advance technology with knees, hips, etc...so i am hoping by the time I need one they are fully race functional!
come play at moses lake with me? race to the south pole and back to the lake?
500X y'all!
Hell, think I'll even try some Vet-X & REM races.
Over the past yr I've had a shoulder, knee & finger fixed. I'm feeling good and riding a helluva lot better than I thought I would be.
It's not how old you are.
It's how you go about "getting older".
50 is gonna be a "Good Year"!
Just getting of the plane from another Rip: gonna be plenty of film showing how "Old Guys" can still shred. 8 days of motoing down to Cabo gets you pretty stoked about riding.
I'm jus' sayin'...
Here is my new (old) ride...
Before rebuild...
In process...
Today...
Pit Row
i have a comment to make, i have also been following the Mike Healey thread here, read on , ill get to it.
I have had my share of injuries, matter of fact i cant name them all, they were all my fault, i blame no one cept the idiot ridding the bike/sled,
any way i love mx , and i love anything with a motor im thinking about lorretas next year if i can get in in the 50 class, ok im getting away from it, i wil always keep going its what i do ive been down and out but never thought i couldnt ride again
in 2000 i broke my pelvis, spent 30 days in the hospital, they sent me home with 125 oxcy cottons, i took one, flushed the rest
in 2001, i dislocated my shoulder, tor rotater cuff, had surgery, more pain killers
in 2002 i dislocated my hip and broke the socket, two weeks in "jail" more drugs
in 2010 i broke 5 ribs and seperated left shoulder, overnight stay, and a bottle of morphine pills ( took one they are nasty) still got them in case i get hurt
ok so u get the piont im a really shitty rider, hopefully i only hurt mysellf and not others around me, and the moral to my story is that i really love ridding and racing i have come on hard times and have had evey excuse to abuse drugs ( i can call my dr rite now and get a script for anything), and i am not in pain i think activity keeps my from seizing up,drugs are stupid if u abuse them they have a purpose, and should be respected and o ya new england guys are the toughest muthas out there, i am a complete pussy compared to the absolute man Doug Henry
here is what tyhe doc sees when i go in for a check up
dates on camera are messed up top pic is just pelvis bottom is when i broke the hip, ill tell u what the god dam shoulder herts way worse than anything else
People regularly guess that I'm in early-to-mid-40s, and I just turned 52. (Yeah, it feels weird to say.)
I look forward to what's next, and am smart enough to not make some of the same painful mistakes that I've made in the past.
The biggest thing that slows me down from hopping on board an MX bike is some arthritis in my fingers (particularly on the outer three fingers of my camera hand), but I do spend a lot more time cycling now...both road and MTB.
Went and saw The Black Keys on Monday. Have an awesome new girlfriend who's ten years younger than I am. Life is good.
Oh yeah. Welcome to the club in June.
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