Lessons of Growing Older
LESSONS OF GROWING OLDER Last month I participated in the Santa Cruz 70.3 Ironman Triathlon for the second time. I did it in October 2016, and came in third in my age group (although there were only 4 of us in the 70-74 years old group). I trained for several months before that event, but not especially hard: I ran 12-14 miles a week, biked 60-70 miles a week and swam 1 mile+ two or three times a week (because I’m a poor swimmer and was afraid I wouldn’t meet the time limit of 70 minutes for the 1.2 miles)....