The “Oldtimers” Kick a Little Butt

If you're new here, and you're into sports and/or the Christian faith, subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

It used to be that age 40 meant you were soon headed for the nursing home or at least should be highly cautious of over exerting yourself. That was then; this is now, and the over-40 crowd are kicking butt and taking names.

For example, there’s Dara Torres (age 41) who won the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle in the Olympic Trials, making her fifth Olympic team. And let’s not forget Eamonn Coghlan, who ran a sub-four minute mile at the age of 41, and Kent Bostick at age 42, who beat out Mike McCarthy (age 29) to make the US cycling team in a previous Olympic games.

I’m in the 40 crowd now myself, and I have discovered the same reality plays out among us nobody types who don’t have the genetics of people like a Lance Armstrong or Dara Torres. The fastest growing segment of people doing triathlons are people 40 and over. I’m one of them. Basically, if i can do it you can if you want to. If you don’t believe me, check her out. I’m pretty sure my window for making the Olympic team has passed, but I do enjoy passing along the little I have learned to others who want to swim, bike, and run. If you are currently a couch potato, and wake up tomorrow morning and decide you want to do a triathlon, I hope this helps.

(photo by Leo Reynolds)