Keep up with your ageing - maintains good health

"Training hard and often can stave off the effects of an ageing body" Wrote Gina Kolata

Recently, I have read an article on this and it is really encouraging and feel motivated to check up what these people have done.I would like to share here.

I will quote a few of these exciting stories posted on the local NST dated 12th Feb 2008 on Life & Times.

1. Researchers report that people still can start running later in life - as one man at the age of 62 took up running and in a year later had completed his first marathon in 3 hours and 25 minutes. This is amazing right? We are starting to think now, how could he did it? what types of training or practices he had undergone? Many questions come across to our mine.

2. Another story, Gina Kolata wrote: Imme Dyson is 71 years old and she is a runner lives in Princeton. She took up running when she was at the age of 48 years old. She has run for 15K in 1hr:19min:08sec. This is a good record in the category of her age group.


Base on the above stories, my view is simple: These people are really determine to do what they want to do and especially at their ages, they may have achieved many achievements in their life, so what else for as just running? It is very sure that they can do it. HOWEVER, we need to check our self that the most important is our present health to do whatever exercises that include running or jogging which is considered as one of the strenuous physical exercises. Definitely, they must be fit for this.

Other factors that make these people manage to do it:

1. They have time or schedule to do. Sometimes it requires high commitment/discipline to stick to what is being scheduled.

2. They have the drive or stamina to do it

3. Off course they really enjoy what they are doing.


These are some of my views how these people can do it.

Best regards
M N Basar