I’m Pacing Myself

Five Times Sit to Stand. Maximal Walking Speed. According to Gretchen Reynolds in WaPo (Gift Article), these are the 2 quick tests can tell you if you’re as fit as an 80-year-old elite athlete. I live in an extremely hilly neighborhood. I don’t know if my 80-plus year-old neighbors who regularly pass my beagles and me on the way up hills are elite athletes, but they seem like it compared to us.

+ 80-year-old grandmother becomes oldest woman to finish the Ironman World Championship. (She was 59 before she even learned how to swim.) I could probably complete an Ironman at 80. If I started the race now.