Two weeks and five days ago I tweaked my left calf while running, and foolishly kept going for another mile. Then I had to walk home. I rested it for ten days, then attempted a little jog. I didnt even get 50 yards before that pesky calf seized solid. Last week it was still giving me plenty of pain even while walking. Thank Gawd I was still able to cycle.... Yesterday I watched Mo Farah come from behind to win the 13.1 miles of the Great North Run in exactly one hour (and Mary Keitany was only 5 minutes slower). Then I watched Lewis Hamilton come from behind to win the Italian Grand Prix. Then I did my first skipping for 15 years and went for a slow bicycle ride, measuring two of my local runs with the trusty ancient XL12 GPS. Today, I did some floor exercises, did a bit more skipping and, still feeling frisky, decided to try a gentle 2 mile jog around the block in the beautiful evening sunshine. Thankfully, my calf behaved itself and no other body part complained either. Hoo-bleedin-ray! I shall now, I hope, be able to get back to my quest for a sub-25 minute 5km time. And at least I havent put on any weight while not running either. I hope, by the time Im 96, Ill be as fit as this amazing lady here! Meet the worlds oldest yoga teacher, 96-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch whose mind-blowing agility is putting athletes a quarter of her age to shame! She begins every morning at 5am to teach her students how to bend, stretch and master the most difficult yoga poses - despite being nearly a century old. The 96-year-old, who was raised in India and has been practicing yoga for more than 70 years shows no signs of slowing down! In fact, she has recently added ballroom dancing to her repertoire, and she dances circles around her dance partner Vard Margaryn, who, at 26, is a whopping 70 years her junior. Taos philosophy is, There is nothing we cannot do if we harness the power within us. Two years ago she was officially entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest living yoga instructor. https://youtube/watch?v=u76yQEdflVM
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:37:59 +0000
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