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I am stronger than I have ever been, but cannot run any more.  I'm not sure 
about endurance, as I haven't tested it for a few years.  I'd have to 
condition to gain some of it back.  Arthritis is a nuisance...I'm stiff and 
creaky, but after a bit of warming up, I go along pretty well.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Someone Somewhere" <grace_herself@xxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] re: age per miles


> There are some professional athletics that are still close to the top of 
> their game in the late 30's and early 40's. Jeff Garcia the Tampa Bay Bucs 
> QB is over 40. Barry Bonds in his 40's would have been great even without 
> drugs - too bad he got a case of stupid. Nolan Ryan pitched to several 
> sons of fathers he had pitched to, Ken Griffie/Ken Griffie Jr., Bobby 
> Bonds/Barry Bonds, etc. He was over 40 when he pitched his last no hitter.
>
> With better nutrition, better medical care and better training methods 
> athletics can last into their late 30 and early 40's. An there there was 
> Satchel Page. He was born in 1906 and retired from professional baseball 
> in 1965 and played in the Major League All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953 - 
> you do the math ;-) .
>
> What seems to go first is raw speed, but strength and endurance tend to 
> last into middle age and beyond. What seems to be killing me is the older 
> I get the more injury prone I get and the longer it takes to heal.
>
> Truman
>
> Barbara McCrary wrote:
> > Oh, NOOOOOO! At 40, I was the strongest I have ever been. At 40, I could 
> > out-hike and out-backpack my 19 and 17 year old daughters. My mother used 
> > to tell me she never got her full strength until she was 40. I was still 
> > pretty strong at backpacking at 59.
> > I'd still be competing on the endurance trail if my up and coming horse 
> > hadn't managed to get bit by a rattlesnake and has been out of 
> > competition since 2001. I have a nice horse now, and the bitten one may 
> > be 100% sound now, but it's been hard getting back into the desire to 
> > compete. The fire has just died down. Anyone have bright ideas on how to 
> > get it back?
> > Barbara
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     *From:* Someone Somewhere <mailto:grace_herself@xxxxxxxxx>
> >     *To:* ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     *Sent:* Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:55 PM
> >     *Subject:* Re: [RC] re: age per miles
> >
> >     ooohhh, ya'll give me hope, i keep thinkin that at 41, almost 42,
> >     im too old to start endurance riding, but, maybe not :)
>
>
> --
>
> “It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
> smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
> Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics



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