Originally Posted by
Machka
When he completed it, he was asked why he would do something like an Ironman at that age, and his response was, "Because I can."
A bit of a tangent, but a bit not...
I have MS. One of my previous exacerbations left me with semi-paralyzed leg muscles. Those muscles seem to have come back (best guess: all the bike riding), but I expect them to be involved next time I have an exacerbation. I also think it's not unlikely that my next exacerbation will mark my transition from relapsing/remitting MS (you have symptoms, they get better) to secondary-progressive (you have symptoms, they don't get completely better, the cascade failure begins).
"Because I can" applies to anything you wish you were doing. Because at some point, you won't be able to. You'll be dead.
Just completed my first 600K this weekend.
You can do it.