Originally Posted by
Giacomo 1
I don't know about things like this.
They just ran a triathlon here in NYC, and two people died from cardiac arrest. One was a 63 year old man, the other a woman in her early 50's I believe. I know many folks here will disagree with me, but I think it's nuts for people this old to be trying to compete at such a high level in such a fatiguing event. There does come a point when we have to understand we are not 25 years old anymore. We have to understand our mortality.
I'm all for excercise and even some light competition if thats what floats your boat, but triathlons, endurance swims? I don't think so....
Actually, the older you get, the more you should risk. It's not like you have fifty or sixty years ahead of you. What are ya going to do? Die? You're going to do that anyway.
I do understand my mortality, I'm going to die. I'd rather go out having fun then wondering if I could do something that is outside my comfort zone.