12-06-2021, 12:29 PM
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Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Thanks for the link Roxy, and Lion Queen for bringing it to my attention...
If I read it correctly it seems suggest that it would come to light on a younger person, so at almost 71 I might have dodged the bullet. Also, with longer distance running, although enduring and relentless, it is not really classed as 'Intense'...
It is possible to do intense training to increase performance, but that is mainly reserved for the top of the range lads and lassies.
But long distance and ultra long distance running does not come without it's health problems. It has been found to damage the heart after long periods of running, and since I have suffered two heart attacks I have often wondered if there might be a connection. My Dad had a heart attack about the same age as I had mine, and we were both smokers. However, last month I think it was, my hero (Ron Hill) sadly passed away at 82.
He ran at least one mile every day of his life from sometime in the early sixties, and won medals in thousands of events including the Olympics and world and commonwealth marathons, until he suffered heart problems in 2017 and had to stop running....And he never smoked..
Just found this....
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...r-dies-aged-82
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Every day between 1964 and 2017 the renowned British athlete Ron Hill ran at least a mile, setting a world record streak of 52 years and 39 days that still stands – even after snapping his sternum in a car accident in 1993.
Yet that was one of many achievements in a glorious career. For Hill, who has died at the age of 82, was also an Olympian, inventor, innovator and undoubtedly one of the country’s greatest marathon runners.
Ron Hill obituary
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In 1970 he became the first Briton to win the Boston Marathon, breaking the course record, and won Commonwealth gold the same year in a time of 2hr 9min 28sec – becoming only the second man to ever go under 2hr 10min.
Hill also competed at the Olympics three times, finishing seventh in the Mexico 1968 Games despite running barefoot, and sixth in Munich four years later.
He was one of the pioneers of “carbo-loading” before a marathon to increase glycogen stores. And he used his PhD in textile engineering to good effect to invent and then race in breathable mesh vests to keep cool – a huge innovation at the time. His company Ron Hill Sports also led the way with their “trackster” tights before the lycra boom in the 1980s and 90s.
The tributes to Hill were led by Dave Bedford, the former 10,000m world record holder, who said Hill was “a great man, a great athlete, and a great influence to so many during the golden age of British distance running, including myself.
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“His dedication to his sport was extraordinary, but he also stood out for being a great innovator,” he added. “He led the way with carbo-loading and with textiles. I doubt there is a British athlete in the last 30 years who hasn’t worn a pair of Ron Hill tracksters at some point. He will be deeply missed.
The 1991 world 10,000m champion Liz McColgan also paid her respects. “So sad to hear of the passing of marathon legend Ron Hill, an inspirational athletic icon over the years sincere condolences to his family. The wider running community will miss you. RIP.”
Hill’s clothing company Ronhill confirmed his death in a social media statement. “It is with immense sadness we today mourn the passing of British running legend Dr Ron Hill MBE, our founder, our inspiration, a husband, a father, a grandfather, a runner.”