Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow Douglas!! Peter Dzwig TED GRANT wrote: > Douglas offeredin response: > > Subject: Re: [Leica] An 80th birthday party! :-) > >> "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8065370.stm<<<< >> >>> Thank you I shall begin practising shortly. Although today to >>> >> the cheering >> >>> guests, grandsons, our sons and daughters and a gathering of >>> >> friends I did >> >>> 80 sit-ups, one for each year! :-) >>> >> Marvellous stuff 80 on 80th, I'm both impressed and ashamed. >> Impressed by you and ashamed of how badly I've let myself go. With 22 >> years >> to go to my own 80th, I'll have to get working on my own health & fitness >> again. As an ex rugby, soccer & GAA player, ex triathlete, ex marathon >> runner, and someone who used to run up every morning before breakfast to >> the >> summit of the 600ft hill beside my sea level house with another run in >> the >> evening, I've let myself go completely. A combination of damaging my knee >> playing soccer with my youngest son, and an interest in photography >> keeps me too much in front of the pc these days. >> >> I'll have to get out walking (at least) again. It's now 22 years >> since I won the annual race up and down Ireland's highest mountain - >> Carrauntoohil - and my body is reduced to living on memories of hard >> training! Mind >> you next week I'm in Bordeaux giving my stomach a good work out..... :-) >> >> > Hi Douglas > Never too late to start! :-) One only needs to pull on some loose clothes > and out the door first thing in the morning before the rest of the world > stirs enjoying a quiet walk along around the neighbourhood. Or they can be > quick step pace and make it a shoulders back and solid brisk step along > for about 30 minutes and you'll find your days become far more enjoyable. > It also allows one to kind of set the plan of the day. More importantly it > truly is a half hour away from these damning computer machines we all put > far too much time sitting here. > One need not become some kind of fanatic, merely keep it a relaxing head > clearing kind of thing. Quite beneficial for those walk about times with a > camera looking for happy snaps. :-) > cheers, > ted > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >