my new challenge

[pdg]

here is Clancy

Yeah, vicious.


Ours never liked grey hair, walking sticks or hi-viz. Once she saw any of that she'd be in attack mode. Never got that out of her, the only reason she doesn't fly at that now is the cataracts...

 

[jobo]

Yeah, vicious.


Ours never liked grey hair, walking sticks or hi-viz. Once she saw any of that she'd be in attack mode. Never got that out of her, the only reason she doesn't fly at that now is the cataracts...

its sounds like she had been abused by a lollipop lady !

he has had his moments, we had a fight over who owned the settee, who own the bed and lastly who was in charge of the decision about if he should sit do0wn or not. when it turned out it was me he accepted that and we have got on nicely ever since

 

[Martial D]

, in a recent thread, I got a load of flac for suggesting that people should set challenging objectives and God forbid push themselves to their max. I said tongue in cheek, that I intended to be an elite athlete again, having briefly fallen in to that category in my teens, before discovering women motorbikes and beer.

but that got me thinking, hmm, maybe I actual could !. so I googled the world record 100m for a 60 year old and it's a bit under 12 seconds, which is only 2 seconds slower than Usain bolt, so clearly not that easy.

so find something a bit more achievable in the short term, I Google the world record for an 80 which is 15 seconds and a bit. thats more like it, I must be able to run faster than even the fastest 80 yo.

my current time is a bit hazy, as it's not easy doing your own timing on a mobile phone, but its certain under 20 seconds, so at worst I need to knock 5 seconds of my time which seems very achievable if I actually train sprinting.

there after, my next objective, my sister could run 14 seconds when she was 13, so all I have to do is run faster than a 13 girl to beat that and suddenly I'm fast enough to make the British old mans team and I'm an " elite athelete" again.

so that my challenge for the next couple of years, I may not make it, but it wont be because I'm lacking effort. in which case il hang on till I'm 80 and have that record instead

Rock on old man.

I truly feel you. While not yet 60(,I'm 42), I intend to keep my machine in tip top condition as long as genetics will allow.

The only way to do this, more and more each year, is to push myself.

I look around and see most guys my age with their big bellies huffing and puffing around and I just refuse to ever be that.

 

[dvcochran]

thought id update, everything has fallen apart, my training partner has passed, which wasn't really a surprise he was 16 and they have been telling me he has stage 4 heart disease for over 12 months, i had him on heart meds, but he was a different dog, just slept all day, so i exchanged quantity for quality and just let take its course. he was out sprinting me on the saturday full of life and vigour, and had a heart attack on the wednesday whilst walking, then a month of not being at all well followed by another atack. he clearly wasn't going to get through the night and was in some distress, so i overdosed him on heart pills and he went in his sleep.

then i didn't have the heart to go training on my own, so another month passed

i've now got another training partner, clancy or diablo as i'm thinking of calling him. he like my last two dogs have come from a rescue having been classed as beyond training and imposible to to rehome due to aggression issues. clancy has been rehome three times and returned every time for various crimes but mostly biting his owners when they try to get him of the settee, take a ball of him etc and attacking other dogs with out fear or favour.

they were most reluctant to let me have him as they feared being sued. i told them i really don't care if he bit me and like the other two id have him sorted out in a couple of months. I have a rapport with dog and children its adults that i have issues with. they clearly didn't believe me as there in house dog psychologist had got no where with him

I've had him a week and the aggression issues are a thing of the past, at least with people, dogs that couldn't pass with in 50 feet without him kicking off now have to get within two feet before he takes a chunk out of them and it's only every other dog he bites, its still a little way off that he can run free, i fear him running over a road to get at another dog or he will pick on the wrong husky and get mouled


. finding understanding owners that will allow there dog to get bitten whist he get socialisted doesn't seem that difficult or rather i say don't let your dog come over or he will get bitten and they don't believe me.

because there in lies clancy's problem, he is small and cute looking and people have been homing his as a cuddly toy. where as jack russells are not lap dogs they are killing machines and controlled aggression is part of the breed. they certainly have a big dogs attitude of come and have a go if you think your hard enough.

The other major issue is people learching at him, people just suddenly with out asking or an regard to their own safety just move their hand at him at speed because he looks cute, i'm getting tired of it and becoming increasing curt with people , we now at the ' leave the ??????? dog alone stage:;' I'm trying to a) get him under control and they break his concentration and i have to start again at the
beginning,b) get him used to the fact that people are not a threat, he has clearly had a few good clouts in his time and C) i really don't want the hassle of someone getting bit. he is fine if people come at him slowly, but i still object to it happening every 50 yards,

Yesterday i picked him up in a shop as peo0ple just sneak up behind and lerch at him and i turned and a stupid woman stuck her nose right in to his face then a paused for a second to put something in the bin and bloke learched at him, i told him to desist curtly and he wanted to fight me, well he got twenty yards away and wanted to fight me. whats wrong with people. i've had to put a muzzle on him to protect idiots from themselves, even children ask first

Very sorry for the loss of your friend. I commend you for taking on a challenging rescue dog. We have a jack at the farm and she is fine there where she can run free. Very good in dealing with the Armadillo's which are invading Tennessee. When we have company it is a different story so I can relate to the challenges you are having. Given your geography I cannot offer a suggestion so help with the overly friendly people who do not recognize the breed and know when to back off. The rest of taking in a rescue animal it sounds like you have firmly in hand. Good on ya.

 

[_Simon_]

Terribly sorry for your loss @jobo. Never an easy thing at all... hope you're okay. Good on you for taking on your recent pal, sounds like your care will bring him to a calmer state

And yesss some people just lunge at dogs and pat them without asking the owners... ugh...

 

[Gerry Seymour]

thought id update, everything has fallen apart, my training partner has passed, which wasn't really a surprise he was 16 and they have been telling me he has stage 4 heart disease for over 12 months, i had him on heart meds, but he was a different dog, just slept all day, so i exchanged quantity for quality and just let take its course. he was out sprinting me on the saturday full of life and vigour, and had a heart attack on the wednesday whilst walking, then a month of not being at all well followed by another atack. he clearly wasn't going to get through the night and was in some distress, so i overdosed him on heart pills and he went in his sleep.

then i didn't have the heart to go training on my own, so another month passed

i've now got another training partner, clancy or diablo as i'm thinking of calling him. he like my last two dogs have come from a rescue having been classed as beyond training and imposible to to rehome due to aggression issues. clancy has been rehome three times and returned every time for various crimes but mostly biting his owners when they try to get him of the settee, take a ball of him etc and attacking other dogs with out fear or favour.

they were most reluctant to let me have him as they feared being sued. i told them i really don't care if he bit me and like the other two id have him sorted out in a couple of months. I have a rapport with dog and children its adults that i have issues with. they clearly didn't believe me as there in house dog psychologist had got no where with him

I've had him a week and the aggression issues are a thing of the past, at least with people, dogs that couldn't pass with in 50 feet without him kicking off now have to get within two feet before he takes a chunk out of them and it's only every other dog he bites, its still a little way off that he can run free, i fear him running over a road to get at another dog or he will pick on the wrong husky and get mouled


. finding understanding owners that will allow there dog to get bitten whist he get socialisted doesn't seem that difficult or rather i say don't let your dog come over or he will get bitten and they don't believe me.

because there in lies clancy's problem, he is small and cute looking and people have been homing his as a cuddly toy. where as jack russells are not lap dogs they are killing machines and controlled aggression is part of the breed. they certainly have a big dogs attitude of come and have a go if you think your hard enough.

The other major issue is people learching at him, people just suddenly with out asking or an regard to their own safety just move their hand at him at speed because he looks cute, i'm getting tired of it and becoming increasing curt with people , we now at the ' leave the ??????? dog alone stage:;' I'm trying to a) get him under control and they break his concentration and i have to start again at the
beginning,b) get him used to the fact that people are not a threat, he has clearly had a few good clouts in his time and C) i really don't want the hassle of someone getting bit. he is fine if people come at him slowly, but i still object to it happening every 50 yards,

Yesterday i picked him up in a shop as peo0ple just sneak up behind and lerch at him and i turned and a stupid woman stuck her nose right in to his face then a paused for a second to put something in the bin and bloke learched at him, i told him to desist curtly and he wanted to fight me, well he got twenty yards away and wanted to fight me. whats wrong with people. i've had to put a muzzle on him to protect idiots from themselves, even children ask first

Man, so sorry to hear about your buddy. Always tough when they have to go. Good on you for helping the ones nobody else can manage.

 

[Buka]

Rock on old man.

I truly feel you. While not yet 60(,I'm 42), I intend to keep my machine in tip top condition as long as genetics will allow.

The only way to do this, more and more each year, is to push myself.

I look around and see most guys my age with their big bellies huffing and puffing around and I just refuse to ever be that.

Heck, bro, you haven't even reached your peak yet. But I know you'll keep on rocking and will.

Martial Training keeps you young. Sometimes it keeps you sore, but old and sore is better than young, out of shape and lazy. I think so anyway.

 

[Buka]

Jees, I had missed the post of the loss of Jake. My heart goes out to you, brother. Sorry for your loss.

And rock on to Clancy!

 

[jobo]

tHANKS FOR YOUR KIND WORDS

i i need to get my training back on track, with the terrible weather at the end of summer and jakes i9lness and passing, i've effectively lost nearly three months of training. and i need to start soon or i will be back where i started. it comes slowly and goes quickly at my age. and just karate training is no here near enough to maintain it.

but them i'm stuck in the don't really want to f8ind out home unfit i am, so i will put it off another week paradox and clancy isn't exactly fit either, at 5 he isn't as fit as jake was at 15,

so saturday made a reluctant start. a mile walk up to the adventure playground, and did some pull ups, doing them as singles with a 5 second pause, i did 10 .1 sec up, i sec hold and 2 secs down. 10 2 secs up , 2 secs hold and 3 secs down and then 10 3 secs up 3 secs hold and 5 secs down, well i say 10 i ran out of strength at 7, so the last three were a bit of a jump and straight down again, so not really to bad as a starter

the4n a mile yomp, back to the village, that that army style running that's not much faster than walking, which clancy could just about manage

I could however really feel my abs last night
today i'm going to do much the same with shoulder dips, they are much the same as normal dips but with your arms wider apart to hit the soulder rather than the tricep .

then alternate push pull every other day till the end of the week, that should ge all the muscle pulls out of the way in short measure.

then pick up the pace a bit next week and see where we are when i start doing the intense circuit training, suspect that will need to be built up again, cant see me doing half an hour straight of the bat and build up0 the running more for clancy than me at this stage

 

[jobo]

though I'd some what belatedly update this.

it all went to hell in a hand cart, by the death of my training partner otherwise kbow as a running enthusiasm assistance dog, if I didnt feel like running made no difference to him he set off and I chased him for a mile or so

then the procurement of a dog with agoraphobia, who didnt like goibg out never mind running and was scared of puddles of which we have quite a lot, then a long cold wet winter, then covid

non of which are really a valid excuse, it just made it mentally tough to motivate myself to greater efforts

I've lost a massive amount of general fitness since where I was 18 months ago, though I'm probably still quite fit for someone in their 60s, it's a long slow climb back

since about Feb I've been slowly ramping it up, the dog has got over his agoraphobia and fear of puddles , though still not at all keen on running, I'm not sure I would be if I only had five inch legs, so I've switched to cycling for aerobic fitness, with the dog in a back pack

I also cant make my mind up what my goal actually is, so keep jumping training methodologie, that is not really helping, other than I'm getting slowly better at everything

the 100 meter old git world record is still on, it's not just hitting the standard that's an issue, ( infact irs far from the most difficult problem), actually getting yourself in a situation were they have approved timing equipment and regulators isnt straight forward, I'm going to have to join a running club and then get myself to high level athletic meeting , by the time I get myself there there will be no athletic season left, that's if they even start again this year so next year??????

I'm still playing with the idea of a 200/ 300 mile cycling trip, which is also hard to arrange with out knowing what's happening with camp sites and if they have all gone bust

and 8m still a good way from the fitness to do that unless I compromise on the daily distance I do, from the projected 30 miles a day to more like 15, it's not the 30 miles that's the issue, its doing it day after day where I come unstuck, I'm doing circa 15 miles a day every day now, I could probably do 15 miles cycling and 15 walking with out to much difficult , but then it's not a cycling holiday!!!!!

I'm drastically miss using the gears on my daily cycle, so that I burn as much energy in an hour doing 15 miles as I would in three hours doing 50 miles, it working but slowly

if I do get it up to 50 miles a day, then I'm going to have to damratical increase the distance so it takes 10 days, like I say conflicted

 

[MadMartigan]

though I'd some what belatedly update this.

it all went to hell in a hand cart, by the death of my training partner otherwise kbow as a running enthusiasm assistance dog, if I didnt feel like running made no difference to him he set off and I chased him for a mile or so

then the procurement of a dog with agoraphobia, who didnt like goibg out never mind running and was scared of puddles of which we have quite a lot, then a long cold wet winter, then covid

non of which are really a valid excuse, it just made it mentally tough to motivate myself to greater efforts

I've lost a massive amount of general fitness since where I was 18 months ago, though I'm probably still quite fit for someone in their 60s, it's a long slow climb back

since about Feb I've been slowly ramping it up, the dog has got over his agoraphobia and fear of puddles , though still not at all keen on running, I'm not sure I would be if I only had five inch legs, so I've switched to cycling for aerobic fitness, with the dog in a back pack

I also cant make my mind up what my goal actually is, so keep jumping training methodologie, that is not really helping, other than I'm getting slowly better at everything

the 100 meter old git world record is still on, it's not just hitting the standard that's an issue, ( infact irs far from the most difficult problem), actually getting yourself in a situation were they have approved timing equipment and regulators isnt straight forward, I'm going to have to join a running club and then get myself to high level athletic meeting , by the time I get myself there there will be no athletic season left, that's if they even start again this year so next year??????

I'm still playing with the idea of a 200/ 300 mile cycling trip, which is also hard to arrange with out knowing what's happening with camp sites and if they have all gone bust

and 8m still a good way from the fitness to do that unless I compromise on the daily distance I do, from the projected 30 miles a day to more like 15, it's not the 30 miles that's the issue, its doing it day after day where I come unstuck, I'm doing circa 15 miles a day every day now, I could probably do 15 miles cycling and 15 walking with out to much difficult , but then it's not a cycling holiday!!!!!

I'm drastically miss using the gears on my daily cycle, so that I burn as much energy in an hour doing 15 miles as I would in three hours doing 50 miles, it working but slowly

if I do get it up to 50 miles a day, then I'm going to have to damratical increase the distance so it takes 10 days, like I say conflicted

Just find the activity you enjoy the most while you're doing it. Really helps with the motivation. After several years of off and on MA training, I finally realized that it was the teaching that gave me the motivation to train. Just doing it on my own was tough. Maybe the group dynamic of a running or cycling club will be your missing piece.

My favorite quote (which has been very helpful in getting myself back on track) is
"It's never too late to be what you might have been".

 

[Tez3]

Jobo, why not go for a Captain Sir Tom 100 challenge to start with? Make it achievable in a short time to give you an incentive to start building up to something else.

 

[jobo]

Jobo, why not go for a Captain Sir Tom 100 challenge to start with? Make it achievable in a short time to give you an incentive to start building up to something else.

i know who captain tom was, i didn't know he had a challenge, il look into it thanks