Subject: RE: What are your thoughts on this? How many people enter extreme (i.e. IM, HIM, Marathons, long distance swimming etc. ) endurance sports for "health"? There are better ways to simply be healthy like moderate eating and moderate exercise. Maybe once in your life or so you do an Ironman just to see what it is like, just like maybe once in your life you have a crazy drunken Las Vegas weekend to see what it is like.
But to do these kinds of things constantly as a hobby? You don't do that for health.
I do long distance endurance sports because I like doing stupidly extreme things. That it would take a toll on my body was expected. But, to not put too fine a point on it, conception is a death sentence. I'd prefer to keel over at 60 remembering that time I tried to bike up a 2 mile 30 degree incline in 105 degree heat than keel over at 90 remembering those pleasant hikes in the park followed by sensible brown rice cakes.
(Not to judge if you prefer the latter... That's far more sensible! )
To do this kind of thing a lot you have to be at least a little crazy. And crazy is (often ) fun. But it ain't usually heart healthy.
End of weirdo guy ranting. |