It’s Time to Choose Your 70!

This handsome man is my father.   I Owe my good looks and my raunchy sense of humor to him.  He turns 70 On August 17, 2013.

 

 

 

 

This is Dick.  He’s my friend and running mentor.  He turns 70 approximately 3 weeks afer my dad does.

 

 

 

 

 

I love my dad.  I think he’s the smartest, toughest guy I know.  Fifty percent of my genes came from him and they fit me pretty well.  I wouldn’t trade my dad for anyone.  But lets face it, when I turn 70 years old.  I want to be a Dick.

Dick’s a pretty amazing guy.  He’s a runner (obviously) and has been for over 50 years.  Dick will tell you that there are a lot of reasons to run, but there is only one correct reason: because you love it.

Dick runs 4-5 days a week and averages about 40-45 miles.  He cross trains, lifts weights and does yoga.  And like every runner I know, he smiles all the time.

I have no doubt that Dick is a little stiff in the morning and occasionally has a hard time getting up.  That just comes with age.  But overall, he’s in better shape then most people half his age.  I choose Dick.  I want to be a big Dick when I’m 70.

You may be thirty years old, or maybe in your late twenties.  Did you just hit fifty?  I really don’t care. What I want you to know is this:  Today is the day when you need to choose your 70.  Not tomorrow.

By the time you’re sitting at your kitchen table filling out the invitations to your seventieth birthday, it’s too late to pick your 70.  That decision needs to be made right now.

So what is it?  Do you choose Dick?

If you do, then I invite you to return to this blog over the next couple of weeks.  I plan to teach you how to be the best Dick you can be through a series of interviews with none other than Dick himself.  If you are already a Dick, just a little one or a young one, that’s okay too.  Come back because you need to know how to remain a Dick for the rest of your life.  What better way to do that then to learn from a succesful Dick of almost 70 years?

That’s right, you will hear how it all began over 50 years ago, what keeps Dick going, what his training schedule is, and even hear a few stories about crazy things that have happened to him while running.  The best way to be a Dick, is to learn from one.

See you next week, Dick.

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