My chronological age is 50, my physical age is thirty, my mental age is twenty. Basically I never grew up, and I don’t intend to.
I have a dream. I have been training most of my life for it. For a long time I never knew what that dream was. I knew it would require great endurance, both mental and physical. That’s pretty much the make up of my body. I only had to be patient until I found my true passion.
I found that passion just over ten years age. The first time I put on a pair of borrowed inline skates, I knew I’d found love of my life. From that moment on I would be fight an uphill battle to live my dream. I would battle negative energy from those around me. Negative thoughts in my head. Both physical and mental obstacles of all sorts.
I gave up all the leisure pleasures of western living. No cigarettes, no booze, no drugs. Everything I ate I analyzed. Basically I changed my live to fit my dream. I’ve trained with only one purpose in mind, achieving my dream.
That “Dream” is to become the greatest ultra distance endurance roller blader in history. Simple, set or break every distance record there is and then create my own distance records and set them in stone. This dream occupies my every waking moment. Every set, every rep, every turn of a pedal, every step on the stairmaster, every rung on Jacobs ladder and every push of my blades had only one purpose, to make my dream come true.
This summer I will start to live my dream. I will break the 50 kph mile stone and then set in motion the fist of four world records. To go farther than 36.120 km in one hour, then the six, twelve and twenty-four hour records and then the sky is the limit.
Nothing is going to stop me from living my dream. How about you!
That’s fucking awesome streamline! Post a video if you get a chance.
I used to love riding roller blades in Jr. High but then in high school I wanted to smoke blunts and drink King Cobra and party with my friends. Every now and then I still see people riding blades and it makes me want to buy a pair even though it’s considered “gay” to roller blade these days. Fuck what people think, blading is fun as hell and a great way to do cardio and burn fat. People who sit around all day and eat pizza are gay.
Damn. I’m jealous. My chronological age is 54. My physical age is 87. Rock and roll beat the shit out of me. My mental age might be 12. That’s because I’ve done more booze and drugs than just about anybody, except Keith Richards. Now my goal is just to stay alive one more day, and strive to be a little stronger tomorrow.
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That’s fucking awesome streamline! Post a video if you get a chance.
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The only thing better than positive thinking is positive reenforcement, Thank guys.
Planning on some videos, they have those awesome motion sensitive helmet cameras. Hope to get one before spring, mainly for correcting technique, but nothing wrong with stroking the ego little before you put it back in its cage, little f’er is always getting me in trouble.
Always wanted to get this on a training t-shirt “taking the lead is heaven, holding it is hell. WELCOME TO HELL!!” That damn ego lol!
I went online to inquire about some speed blades with the ankle boot and wheels 4X110mm.
The reply was “110mm wheels are for elite skaters with great technique, you probable want 90mm or maybe 100mm”. And people wonder why I lose it, I bit my tongue and replied, “I’m pretty sure I said 4X110mm, is something wrong with your computer” the reply back was “If you’re not a elite skater you really what something smaller”. Time to look up a different source, where do they find these people. The battle continues.
That is sooo cool. I have a list of things I want to do (earn my MD - done that, get 5th degree black belt - took me from 1972 to 1996 but I did that, climb Mt.Kilomanjaro - have not done that).
You are living life, not just passing the days away. I am sure you are an example to those around you.
Its nuts. Going back to med school at 40 was nuts. I have had the goal in writing for decades. I had people look me in the face and laugh and say “you are nuts” - and I am. I am living MY life, not dancing to anyone elses tune.