Youth vs Aging

Aging happens! To all of us. Despite our best attempts to keep ourselves youthful, Father Time keeps the clocks ticking and change is inevitable.

I've been thinking a lot about this lately just because of my last bout of the flu. I will say that everyone has had this flu and most people are finding it harder tho shake than normal. But when I was younger I would get sick and a few days later things would be back to normal. Now I'm off running for a week (ie - should be in bed but can't cause I'm the only one running the business and if I don't work I don't get paid) Then I feel pretty ordinary for another week, then I get some little complication - a nice bacterial infection or sinusitis - then I have to go to the doctor.

Or I might get a little injury. Used to be that I would have a couple of days rest and all would be good. Now I need x-rays, scans, physio and threatened amputation (just joking) for it to get better.

I know I'm not alone - lots of my more-elderly friends (I'm talking youthful 50-somethings) have said the same. Do I like it? Absolutely not! Is there anything I can do about it? Apart from exercising and eating well and having a good attitude - probably very little.

But having said that, I only missed one week of running and yesterday I ran all around Mt Coottha in the same time that I ran it before I got sick. Take that Father Time!

And on to other positive things - Josh has been really good this week. He and alcohol are just a really bad mix so I'm hoping he's learnt his lesson (I'm an optimist). Luke has almost finished his first semester of uni. One more exam to go today and it's 4 weeks holiday. And Sam has had some excellent results coaching strength and conditioning to his elite swimmer, Maegen. She swam at a meet in Santa Clara after some intensive altitude training in Mexico and ended up with one of the world's fastest times of 2011 and a PR. And that's without a taper. Sam's pretty chuffed.