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71-Year-Old Racing Up Mount Washington

By Rocky Thompson on June 24th, 2010

I’ve never understood people who look at these stories and feel bad about their fitness level. They see that a 71-year-old man is among the participants at an 8-mile race up Mount Washington in Maine and feel bad that they’re in such poor physical health. I feel exactly the opposite - now I know that I have loads of time to get in shape. I can be lazy for the next 30 years and still be in shape for the Washington race by the time I’m 71. Hell, waiting 30 years would still give me 11 years to train; I could probably be lazy the next 39 years and still do the race. I just have to make sure I somehow survive those 39 years of laziness.

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3 Responses to “71-Year-Old Racing Up Mount Washington”

  1. Porter June 24th, 2010 at 9:00 am

    Tisk tisk. NH not Maine.

  2. David Howland June 24th, 2010 at 10:17 am

    Just thought you guys should know that Mt. Washington is in New Hampshire, not Maine.

  3. mike June 25th, 2010 at 5:10 am

    Looks like someone already corrected the slip up. Mt. Washington is in NH and not ME. Silly writers, you should come up and try to run up the mountian. Then you will know where it is and never make the mistake again.