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The 91-Year-Old Challenge Has Begun!

6/2/2013

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Now, this is an appeal to all runners, joggers, race walkers to contact your overweight friends and relatives to begin a five-month training program so that they can respond to a challenge from a 91-year-old. The Indianapolis Monumental half-marathon, November 2, will arrive more quickly than you can imagine. If we can pass this on to our many contacts, perhaps we can garner publicity to combat the epidemic of obesity which is crippling our country and raising our national debt, which will be passed on to our children and grandchildren. As promised, here is what Mike plans for next week.

Dr.Bob Kroeger asked me to blog here! I appreciate the honor! I'm Mike Fremont - the 91-year old marathon canoe racer and marathon runner who gets trotted out as a lifestyle example, much to my amusement.
    Under sentence of death in 1991 I changed my diet from standard American to plant-based: in other words vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts and seeds. No meat, poultry, milk, eggs, fish or seafood. Imagine: no cheese for 22 years! No chemotherapy, no radiation, drugs, pills or lectures! No doctors!
    Since 2003, through no fault of my own I seem to have amassed a number of world and U.S. speed records for 26.2 and 13.1 mile foot races. Seriously, I attribute these modest successes to the Whole Food Plant Based diet or WFPB, as T. Colin Campbell of China Study fame calls it, similar to a vegan diet. Maybe that's oversimplified... In advanced old age, to do endurance sports it's advisable to be free of distress - and in reasonable possession of most faculties. Also, bodies need to be accustomed to, say, 10 hours a week of "practice" (the 10 hours is to WIN, not just to run).
    Besides being an engineer, exporter and industrial distributor for 40 years I have had a 40-year career of river protection and restoration - national, state and local. Since 1994 I have worked to change the American diet to one more healthful, less costly and environmentally sane, and since 2009 to reduce global warming so we can continue to enjoy this beautiful life on earth.

Workout Schedule - Week of June 2nd
Mon. Race canoe 3 miles
Tues. Run 10 mi.
Wed. Race canoe 3 mi.
Thurs. Run 5 mi., walk 5 mi.
Fri.   Race canoe 3 mi.
Sat.   Unscheduled
Sun.   Run 10 mi.
Unscheduled: Push-ups, pull-ups

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Mary Beth Dunn
6/2/2013 10:04:19 pm

Mike - you are an inspiration to so many! God Bless You!!!!

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