John’s Blog
2010 California Senior Games
Last year, in the California Senior Games I had won three gold medals and one silver. I missed the fourth gold by a ¼ inch, so this year my goal was to sweep all four races. It wasn’t to be. I got a really sick with a bad case of the flu two weeks prior […]
An Adventure for my Father
In 2007 I decided to write a fitness book and thought winning some gold medals in the Senior World Games would be a great marketing tool for the book. Since I was turning 50 in 2008 I started to train in 2007. The plan went well. At the Huntsman Senior World Games I won every […]
The Today Show reveiws Infomercial exercise equipment
I watched the Today show on Feb. 6, 2009 and they reviewed four popular infomercial products. It was terrible ARE THEY KIDDING? I thought the Today show was supposed to be informative? In this case, they were borderline negligent when it comes to what they said. Their expert personal trainer didn’t have a clue. I […]
Competing at the Huntsman Senior World Games
Every state has the senior games which are held through the National Senior Games Association. You have to be 50 years old to compete. The top two places qualify to compete in the National Senior World Games held every other year. The next National games will be held in August, 2009 in the San Francisco […]
Racing at the Master Worlds
Arrival I arrived on Saturday to Innsbruck, Austria. The weather was perfect. As you get off the plane the view of the mountains is stunning. The mountains that provide the backdrop to the runway must be at least 10,000 feet high! It’s a relatively small airport so you actually deplane on the runway and walk […]