100-year-old cyclist rides 62 miles

[Garrison Hilliard]

LYON, France (AP) - French cyclist Robert Marchand has ridden 100
kilometers (62 miles) in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds.
Doesn't sound fast? Consider this: Marchand is 100 years old.
Setting off on his Trek racing bike around noon at a track in Lyon,
Marchand covered the distance at an average pace of 23.3 kph (14.5
mph) - not far off the 24.251 kph pace he kept up to set the world
hour record for his age group in Switzerland last February.
No prior record for a centenarian riding 100 km exists, but cycling's
international governing body will recognize Marchand's feat, French
cycling federation head David Lappartient said.
The president of Marchand's cycling club says he's an inspiration.
"He's an example for humanity, he gives people hope," said Gerard
Mistler.


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[Jeff Liebermann]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:14:10 -0400, Garrison Hilliard
<garr...@efn.org> wrote:

>LYON, France (AP) - French cyclist Robert Marchand has ridden 100
>kilometers (62 miles) in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds.

It's not the first record that he's broken:
<http://bicycling.com/blogs/thehub/2012/02/17/100-year-old-sets-cycling-record/>
I'm impressed (and jealous).

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[Dan O]

Agreed, an example for humanity.

(Interesting math: I'm ~half his age, ~double his speed. Not sure if there's any meaning... )

[Dan O]

I've miscalculated - I'm nowhere near double his speed. (Maybe closer on a racing bike, around a track... )

[Duane Hébert]

I was going to ask how you maintain 46.6 kph over 100k but the last guys
that won our 40k TT did that speed so I figured anything is possible.
And besides, I don't want to question typos.

[Jay Beattie]

On Sep 28, 9:27 am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:14:10 -0400, Garrison Hilliard
>

> <garri...@efn.org> wrote:
> >LYON, France (AP) - French cyclist Robert Marchand has ridden 100
> >kilometers (62 miles) in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds.
>
> It's not the first record that he's broken:

> <http://bicycling.com/blogs/thehub/2012/02/17/100-year-old-sets-cyclin...>

> I'm impressed (and jealous).

Well, the dude could probably take the world record or title in the
over-100 category for every event -- pursuit, madison, RR, time
trial, etc., etc. Team pursuit or TT might be hard -- digging up
enough over-100 riders to fill out the team. There is no doubt that he
is a genetic freak considering that less than one percent of the total
population lives to 100.

-- Jay Beattie.

[DirtRoadie]

Well in comparison here's one of our local "juniors"dudes. Now a
youthful 80.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiBZjXJLd3k
He had a rough go of it this summer, cracking his pelvis in an
"unearned" crash in a club ride.
Just an unseen wayward rock on the road.
DR

[thirty-six]

On 28 Sep, 17:13, Garrison Hilliard <garri...@efn.org> wrote:
> LYON, France (AP) - French cyclist Robert Marchand has ridden 100
> kilometers (62 miles) in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds.
> Doesn't sound fast? Consider this: Marchand is 100 years old.
> Setting off on his Trek racing bike around noon at a track in Lyon,
> Marchand covered the distance at an average pace of 23.3 kph (14.5
> mph) - not far off the 24.251 kph pace he kept up to set the world
> hour record for his age group in Switzerland last February.
> No prior record for a centenarian riding 100 km exists, but cycling's
> international governing body will recognize Marchand's feat, French
> cycling federation head David Lappartient said.
> The president of Marchand's cycling club says he's an inspiration.
> "He's an example for humanity, he gives people hope," said Gerard
> Mistler.
>

> Read more:http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/water_cooler/hundred-year-old...
>
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anyone know what pedals he used?

[Jeff Liebermann]

Yeah, I know. Still, I'm impressed and jealous. The Bicycling
articles mentions that he started riding at age 78.

Checking the math:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenarian>
In the US 70,490 over 100 out of a population of about 310 million.
That's about 0.023%, which is considerably less than 1%.

For the world, they claim 455,000 over 100 out of a world population
of about 6.8 billion in 2009 or 0.0067%

Yeah, putting together a team is going to be difficult.

[datakoll]

pedals pedals ? HGH French Timers...

you guys are freakin gullible after swalling the TdF

INCROYABLE !

I'M OUTTTA HERE.........>>>>>>>>>>__________

[Wes Groleau]

On 09-28-2012 13:27, Dan O wrote:
> (Interesting math: I'm ~half his age, ~double his speed. Not sure if there's any meaning... )

I don't have any interest in speed records, but I do have aspirations of
doing without a car for another fifty years. I'm 58.

--
Wes Groleau

“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing;
it also depends on what kind of person you are.”
-- C.S.Lewis

[Jay Beattie]

I am impressed, too -- really. I've ridden with some of these old guy
champions, and they can move right along. In fact, every so often I
ponder returning to racing as an old guy . . . the fantasy of finally
being good among my aging peers. The pisser is that the same guys who
beat me 30 years ago can still beat me. There is just no overcoming
genetics.

-- Jay Beattie.

[Ralph Barone]

Wes Groleau <Grolea...@FreeShell.org> wrote:
> On 09-28-2012 13:27, Dan O wrote:
>> (Interesting math: I'm ~half his age, ~double his speed. Not sure if
>> there's any meaning... )
>
> I don't have any interest in speed records, but I do have aspirations of
> doing without a car for another fifty years. I'm 58.

If I'm above ground in another 50 years, I'll be quite pleased with myself.

[Ralph Barone]

I'm half his age, possibly only marginally faster. I'm simultaneously
impressed with him and disappointed with myself.

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 07:47:51 -0700 (PDT), Jay Beattie
<jbea...@lindsayhart.com> wrote:

>> Checking the math:
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenarian>
>> In the US 70,490 over 100 out of a population of about 310 million.
>> That's about 0.023%, which is considerably less than 1%.
>>
>> For the world, they claim 455,000 over 100 out of a world population
>> of about 6.8 billion in 2009 or 0.0067%

>I am impressed, too -- really. I've ridden with some of these old guy
>champions, and they can move right along. In fact, every so often I
>ponder returning to racing as an old guy . . . the fantasy of finally
>being good among my aging peers.

The problem is that your aging peers may not be around to offer their
congratulations. At 0.0067%, if you find a crowd of 15,000
individuals, only one of them will live to be over 100 years old. If
you're shopping for a fan club, I suggest Japan, which has a rather
high life expectancy.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy>

I might make it to 100, but I don't think my knees will.

>The pisser is that the same guys who
>beat me 30 years ago can still beat me. There is just no overcoming
>genetics.
>-- Jay Beattie.

Choose your parents wisely.

[thirty-six]

There's nothing you can change about your genetics but you can change
what you eat. I can remember from 30 years ago that cyclists and
runners would not eat meat or stodge in the 3 days preceding an
event. Fruits and vegetable stews (Stock from bones and joints is
good) are easily digested and present the body with an abundant array
of nutrients required for top level performance. Then science told us
that we should eat carbohydrate rich foods with meat protein. The
scientific account has failed, meat consumption results in a negative
nutrient and energy balance. Farinaceous foods also result in
nutrient loss, but do have on their side a positive energy account as
long as they are consumed with fat and more cellularly strong
vegetation to regulate absorbtion rate and avoid insulin spikes which
cause fat deposition. Berries are particularly helpful in maximising
energy flow for prolonged periods.

[thirty-six]

sorry, can't find that model, is it perhaps a Chinese copy of a Time
type pedal?

[Dan O]

I've never raced bicycles (in any kind of organized, formally
sanctioned event), but am a racer at heart with racing inmy blood.
When I still had the Miyata I had occasional thoughts of showing up at
the amateur criterium or road race and entering some kind of old dude
class and see where the chips might fall.

[Dan O]

You're on to something. That's sort of my problem - not so much
*what* I eat as how much. A leading theory is that low calorie diets
extend lifespan. The way I put it away, my candle will be spent.

[Jay Beattie]

It's kind of long drive for you, but there are a ton of opportunities
to race in PDX during the season. Or you could get in on cyclocross
right now -- which is a nice way to race without racing because unless
you're at the front, it's kind of like riding a time trial. You peg
your heart rate and hold it for 45 minutes or an hour and ride your
race, attempting to have as few people pass you as possible. From
what I understand, mountain bike racing is much the same way -- and so
is your commute. You'd be a natural.

-- Jay Beattie.

[thirty-six]

If you mean you are thick-skinned then that is likely to be indulgence
in the farinaceous foods; bread, breakfast cereal, pasta, rice,
potatoes, biscuits, cookies, crackers etc. The list goes on as the
supermarket is full of commercial products with added value in
advertising. If thou wants to live a prolonged death with a body full
of tumors then the best chance one has of satisfying the medical
industry is to eat the white stuff. You either are an opportunity for
commerce or you live for health (as opposed to a slow profitable
death).

[datakoll]

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

showem ur outta state driver's license....

[datakoll]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_records


where are the age group records found ?