Swim, Bike, Run — Repeat tells three older triathletes’ stories. I thought 70-year-old Roger Brockenbrough’s story was fairly impressive:
I spent 30 years as a structural engineer with U.S. Steel and got out at 57. I started a one-man company and work half-time, and now I do 10 to 12 triathlons a year.My first was in 1985, when I was 51. My oldest son, John, was getting into it, so I trained with him for a couple of years. I jumped into a local race, got a plastic trophy and have been hooked ever since.
That was only impressive until I read Ken O’Grady’s over-the-top story:
It wasn’t until after my right leg was amputated and I had open-heart surgery that I began competing in triathlons. At 61 years old, I entered the Tom Landry Triathlon — and training for it saved my life.