The man who walked back through time
This story is true, though I didn't hear it first-hand. I don't know his name, but I'm going to call him Jack. I hope you find it as inspiring as I did.
Jack was 68 years old and a real couch potato. One day he was expecting something in the mail and his wife wasn't home to go out to the mailbox at the street, so he decided to do it himself.
He could barely make it to the end of the driveway, which was only 30 or so feet long - let alone make it back.
As he plopped back down onto the couch, he was shaken by how short a distance he could walk. What had happened? Where had his mobility gone?
He decided to do something about it.
Today he had walked to the mailbox and back. So tomorrow he would walk to the next mailbox and back. Just there and back. And the next day he would add another mailbox. And so on.
And he did it.
I have no idea how much of a challenge following this plan meant to him in the beginning. But later on - great things happened. He continued to add mailboxes, week after week after week.
He started feeling better, and he started moving better. so well that at the end of a year, he ran a marathon, all 26 miles of it.
What Jack did was to roll back the clock, to walk back through time to a point where he was younger biologically.
Rolling back the clock is possible! That's what this blog is about.
Now for the rest of the story: I was so inspired that I decided to do it too. I added one driveway a day (even if I felt like going farther, and even if I felt like not going that far). I took Gimli, our dog, with me, and we walked and walked. In no time we were going good distances, miles and miles, and it was fun because I knew each day represented progress, and because I felt great.
Gimli and I did this until we moved away from the area. It was fun, healthy fun.
I don't know what became of Jack, but I wish I did. He was a real inspiration to me. Come to think of it, I think I'll start again! Peg
PS Let me know if you decide to do this. I think it would be great to compare notes.
Jack was 68 years old and a real couch potato. One day he was expecting something in the mail and his wife wasn't home to go out to the mailbox at the street, so he decided to do it himself.
He could barely make it to the end of the driveway, which was only 30 or so feet long - let alone make it back.
As he plopped back down onto the couch, he was shaken by how short a distance he could walk. What had happened? Where had his mobility gone?
He decided to do something about it.
Today he had walked to the mailbox and back. So tomorrow he would walk to the next mailbox and back. Just there and back. And the next day he would add another mailbox. And so on.
And he did it.
I have no idea how much of a challenge following this plan meant to him in the beginning. But later on - great things happened. He continued to add mailboxes, week after week after week.
He started feeling better, and he started moving better. so well that at the end of a year, he ran a marathon, all 26 miles of it.
What Jack did was to roll back the clock, to walk back through time to a point where he was younger biologically.
Rolling back the clock is possible! That's what this blog is about.
Now for the rest of the story: I was so inspired that I decided to do it too. I added one driveway a day (even if I felt like going farther, and even if I felt like not going that far). I took Gimli, our dog, with me, and we walked and walked. In no time we were going good distances, miles and miles, and it was fun because I knew each day represented progress, and because I felt great.
Gimli and I did this until we moved away from the area. It was fun, healthy fun.
I don't know what became of Jack, but I wish I did. He was a real inspiration to me. Come to think of it, I think I'll start again! Peg
PS Let me know if you decide to do this. I think it would be great to compare notes.
posted by Peg Lewis at 10:41 PM
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