100 yr old doing the hour

frenchfighter

Respect to this guy.

French cycling enthusiast and centenarian Robert Marchand (L) is assisted by coach Magali Humbert (2R) before setting a new record in the Master 100 years category on the track of the International Union Cycling on February 17, 2012 in Aigle. Born on November 26, 1911 Marchand rode 24.25 km (15.1 miles) in 60 minutes watched by crowds of cheering supporters at the International Cycling Union (UCI) velodrome .

AFP

rick_chasey

Christ. Born in 1912?

ex-pat scot

Rick Chasey wrote:

Christ. Born in 1912?

Thought Christ was born c 4BC?

Oh. I see the punctuation now...

finchy

Rick Chasey wrote:

Christ. Born in 1912?

When did you expect a 100 yo man to be born?

inkyfingers

Brilliant, hope i'm that fit when i'm 100!

Daz555

Hero.

andrewjoseph

johnfinch wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Christ. Born in 1912?

When did you expect a 100 yo man to be born?

Brilliant! can hardly see to type through the tears!

rick_chasey

johnfinch wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Christ. Born in 1912?

When did you expect a 100 yo man to be born?

late 1911? :P

finchy

Rick Chasey wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Christ. Born in 1912?

When did you expect a 100 yo man to be born?

late 1911? :P

Or even mid-1911.

andyp

He needs some work on his position, doesn't look very aero.

Joking aside, what an inspiration. Long may he continue to ride.

Yellow Peril

Is this like the new hour record where you have to ride a "regular" bike? If not he missed a trick with not having the full monty of aero carbon

dabber

What a star.

Tusher

Fabulous. Just hope I can still ride a bike when I'm that age............if I get to that age of course.

cajun_cyclist

I know of one centenarian who was a strict vegetarian, no sugar, the great Joe Rollino: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/nyreg ... ym4997fLHg . I would be curious as to Mr. Marchand's diet. Very good for him.

cajun_cyclist

“But basically, I am like everybody. I am lucky that I haven’t had any major health problems. My advice to anyone, young or old, is to keep moving. I do ‘physical culture’ every day. It works out my whole body and keeps me supple. Some people when they reach 80 years old, start playing cards and they stay immobile. Not me. I’ve never been able to keep still…”

http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.c ... s-old.html

Then we get onto the subject of the other sports he was involved in when he was younger: boxing, gymnastics (French champion in the pyramid – he was the lightweight at the top), weightlifting (“I was good. I could have been a champion”).

) ... whose world performance stands at 24.251 km (15.0688 miles)

Of course said in the 1st post, thanks FF.

He has been told not to go raise his pulse over 110, and it is a rule he respects with reverence. Well, most of the time: “I did climb a steep hill not long ago and went up to 134 but it’s best to avoid that,” he admits with a mischievous chuckle. “But I would be very surprised if I had heart attack,” he offers spontaneously. His optimism would appear well-founded: his first ever cardiograph last week revealed that his heart was in excellent condition.

inkyfingers

I did a charity walk a few years ago with some family friends and met a guy who I assumed was in his mid 60s, very fit and very flexible. I was amazed when later on somebody told me he we 88, he put it all down to doing Yoga and walking everyday.

cajun_cyclist

Looks like Toe Clips vs. Cleats/Clipless Pedals. Going Retro and why not? Steel Bike, D. Girard and yellow goggles, I've got some yellow goggles, get them out for the winter and I think yellow work okay at night.

OffTheBackAdam

Good lad! I bet he bonked both the birds later !

inkyfingers

OffTheBackAdam wrote:

Good lad! I bet he bonked both the birds later !

That might have got his heart rate over 110...

frenchfighter

Impressive from this fellow too:

http://cadenced.tumblr.com/post/1771714 ... -fernandez

disquieting_museeuws

inkyfingers wrote:

OffTheBackAdam wrote:

Good lad! I bet he bonked both the birds later !

That might have got his heart rate over 110...

They might be regretting the unguarded moment when they quipped 'yeah, when you break the hour record'.

Pross

French cycling enthusiast and centenarian Robert Marchand (L) is assisted by coach Magali Humbert (2R) before setting a new record in the Master 100 years category on the track of the International Union Cycling on February 17, 2012 in Aigle. Born on November 26, 1911 Marchand rode 24.25 km (15.1 miles) in 60 minutes watched by crowds of cheering supporters at the International Cycling Union (UCI) velodrome .

Does that mean he is the one on the left of the photo? If so he's in very good shape (and looking very feminine!)

Pross

Rick Chasey wrote:

Christ. Born in 1912?

No, it says born November 1911 in the OP

knedlicky

He did 24,251 km within the hour, but afterwards said he could have ridden quicker, just didn’t want to, with the thought that he hoped to take the record without pushing himself to his limit.

I find more impressive that when he was 90 he took part on a Bordeaux-Paris race open to everyone and managed the 600 km in 36 hours, sleep stops included.
And that his average daily ride is still around 100 km. (That's my minimum aim in a whole week between March-October)

RichN95.

knedlicky wrote:

He did 24,251 km within the hour, but afterwards said he could have ridden quicker, just didn’t want to, with the thought that he hoped to take the record without pushing himself to his limit.

I find more impressive that when he was 90 he took part on a Bordeaux-Paris race open to everyone and managed the 600 km in 36 hours, sleep stops included.
And that his average daily ride is still around 100 km. (That's my minimum aim in a whole week between March-October)

Those facts make him far more impressive.
24.2 km in a hour, I can do.
Bordeaux-Paris or 100km per day - I don't think so.

frenchfighter

knedlicky wrote:

He did 24,251 km within the hour, but afterwards said he could have ridden quicker, just didn’t want to, with the thought that he hoped to take the record without pushing himself to his limit.

I find more impressive that when he was 90 he took part on a Bordeaux-Paris race open to everyone and managed the 600 km in 36 hours, sleep stops included.
And that his average daily ride is still around 100 km. (That's my minimum aim in a whole week between March-October)

Interesting. But 100km a day! That is pretty unbelievable :shock:

LangerDan

frenchfighter wrote:

knedlicky wrote:

He did 24,251 km within the hour, but afterwards said he could have ridden quicker, just didn’t want to, with the thought that he hoped to take the record without pushing himself to his limit.

I find more impressive that when he was 90 he took part on a Bordeaux-Paris race open to everyone and managed the 600 km in 36 hours, sleep stops included.
And that his average daily ride is still around 100 km. (That's my minimum aim in a whole week between March-October)

Interesting. But 100km a day! That is pretty unbelievable :shock:

I read that in his mid-90's he decided to reduce his spins from 150km+ to 100 km as he wanted to be able to keep cycling for a few more years yet.

After all this, he'll probably test positive for EPO and Wurthers Originals.

napoleond

My first thought when I heard he was going for the record was it'd take him ages...

frenchfighter

LangerDan wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

knedlicky wrote:

He did 24,251 km within the hour, but afterwards said he could have ridden quicker, just didn’t want to, with the thought that he hoped to take the record without pushing himself to his limit.

I find more impressive that when he was 90 he took part on a Bordeaux-Paris race open to everyone and managed the 600 km in 36 hours, sleep stops included.
And that his average daily ride is still around 100 km. (That's my minimum aim in a whole week between March-October)

Interesting. But 100km a day! That is pretty unbelievable :shock:

I read that in his mid-90's he decided to reduce his spins from 150km+ to 100 km as he wanted to be able to keep cycling for a few more years yet.

After all this, he'll probably test positive for EPO and Wurthers Originals.

Thats insane.

RichN95.

Sad to revive this thread, but Robert Marchand has died aged 109

davidof

He would have seen the Tour de France before the yellow jersey.

Recently he'd moved from his flat in Paris to a nursing home but still had a home trainer