Older but not sicker

Older but not sicker

(A piece I wrote for the Guardian) A couple of weeks ago, just before my 70th birthday, I completed the Mooloolaba standard distance triathlon (1,500m swim, 40km cycle, 10km run). There was nothing exceptional about my performance, placing 1,509 out of 1,730 overall and 14th out of 18 in my 65-69 age category. But not that long ago, it would have been exceptional. Until about 1980, competitive sport for those over 70 was restricted largely to go…