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This inelegantly named website is a slap back against ageism. Storytelling about the willpower, accomplishments, and fitness of older people (60-105). I wrote for big papers. I have ALS. My people inspire my fight. www.geezerjocknewsletter.com
This week's Geezer Jock: This week is the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle disaster. Geezer Jock profiles a shuttle astronaut from 1992 who used bowling to take some pressure off. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/s...
How A Scientist Calmed Pressure With Sport. His Science Helps Us All.
Larry DeLucas, 75, started bowling 33 years ago when he was undertaking the quest of a lifetime: going to space. His vital work in space advanced medicine on Earth. Bowling calmed him during the proce...
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January 31, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This week's Geezer Jock: This week is the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle disaster. Geezer Jock profiles a shuttle astronaut from 1992 who used bowling to take some pressure off. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/s...
Coming Saturday: Without realizing the significance, I set up an interview this week with a gold medal bowler and former astronaut Larry DeLucas, 75, who flew on the space shuttle Columbia in 1992. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the shuttle Challenger disaster killing seven astronauts.
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Coming Saturday: Without realizing the significance, I set up an interview this week with a gold medal bowler and former astronaut Larry DeLucas, 75, who flew on the space shuttle Columbia in 1992. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the shuttle Challenger disaster killing seven astronauts.
Mother to 10. Grandmother to 30. Mama V gets inspiration to run from her heart, not her head. It matters. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/g...
Mother To 10, Grandmother To 30, Mama V Shows Her 'Heart Motivation'
Vickie Liddell has won 104 medals in track & field since she started running competitively in 2019. This story is about so much more than winning medals. Vickie has what we all need: “heart motiva...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Mother to 10. Grandmother to 30. Mama V gets inspiration to run from her heart, not her head. It matters. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/g...
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December 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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When Just Do It doesn't work to get you moving. This week's Geezer Jock newsletter has tips. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/w...
When Just Do It Just Doesn't Do It
Do you know how to find resources available to you for exercise? Do you know how to handle the self-talk that derails your fitness? This week’s newsletter is devoted to tips you can use. Photo courtes...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
When Just Do It doesn't work to get you moving. This week's Geezer Jock newsletter has tips. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/w...
I wrote about the man who is hiking the Appalachian Trail at 90. He will be 91 when he finishes. If you exercise one item in the story about circulation should get your attention.
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How To Age Well? One Step At A Time.
This is Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders. He is 90. Here, Dale is on the water in wind and rain, but this Navy man and adventurer is just as able on land. Photo courtesy Growing Bolder. By Ray Glier His ha...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I wrote about the man who is hiking the Appalachian Trail at 90. He will be 91 when he finishes. If you exercise one item in the story about circulation should get your attention.
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Please read about the oldest man to paddle the entire Mississippi River and is now walking the Appalachian Trail. And please share.https://geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/adventure
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Please read about the oldest man to paddle the entire Mississippi River and is now walking the Appalachian Trail. And please share.https://geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/adventure
Gerald was a pilot in Afghanistan. "Graveyard dives" to avoid shoulder-fired missiles by the Taliban gave him 44! blood clots in his lungs. A priest visited him. Gerald lived and now he runs.https://geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/22-blood-clots-is-adversity-geralds-lesson-on-standing-up-to-it
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Gerald was a pilot in Afghanistan. "Graveyard dives" to avoid shoulder-fired missiles by the Taliban gave him 44! blood clots in his lungs. A priest visited him. Gerald lived and now he runs.https://geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/22-blood-clots-is-adversity-geralds-lesson-on-standing-up-to-it
The latest from Geezer Jock. A 66-year old boxer and her fearlessness. It's not about guts. It's about confidence.
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How To Outbrave Yourself And 'Just Do It'
Jill Doupe, 66, (left) stands tall and uninjured in the ring. She flew to Mexico last January when she was 65 to pursue her boxing passion. This story is about potential. Video below. By Ray Glier Jil...
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October 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The latest from Geezer Jock. A 66-year old boxer and her fearlessness. It's not about guts. It's about confidence.
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Terrace level ticket to Super Bowl, halfway to the moon. people paying $2,650. That was price before Jan. 20. I just don't get it. I heard economy sucked and people can't afford eggs. Except for this little disease I have, I'm living large. Will somebody splain?
February 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Terrace level ticket to Super Bowl, halfway to the moon. people paying $2,650. That was price before Jan. 20. I just don't get it. I heard economy sucked and people can't afford eggs. Except for this little disease I have, I'm living large. Will somebody splain?
We do some worst-to-first stories at Geezer Jock. This week we did a story on the people responsible sometimes for worst-to-first stories. Fitness trainers, certified. Here. It's FREE. Pick up a tip in four mins of reading. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/i...
What You Don't Know About Fitness
Wait a minute. Where is the whip? Where is the scowl? Shelley (left) is smiling. Is that any way to run a fitness class? Why This Story Matters: Vacation would be a whole lot more fun if you could mov...
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January 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We do some worst-to-first stories at Geezer Jock. This week we did a story on the people responsible sometimes for worst-to-first stories. Fitness trainers, certified. Here. It's FREE. Pick up a tip in four mins of reading. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/i...
This man flew 1400 miles for 3 javelin throws to try and re-claim No. 1 in the world in Masters 65 yr old. The mindset of "sisu" took the trip with him. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/a...
A Man, A Town, And A Culture Of 'Sisu'
Rodriguez on the runway at the Florida Senior Games. This was the throw that took him to No. 1 in the world outdoors for 2024. Photo courtesy Florida Senior Games. Why Zane Rodriguez matters: Rehab ca...
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January 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This man flew 1400 miles for 3 javelin throws to try and re-claim No. 1 in the world in Masters 65 yr old. The mindset of "sisu" took the trip with him. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/a...
Story from Geezer Jock on 95-year old Ethel Lehmann who did 10 events at the Florida Senior Games. It wasn't her endurance that surprised me. It was her Alice-in-Wonderland aura of throwing off societal constraints. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/i...
If You're Having Trouble Getting Motivated for '25, Ethel At 95 Should Spark You
Holding her own at 95 and holding her gold. Ethel Lehmann, 95, is the last Geezer Jock story of 2024 and shows what is possible as you set fitness goals for 2025. By Ray GlierBRANDON, Fla.___Ethel Leh...
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December 30, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Story from Geezer Jock on 95-year old Ethel Lehmann who did 10 events at the Florida Senior Games. It wasn't her endurance that surprised me. It was her Alice-in-Wonderland aura of throwing off societal constraints. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/i...
At Florida Senior Games. Woman here running multiple events. 95 years old. Story next week
December 15, 2024 at 4:37 PM
At Florida Senior Games. Woman here running multiple events. 95 years old. Story next week
The latest from Geezer Jock. How do you treat your teammates? Some lessons from perhaps the most successful mixed doubles team in the history of pickleball. tinyurl.com/3u33jtp2
Theirs Is A Golden Touch. A Lesson For Us.
Yvonne and Jim Hackenberg, both 76, have a golden rule on the pickleball court. It has helped them win gold medals for 15 years in mixed doubles. By the way, how good a teammate are you? By Ray Glier ...
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December 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
The latest from Geezer Jock. How do you treat your teammates? Some lessons from perhaps the most successful mixed doubles team in the history of pickleball. tinyurl.com/3u33jtp2
Coming Saturday in Geezer Jock: The Human Touch is a Golden Touch. It is a pickleball story, but goes for any team sport. Read to win.
December 13, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Coming Saturday in Geezer Jock: The Human Touch is a Golden Touch. It is a pickleball story, but goes for any team sport. Read to win.
Thousands have read this newletter because they are 'in' on the joke.
December 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Thousands have read this newletter because they are 'in' on the joke.
Coming Saturday in Geezer Jock. These pickleball partners don't point fingers after lost points. They touch hands....and then hold gold medals.
December 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Coming Saturday in Geezer Jock. These pickleball partners don't point fingers after lost points. They touch hands....and then hold gold medals.
Now we come to the test of depth in CFP. Four more games on top of 12 in the books. kids 18-22 in a physical and mental cauldron. demands on them that have nothing to do with school. how well they do in CFP funds the transfer portal guys who will take their jobs.
December 8, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Now we come to the test of depth in CFP. Four more games on top of 12 in the books. kids 18-22 in a physical and mental cauldron. demands on them that have nothing to do with school. how well they do in CFP funds the transfer portal guys who will take their jobs.
He's 89 and has Alzheimer's. That is not keeping Jim from doing sprint triathlons. Read about him here. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/j...
Swimming And Exercise Hold Off A Demon
Jim Rosborough, 89, finished this sprint triathlon in 2 hours, 25 minutes (the clock above is the time of day). He was competing at the 2024 USA Triathlon Sprint and Olympic Distance National Champion...
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December 7, 2024 at 3:25 PM
He's 89 and has Alzheimer's. That is not keeping Jim from doing sprint triathlons. Read about him here. geezerjocknews.com/blogs/news/j...