Exercise and Fitness

ret5hd

(22,588 posts) Sat Jan 1, 2022, 05:41 PM Jan 2022

The 1st Annual "Pacemaker 500" starts today!!!

Last edited Sun Jan 2, 2022, 12:10 AM - Edit history (1)

I propose this as a fun idea:

The first to walk 500 miles this year wins. Wins what? Well, the most important thing ever: the jealousy of your peers here!

Rules:
1) Have a pacemaker
2) I dunno…what does anyone else think?

Just throwing this out there. Anyone else? I’ve got 5 miles in today.

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The 1st Annual "Pacemaker 500" starts today!!! (Original Post) ret5hd Jan 2022 OP

I haven't got a pacemaker, but great idea and best of luck. Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #2

I dunno. SergeStorms Jan 2022 #3

I think you are just trying... ret5hd Jan 2022 #4

Could be. SergeStorms Jan 2022 #10

I'm in. multigraincracker Jan 2022 #5

i've got one.... Claire Oh Nette Jan 2022 #6

i've got one.... Claire Oh Nette Jan 2022 #7

A pacemaker or a pedometer? I don't have a pacemaker. ❤ littlemissmartypants Jan 2022 #8

Well, I guess technically... ret5hd Jan 2022 #9

Scrivener7

(60,067 posts)

1. I haven't got a pacemaker, but great idea and best of luck.

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Sat Jan 1, 2022, 06:22 PM

Jan 2022

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SergeStorms

(20,808 posts)

3. I dunno.

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Sat Jan 1, 2022, 06:23 PM

Jan 2022

I think you'll have trouble finding contestants limiting it to people with pacemakers.

I'm not sure there are many active DUers with pacemakers installed.

ret5hd

(22,588 posts)

4. I think you are just trying...

Reply to SergeStorms (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 1, 2022, 06:40 PM

Jan 2022

to make it harder for me to win.

Seriously though, there might be more here than we think.

SergeStorms

(20,808 posts)

10. Could be.

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 2, 2022, 01:46 AM

Jan 2022

I have no knowledge of how many DUers are outfitted with pacemakers. There could be enough to count on one hand, or there could be hundreds. Myself, I am pacemaker-less.

multigraincracker

(38,040 posts)

5. I'm in.

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Sat Jan 1, 2022, 07:02 PM

Jan 2022

Got mine one year ago. Had jogged 3 miles a few days before I got it and ran 3 miles a few days after I got it. Doc says keep doing it.
I run about 10 miles a week. I'm actually going about that now, just haven't kept track. Plus I'm 72. Bionic Seniors on the run.

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)

6. i've got one....

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Sat Jan 1, 2022, 07:48 PM

Jan 2022

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)

7. i've got one....

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Sat Jan 1, 2022, 07:49 PM

Jan 2022

littlemissmartypants

(34,346 posts)

8. A pacemaker or a pedometer? I don't have a pacemaker. ❤

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Sat Jan 1, 2022, 09:30 PM

Jan 2022

ret5hd

(22,588 posts)

9. Well, I guess technically...

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 1, 2022, 09:34 PM

Jan 2022

you DO have a pacemaker, even if it’s just a 100% natural organic “god-given” one, rather than a plainly superior implanted electronic gizmo.

Just sayin’.

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