An Edmonton man is in a league of his personal in observe and subject.
At age 55, Arnold Nett started coaching and competing in observe and subject. Nett remains to be coaching and competing 35 years later. He’s now 90 years previous and has set a protracted checklist of data within the sport as a masters competitor.
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“Monitor and subject I discovered was the most effective methods to train and keep match,” Nett stated.
He lately set three Canadian data at a meet in Edmonton within the males’s 90-94 division within the pentathlon and excessive soar, and he grew to become the primary Canadian aged 90 or older to finish the 60-metre hurdles.
“After I went over the primary few hurdles, I feel they have been simply holding their breath to see if I might make it to the fifth hurdle, which I did,” Nett stated.
“It was a extremely nice expertise to see him run, see him end and see him set a Canadian document, which is de facto cool,” hurdles coach Jackson Hinton stated.
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Nett is a member of the Edmonton Masters Monitor and Discipline Crew and an inspiration to those that know him.
“I hope after I get to Arnie’s age, I am nonetheless performing in addition to Arnie is,” stated Edmonton grasp member David Dunn.
“I can solely think about what it takes to do it your self if you’re nonetheless in your 70s, 80s and naturally 90s. It is extremely spectacular,” Hinton stated.
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Nett runs, jumps and throws like a person a lot youthful than his age. His secret is consistency and onerous work.
“You must maintain at it. Should you lay off for 2 or three weeks, you may most likely discover it after you begin once more, so it’s a must to sustain together with your coaching,” stated Nett.
“He’s extremely motivated. He’s all the time constructive; he is the sort of athlete {that a} coach has to carry again a bit of bit as a result of he all the time needs to do extra and he all the time needs to push himself,” Hinton stated.
And Nett will proceed to push himself as a result of he has no intention of slowing down.
“My legs are nonetheless in fairly good condition and my coronary heart appears to be doing rather well, so I really feel, properly, ‘Why not do it whereas I can,'” he stated.
Nett’s precedence is to proceed to remain energetic and wholesome, and maybe proceed to set extra data alongside the best way.
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