This corona virus thing is just showing another reason that smoking is not in your best interest regardless of how much you enjoy it — some people get sick and don’t even know it, other people die. It’s about science and health, not social shaming.

I’m in my late 60’s and regularly push my heart over the old theoretical (220-(age)) max heart rate, there are better formulas, because that one doesn’t work; 205.8 — (0.685 × Age) Is better, I haven’t broken that level yet. My resting heart rate as I stand here typing is 62 bpm with a blood O2 reading of 99% (using an Innovo fingertip pulse oximeter)— neat toy but seems to be accurate. Point is, you enjoy your pipe, I enjoy long walks where I can push myself and not worry about a triple bypass and all the meds that go with it. Yeah, I’m solo on those walks so call me anti-social.

I’m no marathon runner, most I’ve ever run is a 10K and I wasn’t racing anything but my watch.