RIP Robert Marchand, 109 years old

[fiamme red]

https://apnews.com/article/europe-sp...a41863ce7db113

Marchand, born in 1911 in the northern French city of Amiens, traveled extensively as a young man, working as a truck driver in Venezuela in the late 1940s and then as a lumberjack in Canada. He had also been a firefighter.

Back in France in the 1960s, Marchand worked various jobs that left him with no time for sports, but he eventually took up his bike again when he was 68 years old and began a series of cycling feats.

Marchand, just 1.52 meters (5-feet) tall and weighing 52 kilograms (115 pounds), cycled from Paris to Moscow in 1992 and set the record for someone over the age of 100 riding 100 kilometers (62 miles)…

https://twitter.com/davidguenel/stat...32014663438337

[gbcoupe]

Sad to hear. All about quality of life. He had that in spades.

I have no aspirations of living nearly as long. I only hope my mind and body will be relatively sound (hopefully better) until my time is up.

[choke]

He was an inspiring person. RIP Robert.

[flying]

RIP & yes a shining example of a life well lived

[tv_vt]

Sorry to see this news. He was certainly an inspiration to all of us aging cyclists. Quite a life he had. RIP.

[paredown]

Saw the WaPo article last night--my MIL was stunned to imagine anyone older than her actually riding a bike...

RIP M. Marchand...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...de9_story.html

[Tickdoc]

Legend. Rip sir.