The Triathlete: Bill Bell

(photo: Bill Bell with Triathlete Magazine CEO, John Duke in Kona, Hawaii)

At 84, Bell is a man with an iron will.


"IN 1975, at age 53, Palos Verdes explosives manufacturer Bill Bell heard the 14 words that changed his life: "I want you to jog 40 minutes a day for three days a week."

A stress test had detected an irregular heartbeat, and the doctor felt that sustained aerobic activity such as running — not Bell's old love, golf — would fix the problem. So the man who hadn't worked out for 35 years ran. "And it felt so good that I came back and asked him if I could run every day," he says.

With the doc's nod, Bell immersed himself in.... To read the rest of this article in today's Los Angeles Times (click here)

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