GeezerJock soldiers Thank you for sending your magazine to Brig. Gen. Michael Flynn. I am a retired Army colonel and have taken up Masters sports. I meet a lot of prospective geezerjocks at U.S. Masters swim meets around the country. I also know that when the current crop of special operations warriors retires, they will be very fit people looking for competition. I just attended a ceremony at Joint Special Operation Command [at Fort Bragg, N.C.]. In that ceremony Gen. Flynn made reference to me and the fact that I had mailed him a back copy of GeezerJock when he was in Iraq. So GeezerJock is well known in the most elite military headquarters of our country. Joe Blair II Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) Hendersonville, N.C.
Never mind I've been meaning to write you about doing an article on Ruben Gonzalez since I didn't think the nomination for the Michelob ULTRA GeezerJock of the Year did his accomplishments justice. After having seen the cover of the December issue and the article naming him GeezerJock of the Year ... never mind! Good job!
Mike Pawka San Diego
More praise for the GeezerJock of the Year Nobody on this planet deserves the award more than Ruben Gonzalez!
Wayne Surratt O'Fallon, Ill.
A hand for handball? I'm a 60-year-old avid handball player, and I'm curious to know why the game of handball has not been regularly featured in GeezerJock. I've thought about writing GeezerJock many times about this subject but became even more motivated when I received my December issue featuring Ruben Gonzalez as the Michelob ULTRA GeezerJock of the Year. It looks like he got his start playing one-wall handball in New York City. How about making handball/racquetball a regular feature in your magazine?
Tony Sokolowski Los Angeles
A cycling rule change In your nice article in the December 2006 issue about bike racer Gordy Shields ["The cycling advocate"], you mention his lament about not having five-year age groups for riders above age 75. The good news for older riders is that USA Cycling changed the rules starting in 2007 to require five-year age groups in Masters championships.
Jim Turner Menlo Park, Calif.
No testosterone, ever Your recent article about Neil Griffin ("Suspended!" GeezerJock, December 2006) was both disappointing and misguided. The article acknowledges that Griffin relied upon testosterone injections to significantly raise his body's level of testosterone. The article decries the "onesize-fits-all absurdity" of rules that ban such testosterone injections, even when the injections are medically prescribed. The absurdity lies not in such rules, but rather in the implication that a select group of athletes (namely, athletes who can obtain medically-prescribed steroids) should be allowed to enjoy the enormous benefit of steroids while such benefit is denied to all other athletes against whom they compete.
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