At 69, he’s feeling just about every one of those years.
His left knee, which doctors say they will replace, throbs with arthritis every time he puts sneaker to pavement.
His right hip, which doctors won’t replace, hurts worse, he said, donning a post-race, sweat-stained t-shirt that bills him Thunder Bay’s fittest person.
Wiry and a little wrinkled from time, Young has raced in 54 of the past 55 Ten Mile Road Races, missing only the 1984 competition because of a back injury suffered at work. He still road the course that spring on a bicycle, even if it was too painful to compete.