At 5 a.m., I turned on the phone and read this headline,
“Astronaut Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole after falling ill”
First thought: I hope he’ll be OK.
Second thought: Buzz Aldrin is a total bad-*ss.
Seriously. Sure, the guy was the second man on the Moon (and if you doubt that, he will punch you in the mouth.) But c’mon, he’s 86. Most 86-year-olds wouldn’t be at the South Pole. They’d be eating a bowl full of pills and mush.
I’m not totally sure of his secret to long life, but I think it has already been revealed in that headline. He was at the South Pole. He is ACTIVE.
I put my phone down, crawled out of my warm bed and put on my running clothes and shoes. Then I ran three cold miles — for Buzz. And for the hope that I can be jetting around the globe when I’m 86.