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You may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but an old dog could still walk, play, prance and live each day to the fullest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a sentiment carried by 74-year-old athlete Patrick Dreyer, a member of the Spartan Harriers Running Club based in Meadowridge, who wishes to encourage seniors to maintain an active, outgoing thirst for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just want to motivate and serve as inspiration for people in my age group and retirees in that: \u2018There is life after retirement\u2019,\u201d he shared with People\u2019s Post <\/span>from his living room in Retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dreyer is set to compete in the African Masters Athletics (Afma) Regional Championships to be held in Pretoria between Wednesday 15 and Saturday 18 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although small in stature reaching a height of 1,5 m, he will be participating in his relevant senior category for long jumping as well as 100 m sprint. \u201cThey always like to joke that I\u2019m the kortste <\/span>(shortest) long jumper . . .,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy specialty is actually race walking for community park runs in which I had to maintain a distance of 5 km under 38 minutes. But then I saw long-jumping which reignited a passion in me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNormally, people in my age division are able to leap distances of 4 metres, but I have been able to maintain 3,7 metres which, for me, is like accomplishing the English Channel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At his ripe age, he has achieved numerous Western Province Masters colours for Track & Field Championships winning gold and silver medals this year as well as last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI cannot sit still for very long. Being active helps me keep my mind and heart open to all the possibilities out there, to be grasped and taking up any challenge my body could handle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although small in stature at 1,5 m, Patrick reaches a distance of 3,7 metres in the long jump event.PHOTO: Supplied<\/div>\n
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Dreyer has achieved numerous Western Province Masters colours for Track & Field Championships winning gold and silver medals this year as well as in 2022.PHOTO: Supplied<\/div>\n
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He shared that he maintained an athletic lifestyle from the tender age of nine when he played soccer in primary school. When he was in Grade 11, Dreyer was selected as a reserve player for the Western Province rugby team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also spends time driving those tough black bullet-balls on the squash court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only time when I was not so active was when I was raising my family with my two children alongside my wife, Sheila, who passed away back in 2015. During that break from sports, I was teaching civil construction at False Bay College at their Westlake Campus. I retired in 2014 after 15 years of teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever Dreyer is not out and about socialising, keeping fit and active, he is a model for agent Stacey Sands and gets contracted to pose for stock photos purposed for random ad campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy friends would call me up and say: \u2018I saw your face on a big billboard for this and that product or service\u2019. I\u2019m such a social butterfly, you know. I enjoy being cheerful on these \u2018senior family shoots\u2019 and the people I work with have grown fond of me on set, so I get invited for photoshoots quite often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never say \u2018no\u2019 to a modelling gig, since the income helps a lot to fund my trip to Pretoria to compete at the Afma Champs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He believes that people approaching retirement tend to be \u201cswayed by their retirement packages to go on grand holidays, spending money and have a good time. As much fun and life experience that brings, people sometimes forget that life continues on in good health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad health, on the other hand, cause retirees to stare themselves blind to their physical weak spots, like a bad knee or trick hip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI, myself, have a bag full of comorbidities like high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, yet I am still able to achieve physical goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhatever activity one chooses to do, as long as it is practised consistently, you\u2019ll get the hang of it and increasingly enjoy doing it as your skills do develop \u2013 all in good time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People ought to practise patience in acquiring new heights of physicality, Dreyer concluded: \u201cWhatever you do manage to achieve, to God be all the glory as He protects us. He is the source of our strength and abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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