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Prior to this , he 'd never had so much as a cold . He ran three miles each day and ate like a horse . He was a rancher all his life and , in his retirement years , kept a garden and did a lot of wood - working . I have piles of cool , wooden toys he made for my kids when they were little .

Why did the man have such good cardio ?
He did a lot of long - distance running .