I’ve always said that one of my long term goals is to run forever. I’ve written that I want to be the cute little old lady pumping my fist as I mosey across the finish line. Not that I’m in a rush to grow old; just thinking ahead…..
Which leads me to 95-year old Dr. Charles Eugster from Great Britain. A retired dentist, he recently set a world record for his age group, 95 and older, in the 200 meter run. He shattered the previous record by 2.4 seconds with his 55.48 run.
Since turning 87, Dr. Eugster has started competing in a variety of masters’ fitness events, including body building and running; and it doesn’t look like he’ll be retiring from his second career any time soon.
Here’s to many more years of racing, Dr. Eugster!
- Questions:
- At what age did you start running races?
- Does longevity run in your family?
- What would you like to be doing long term?
Wow, that dude is amazing! I’d like to think I’ll always keep running. I’ve stuck with it this long. It’s definitely grown on me in the last 3 years.
Yep, running will do that to you! 🙂
I saw that guy-seriously impressive! i hope to be doing what I do for many years to come as well!
And let’s not wait until we’re that old to finally run together! 😉
You and me both! My friends and I allays joke that we’ll be having walker races when we’re older and that’s fine, as long as we’re moving!
My two friends that I’ve been running with since the late 90’s and I have the same kind of conversations!
Amen, Sista! I love that the 95+ record was shattered! I started running at 43 and was 45 when I ran my first 5k. A late start.
I love stories like this. I hope to be running for a LONG time!!
Here’s to hoping you are, too!
Wow, amazing!!
woah, what an inspiration!
I started running at 15 so I’m up to 30 years!!
I hope to be running at 80, 90…..trying to be smart about it all!
I just calculated and I’m at 43 years! There have been a few periods of not running consistently during those years, though.
I love stories like this, and can only hope to be running forever. I started when I was 11 or 12, so I would love for it to be a lifetime activity for me.
When I was a lifeguard in university, there was an old gentleman who taught aqua size.mhe was over 80 and running marathons. He’d run home after teaching class (about 15 miles away)!
That aquasize instructor sounds pretty hard core. Good for him!
that guy is awesome and I think we all dream of being him! I definitely intend for running to be my main source of exercise (and fun, recreation, etc.) for life. I started running races freshman year of college when I was 18. It only took that first race, and then I was hooked!
I loved running, but didn’t really like racing during my early years of running. It wasn’t until I made running friends that I started looking forward to races and signing up for lots of them.
What an inspiration! I hope I’m still running or walking until the day I die!
Recently someone in their early 60s said that maybe they were too old to even be riding a bike and it made me sad. That’s how they see their ability to be involveed in physical fitness.
That makes me sad to hear, too. I say, “You’re as young as you feel!”