Tweet
Inspirational news from the national sporting event for 90+ year olds.
Not to mention, don't forget to repeat yourself, often.
3 days, 35 hours and 47 minutes.
So, to summarize these competitive jerks who've lived way past their useful time, what was it again? Hey listen gramps - how about you stop hobbling away from Jesus and convert that scrawny ass before the timer stops? Hurry on now, tithing is overdue.
- Runners at the National Senior Games in Miramar, Fla., competed in events ranging from the 50 meters to 1,500 meters. Their secret? “You’ve got to keep moving.”
- They had plenty of advice for younger runners who hope to follow in their footsteps around a 400-meter oval. Stay consistent, stay persistent and stay in motion, they said.
Not to mention, don't forget to repeat yourself, often.
- “I try to be an inspiration,” Walter Lancaster said. “A lot of people, you know, get lazy or something. And I say: ‘Look. You got to keep moving.’ That’s the secret. Just keep moving.”
- Lillian Atchley said she didn’t have much advice for new runners. “I guess you just have to have the love to race, the determination to just do it,” she said.
- At 99-years-old, Roy Englert was one of the oldest participants in the National Senior Games. He competed in the 400-meters, finishing in 3:35:47.
3 days, 35 hours and 47 minutes.
- Englert credits his success to a simple equation. “My consistent advice is to keep moving, keep moving, keep moving,”
- Aasen entered the 50-meter dash, the 100, 400, 800 and 1,500. In some races, she was one of only two runners. But she didn’t mind. “I feel competitive even when I don’t have competition,” she said.
So, to summarize these competitive jerks who've lived way past their useful time, what was it again? Hey listen gramps - how about you stop hobbling away from Jesus and convert that scrawny ass before the timer stops? Hurry on now, tithing is overdue.
Comment