Photo: The Grey Bearded Adventurer He's known as the "Grey Bearded Adventurer" for good reason. At 81, Dale Sanders is on a mission to become the oldest person to hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season. He started his 2,200 trek on January 1 in Georgia, and hopes to reach trail's end in late [...]
Photo: Ski Utah We first introduced you to George Jedenoff in 2014 when he was 97 years old and skiing the pristine Utah snow with as much energy as a 13-year-old. Then we highlighted Jedenoff at 98 years old when he told everyone, skiing is like eating “a fancy dessert...It adds just so much to your life. It’s [...]
Photo: Growing Bolder There's aging like a fine wine, and then there's aging like John Corse, 93, Ed Graves, 92, Betty Lorenzi, 89, and Joan Campbell, 84. The four of them are Masters swimmers who recently broke the world record in the 200-meter freestyle relay in the 360+ division. The record was formerly held by Japan, but this [...]
He was the first and only person over 70 years old to break three hours in the marathon. In October, he set another world record at 85 by becoming the oldest person to ever run 26.2 miles in under four hours. It's with a heavy heart we have to report that Ed Whitlock, who turned 86 last week, passed away [...]
There's Yankees v. Red Sox, Ali v. Frazier, and Carolina v. Duke. Add Orville Rogers, 99, and Dixon Hemphill, 92, to that list of great rivalries. The two sprinters (yes, sprinters) competed against each other in last weekend's Masters Indoor Track Championships. Even though he's seven years older, Rogers edged out Hemphill by 0.05 seconds in the 60-meter race. “I [...]
Photo: Ernestine Shepherd-World's Oldest Female Body Builder/Facebook At 80 years old, Ernestine Shepherd is the oldest female competitive bodybuilder in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It's remarkable that she's still benching pressing 110 pounds at that age, but it's even more impressive that she didn't start exercising until she was 71. She wakes [...]
Photo: Sports Illustrated Some things, you never forget how to do. Like riding a bike. Even at 105 years old. Robert Marchand, a 105-year-old French cyclist, set a new world record Wednesday when he rode 14.01 miles (or 22.547 kilometers) in one hour. No other person in the 100-plus age category has ridden further in that amount of [...]
One man's Gatorade is another man's scotch. At 96 years old, Jonathan Mendes held up a nip of Scotch and toasted with his trainer, Tom Mangan, on Sunday night. And, for good reason. Mendes had just crossed the finish line at the 2016 NYC Marathon in 11 hours, 20 minutes with Mangan and another runner serving as his guide. You [...]
Ed Whitlock is no stranger to breaking world records. Over a decade ago, at 72 years old, he became the oldest man to ever break three hours in the marathon. Now 85, the Canadian runner claimed another one. At the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon last weekend, he became the oldest to run the distance in under four hours. With a [...]
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. It's never too late to try something new. Imogene Greene is 86 years old and she didn't become a runner until last year. After walking in a 5K, she decided she "might as well join the crowd.” So, the Ider, Ala. resident started training three days a week for three months [...]