sheep_herder ★ Posted November 10, 2021 Share #1 Posted November 10, 2021 https://www.newson6.com/story/618a87615ab6850cb86bb015/105yearold-louisiana-woman-julia-hawkins-sets-world-record-in-running 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted November 10, 2021 Share #2 Posted November 10, 2021 If I do live to 105... I sure hope I can run 100 yards too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 10, 2021 Share #3 Posted November 10, 2021 She was getting it pretty good. I expected her to be going much slower than that. I used to race old ladies in the pool but I didn’t tell them I was racing them. I tried to do at least two laps to their one. I have no idea what their age was but they looked like little old ladies. A life guard told me the age of one of them. She said that little old lady is ten years younger than you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted November 10, 2021 Share #4 Posted November 10, 2021 Love her spirit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted November 10, 2021 Share #5 Posted November 10, 2021 31 minutes ago, Longjohn said: She was getting it pretty good. I expected her to be going much slower than that. I used to race old ladies in the pool but I didn’t tell them I was racing them. I tried to do at least two laps to their one. I have no idea what their age was but they looked like little old ladies. A life guard told me the age of one of them. She said that little old lady is ten years younger than you. @105 is excellent to be running like that! If we could be all so persistent like her. You know, LJ, 2 months ago, I was cycling down a narrow path on a bridge shared with pedestrians and cyclists. It's only a 5 min. ride down but there were pedestrians ahead of me, so I had to slow down. No room to pass. Meanwhile a young guy, under 30, cycling behind me, yelled at me at the end, for being a slow bitch. I felt like yelling back to him: I'm probably your mother's age or even older...but at least I'm still cycling. Or the bike thief, I'm probably his mother's age or older. Given my build + 'cause I'm wearing a helmet, sunglasses, ordinary tights or walking shorts and on a bike, I probably look a tad more juvenile against my peers --for a few min. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted November 10, 2021 Share #6 Posted November 10, 2021 2 hours ago, shootingstar said: Meanwhile a young guy, under 30, cycling behind me, yelled at me at the end, for being a slow bitch. I felt like yelling back to him: I'm probably your mother's age or even older...but at least I'm still cycling. I hope you sweetly told him 'Age and treachery overcomes youth and enthusiasm!' As you jammed your frame pump into his front wheel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted November 10, 2021 A better video of her interview.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/105-year-old-louisiana-woman-julia-hawkins-sets-world-record-in-running/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted November 10, 2021 Share #8 Posted November 10, 2021 Ok, I guess it still counts as a WR even if you are the only one competing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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