Age is just a number- Senior Citizens running Marathon!!

wow that's such an inspiration

Genes play a role in longevity, but a healthy diet and exercise go hand in hand. I feel so much better after exercising or even just taking a walk.

That's really amazing.

Certainly some people stay fit and healthy all their lives.

I was born with a neurological birth defect of my brain and a congenital birth defect inside my right foot (which was also turned in at 45-degree angle when I was born. I should have stayed in corrective shoes throughout my life, but the kids were vicious in kindergarten, so for the sake of my emotions, my mom and doctor decided to let me wear "regular shoes." Without the aid of the corrective shoes, my right foot continued to turn is as I walked or ran, and still does to this day. That leg also has a tendency to drag. I don't realize when it is happening. So, the only reason I even know that it does is because ignorant jerks have yelled at me for it. I have fallen over (seemingly) nothing because that foot has dragged or turned in. And, don't ask me how many pretty brand new sandals have broken within a few short hours after getting them because of that foot and leg. My knees started bothering me when I was 123-lbs, 5'5" tall, and 15-years-of-age. Then my arches started to fall when I was in college. I was diagnosed with having osteoarthritis from the middle of my back down through my toes fifteen years ago, when I was 38. I have bilateral foot and ankle tendinitis, bilateral heel spurs, hereditary restless leg syndrome. My left ankle is severely arthritic (couple that with the deformity in my right foot). I have cysts on the inner sides of my knees (that ignorant people think is fat, because I am over 200-lbs at the moment), and I have absolutely, positively no cartilage at all whatsoever in either knee now. So, I am also in need of bilateral knee replacements. Oh, and I was also born with varicose veins all over my legs, so my legs are always swollen and in pain from a lack of circulation. And, all of that also trigger my neuropathy - which is not diabetic, by the way. But, I digress. Since most of my weight is inflammation from all of that, stress, gluten, dairy, and red meat (that I tell people not to buy for our meals, but they still do, and I still have to eat), I could easily drop the inflammation and fat within a few short months if I could also exercise as much as I want and need to. But, too much exercise (which varies from person to person) exacerbated my restless leg syndrome, swelling, and neuropathy. And, at times, the slightest wrong move when I sit, stand, squat, stoop, or walk can cause severe injury. This past December, while shopping in Walmart, I ended up on crutches after stopping short, then shifting and swiveling to respond to my friend who was behind me. And, that spraining of my right knee like that caught me completely and totally caught me off guard. I was able to switch to a cane in January, but here we are now in March, it still isn't completely healed, and the cyst on that leg is now bigger, because the sprain cause further leakage as well. It breaks my heart that I cannot exercise the way I used to, because this is not what I had planned for me at all. But, there are some things in life that we just can't control. Take for example the fact that my well-meaning brother accidentally put the box with my birth certificate in it in my storage unit, and he absent-mindedly put it too far back for me to reach. So, I have since had to order a new one. I did that on January 28th, before I moved to Nee York. But, the state of my birth hasn't even mailed it yet, and I need it to activate my insurance up here. Once I do that, I can find a new primary doctor, get a vein in each leg turned off, and have both of my knees replaced - which will make the ability for me to exercise more and longer easier (provided that I don't exacerbate my restless leg syndrome in the process). But, until then (or when I can finally move into my new apartment), I still have to put up with people who eat one meal a day, and believe that since I eat three, and sometimes also have a snack, all my pain and "fat" will go away if I just cut my meals down to one and get some "exercise." But, at least my panniculus (abdominal flap - which was also caused by the major abdominal surgery that was performed to help me deliver my son) only hangs down less than an inch, because the panniculus on the one who harasses me the most about my diet and exercise hangs so far down it covers his genitals. He is also the one who only eats one meal a day. So, he really isn't as healthy as he thinks. He is also narcissistic.

Many older people will tell you the secret to staying young is to keep moving.

I have heard of this lady. She runs with her son who too is a senior citizen and fitness enthusiast. Well, there are many old people around who inspire us a lot by their discipline and attitude. I am fortunate to have quite a few in my family.