"Reflecting the vitality of an Olympic year, we consider life like a Marathon, presenting the latest scientific thinking about increasing human longevity in terms of trends, training and persistence. "
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notes:
30% of men age 85 up can do ALL activities of daily living, including budgeting, shopping, cooking. Fewer women can, even though they live longer.
Babies born in England today (and I guess the USA) have avg life expectancy above 100.
"Olympian is an anagram for Olym PAIN" -- Simon Mason (Olympic field hockey goalkeeper) the "best laid plans can still lead to injury". "Nobody puts on a pair of shoes and goes out to run without a goal." "If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you've always got." If you think by just by walking around the the block every day, you'll continue to get physical results, it won't. The body adapts."
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