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IRONGRAN: How keeping fit taught me that growing older doesn't mean slowing down
At the age of fifty, Eddie Brocklesby decided to run her first half-marathon. Until that point, her exercise regime consisted of little more than chauffeuring her children to their own sports clubs. In common with so many people, any interest she'd shown in sport in her childhood had dismissed as her adult life progressed, with spare time becoming ever more limited in the face of work and family commitments.
But the half-marathon was the first of what was to become a hugely impressive trajectory of sporting accolades and successes. After that event, and following the loss of her husband of thirty years to cancer, she completed a marathon. Now seventy-five years old, the past twenty years have seen Eddie take part in marathons, triathlons and ironman races across the globe, collecting many medals and awards along the way.
In this tremendously inspiring book, Eddie looks back on her life and explains just how she's managed to develop the energy to match the enthusiasm she's always had for an active lifestyle. Her commitment to the health and well being of our ageing population is present throughout, as is the inavaluable guidance about how to remain full of life in your later years.
But the half-marathon was the first of what was to become a hugely impressive trajectory of sporting accolades and successes. After that event, and following the loss of her husband of thirty years to cancer, she completed a marathon. Now seventy-five years old, the past twenty years have seen Eddie take part in marathons, triathlons and ironman races across the globe, collecting many medals and awards along the way.
In this tremendously inspiring book, Eddie looks back on her life and explains just how she's managed to develop the energy to match the enthusiasm she's always had for an active lifestyle. Her commitment to the health and well being of our ageing population is present throughout, as is the inavaluable guidance about how to remain full of life in your later years.
260 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2018
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July 6, 2024
Some lovely stories that make you want to sign up for some crazy races.
(Points deducted for the 17 references to Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now')
(Points deducted for the 17 references to Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now')
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