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The Ageless Athlete
July 31st 2024
By Martin Parnell and Malc Kent
Afterword
“I’ll be happy if running and I can
grow old together.”
- HARUKI MURAKAMI, Author
It’s July 2024
and a lot of water has gone under the bridge. After
completing the 2020 Boston Marathon I tackled the
virtual London and New York marathons. I finished
the year by running a 5km, 10km, half marathon and
marathon on the last four days of the year. I celebrated
my 65th birthday in December and wondered what 2021
would bring.
Well, it was much of the same. We
continued to survive living in a world of COVID-19.
This meant masks, vaccines, travel restrictions
and zoom meetings. On July 1st I became Rotary District
5360 Governor covering 45 clubs in Southern Alberta.
Traditionally Sue and I would travel to visit the
members however now it meant all the visits were
on zoom. I managed to keep my fitness up with training
for and running the virtual Vancouver marathon.
In 2016 and 2018 I ran in the Marathon
of Afghanistan. I went there with film maker Kate
McKenzie to support the Afghan women and girls who
run for freedom and equality. I had read about the
verbal and physical abuse that Afghan women and
girls had to endure just for going for a run. I
knew that I wanted to let them know that people
cared and wanted to help them in their quest for
gender equality....
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