"I'm not as fast or as flexible as I once was, but running keeps me young."---Nicole DeBoom

     There are lots of days when I don't feel like exercising at all, and on those days I don't do much, but I do something.  Motivation helps me greatly.  It helps to have heroes or new reasons why I should get out there. That's one reason I have a big dog, and am trying to accomplish a running streak (today is day 328).

     Here is a link to interviews with 7 amazing older ultrarunners.  These people are in their 70's and 80's and are running 100 mile races in the mountains.....they are accomplishing things I cannot even fathom.  They are the heroes I was talking about.  If they can do that, then I should be able to do the lesser running that I do.
http://www.runnersworld.com/ultrarunning/for-these-ultramarathoners-mileage-like-age-is-just-a-number


     Then there are always the other reasons to run.  Here is a link to an article about how exercise keeps aging brains humming. One of the 3 studies it mentions shows that aerobic exercise actually improves Alzheimer's Disease.  Now how many places do you know of that offer aerobics to Alzheimer's patients?  Let's hope this starts a trend.
http://sportsgeezer.com/2015/exercise-keeps-aging-brains-humming/ 


"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals.  The struggles within yourself---the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us---that's where it's at." 
                                      Jesse Owens