{"id":600,"date":"2016-05-01T05:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drmirkin.com\/2016\/05\/01\/ida-keeling-setting-running-records-at-100\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T21:42:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T21:42:16","slug":"ida-keeling-setting-running-records-at-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Ida Keeling, Setting Running Records at 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 168px; height: 175px; float: left;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/FamousDeaths\/keeling2.jpg\" alt=\"ida keeling, 100 year old runner\" \/>Two years ago, Ida Keeling (born May 5, 1915) set the world record for a 99 year old woman in the 100-meter dash at 59.80 seconds. At age 95 she set the world record for running 60 meters at 29.86 seconds. \u00a0Her brain matches her athletic prowess. \u00a0She can recall names and dates immediately. Running as she ages has given her life more meaning and purpose, which is very important as she probably has many more years to live, Her father&#8217;s mother lived until the age of 104. She is now a celebrity who continues to break world records in running.<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><strong>Not an Easy Life<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">Life had not been easy for this grand lady. She lost her mother when she was a small child. She did not run in school because there were no running programs for girls. \u00a0Until Title IX legislation came along in 1972, virtually all school sports were for boys only.<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">She was 15 years old when the Great Depression hit, and her father lost his neighborhood grocery store and had to sell fruits and vegetables from a pushcart. \u00a0Her family had to move from the back of her father\u2019s grocery to terrible living quarters. \u00a0She worked washing windows and babysitting.<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">To have a purpose in life, she worked in the civil rights movement and took her four children to Malcolm X speeches and even attended the 1963 March on Washington. \u00a0She lost her husband when he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 42 and she had to raise their children by herself. The family moved into a one-bedroom apartment in a Harlem housing project and she worked sewing in a factory. \u00a0Two sons, Charles and Donald, were killed in drug-related incidents in 1979 and 1981. \u00a0Her poverty overwhelmed her and she became depressed.<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nxM_YLZzfB0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">Her daughter, Shelley Keeling is a lawyer who is also an accomplished competitive distance runner. \u00a0She has won many races and has been the track and field coach at Fieldston High School for 21 years. \u00a0In 1982, she entered her 67-year-old mother in a five-kilometer (three-mile) race in Brooklyn. Untrained and out-of-shape, Ida Keeling finished the race smiling and happy. \u00a0Two years later, she won her first race and has been winning ever since. \u00a0Running relieved her depression and made her feel wonderful. Today, like many other runners, she is hooked on running because it makes her feel so good when she finishes. In her more than 30 years of competitive running, she has competed all over the world.<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z7_X-Gu51xs\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><strong>Her Excellent Running Form<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">It is amazing how smoothly this 100-year-old woman runs. \u00a0Most older people cannot run because the force of their feet hitting the ground breaks bones and tears muscles. \u00a0When they do run, their form is usually awkward and inefficient. \u00a0Runners of all ages suffer more injuries than football players do because of the tremendous repetitive force of their feet hitting the ground. \u00a0 When you run at six-minute-mile pace, your feet hit the ground with a force equal to three times your body weight. \u00a0Take a look at Ms. Keeling&#8217;s incredible coordination that allows her to take shorter strides, which markedly reduces the force of her foot-strike and helps protect her from injuries<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T9oBFkvSOsE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><strong>Her Healthful Lifestyle\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">In an era where more than 75 percent of North Americans are overweight and more than 50 percent are diabetic or prediabetic, Mrs. Keeling is \u00a0healthy and packs 83 pounds into her svelte 4-foot-6 inch frame. \u00a0 Her diet follows the rules for longevity:<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">\u2022 most of her calories are eaten at breakfast<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">\u2022 she eats lots of fresh produce, fish and liver, and very limited amounts of meat<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">\u2022 she avoids foods with preservatives, other processed foods<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">\u2022 she skips dessert<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">She says that she &#8220;eats for nutrition, not for taste.&#8221; \u00a0She does drink limited amounts of alcohol. \u00a0 \u00a0She lives alone and is totally self-sufficient; she says, &#8220;I wash, cook, iron, scrub, clean, mop and shop.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Ida Keeling is a model for us all.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-4EOirSs4Z4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ida_Keeling\">Ida Keeling<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">Born May 15, 1915<\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\"><a href=\"http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2016\/04\/22\/at-100-still-running-for-her-life\/?emc=edit_th_20160424&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;nlid=22984946&amp;_r=0 \">New York Times, April 22, 2016\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago, Ida Keeling (born May 5, 1915) set the world record for a 99 year old woman in the 100-meter dash at 59.80 seconds. At age 95 she set the world record for running 60 meters at 29.86 seconds.  Her brain matches her athletic prowess.  She can recall names and dates immediately. Running as she ages has given her life more meaning and purpose, which is very important as she probably has many more years to live, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-histories-and-mysteries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}