“I started running when I was 45 years old. It made a big difference in my health. I used to get upper respiratory infections about twice a year, go to the doctor and maybe miss work. After I started running, that changed. I haven’t been sick hardly since.
“I got into competitions for 10Ks and 5Ks, and I would come in second and third because I was running against people younger than me. But one time I got into a senior olympics, so I was running against my own age. I got a gold medal in the 100 meters. I ran it in 18 seconds. I was 79 at the time.
“I’ve slowed down a little since then, but I still walk three times a week at the nature center and I go to the YMCA three times a week.
“It’s very important to keep moving. In her final years, my wife would hardly move a muscle. She would just sit in her chair. I told her she could still exercise while in that chair, but I couldn’t motivate her to do it. She died two years ago.”
— Bill Jones