{"product_id":"2940011811722","title":"50 Athletes over 50 Teach us to Live a Strong Healthy Life","description":"What does it take to continue to participate in athletic activities and sustained exercise later in life? How does it differ from managing these activities when you are in your 20’s or 30’s? Do you wonder if, or when, you have to give up your physical activities? You will be intrigued and inspired by the answers to these questions from Don McGrath’s book about 50 interviews of athletic people over 50 years old. True stories from his spectacular interviewees will inspire you like no others. Many of McGrath’s subjects never imagined that they would be role models for exercise and good health. Still, by applying a common set of characteristics, they have broken remarkable mental and physical barriers to succeed. Peek into the lives of Linda Quirk who ran seven marathons on seven continents at age 55, and in 2010 plans to run across four of the world’s largest deserts; Sandy Scott, 69, who broke a vertebrae at age 65 and four years later won a state cycling 20k championship; or 75-year-old veteran tap dance Gene GeBauer. With U.S. health concerns at the forefront, the athlete’s way of life helps us to understand how to take responsibility for our well being. Lessons learned from these interviews can help us avoid doctors’ offices, stave off diseases, and have more joy and contentment. In his final summary, McGrath examines the behaviors and attitudes necessary for all of us to have health and satisfaction through an active life. If you want to know the secrets of those who are still going strong in athletic activities in their later years, then this is the book for you.   Featuring:   Barb Page, distance runner, hiker, Nordic skier  Bill Hansbury, runner, cyclist  Bill Purves, race walker  Bob Muleskey, shot put, discus, and javelin thrower  Bob Radocy, archer, weight lifter  Bret Williams, pole vaulter, handball player  Bruce Runnels, cyclist  Carl Bamforth, distance in-line speed skater  Carol Jean Vosburgh, triathlete  Cheryl Ragsdale, boxer and martial artist  Chris Scotto Divetta, runner  Dave Dyc, outrigger canoeist  Don Ardell, triathlete  Don Pratt, distance runner  Don Sherrill, power lifter  Ed Shaw, cyclist, runner  Gale Bernhardt, endurance athlete  Gary Grobman, distance runner  Gary Leigh, sprinter  Gene GeBauer, dancer  George and Louise Thornton, triathletes  George Hurley, rock climber  Gerard Moreno, Paralympic fencer, off-road wheelchair racer, basketball player  Helen Geoffrion, triathlete  Jane Welzel, distance runner  Jean Aschenbrenner, rock climber  Jerry Smartt, distance runner  Jim Broun, hurdler  Jim Morton, runner  Katy Okuyama, surfer  Kim Williams, sprinter, high-jumper  Linda Quirk, distance runner  Loretta Claiborne, Special Olympic runner, golfer, tennis player, skater, skier, bowler  Maria Riquet, bodybuilder  Myrna Haag, triathlete  R.S. and Melody Mitchell, martial artists  Rich Davis, triathlete  Richard Stiller, runner  Robbi Young, triathlete  Russ Clune, rock climber  Sandy Scott, cyclist  Scott Graham, distance runner, triathlete, snowshoe racer  Sid Howard, middle-distance runner  Stephen Black, triathlete  Susan Henderson, distance runner  Suzy Devers, in-line and ice skater  Terry Peterson, mountain unicyclist  Ward Smith, surfer  Weia Reinboud, high jumper, javelin thrower","brand":"Wise Media Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175405404400,"sku":"2940011811722","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011811722_p0.jpg?v=1763549681","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011811722","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}