Awwww… met her at the University one evening a few years ago. She did speaking engagements to raise money for projects.
TBH, I think she preferred the company of chimps. 
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Can you blame her 
And lucky you.
Fun fact… it was in the middle of watching Gorillas in the Mist (about Dian Fossey and not Goodall) that I became a vegetarian… that seemed easier than going to Africa to fight the good fight to protect them.
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A Day in the Life of a 102-Year-Old French Yogi (The New York Times)
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The all time longevity leaderboard.
Note how almost all of them died in the 2000s. This bodes well for us.
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More on the 80 year old woman doing the IronMan triathlon…
She’s 80 years old, and she just completed the famed Ironman World Championship
It’s entirely possible that Natalie Grabow — who last weekend, at 80 years old, became the oldest woman to complete the Ironman World Championship course in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii — is just getting started.
Consider these facts:
Grabow, who lives in the northern New Jersey town of Mountain Lakes, didn’t start running competitively until she was in her 40s.
She didn’t know how to swim until she was 59.
She was 60 when she did her first Ironman triathlons, first completing the 70.3-mile half-Ironman distance, then quickly bumping up to the full, 140.6-mile race that includes a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile cycling leg and a full 26.2-mile marathon.
“The swim is still probably my weakest part, but I was able to figure it out pretty much,” Grabow said during a video interview from her home.
“I was gonna beat it,” she said, without a hint of doubt about following in the steps of Hiromu Inada, who was 85 in 2018 when he became the oldest person to complete the race. The only other person over the age of 80 to complete the Ironman World Championship is Lew Hollander, who did so in 2012 at the age of 82.
Read the full story: She’s 80 years old, and she just completed the famed Ironman World Championship
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This 80-Year-Old Is Fitter Than 25-Year-Olds
The paper:
Abstract
Background. To discuss the cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology and common risk factors of an 80-year-old man with a world record maximal oxygen uptake of 50 mL·kg(-1)·min(-1). Methods.
Case report: Results. His maximal oxygen uptake of 3.31 L·min(-1), maximal heart rate of 175 beats·min(-1), and maximal oxygen pulse of 19 mL·beats(-1) are high. He is lean (66.6 kg) and muscular (49% skeletal muscle mass). His echo parameters of mitral flow (left ventricular filling, E = 82 cm·s(-1) and E/A = 1.2) were normal for 40- to 60-year-old men. Systolic and diastolic function increased adequately during exercise, with no increase in left ventricular filling pressure. He has excellent pulmonary function (FVC = 4.31 L, FEV1 = 3.41, FEV1/FVC = 0.79, and DLCO = 12.0 Si(1)) and normal FMD and blood volumes (5.8 L). He has a high level of daily activity (10,900 steps·day(-1) and 2:51 hours·day(-1) of physical activity) and a lifelong history of physical activity. Conclusion. The man is in excellent cardiopulmonary fitness and is highly physically active. His cardiac and pulmonary functions are above expectations for his age, and his VO2max is comparable to that of an inactive 25-year-old and of a normal, active 35-year-old Norwegian man.
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Having a VO2 max of 50 @ 80 years old is impressive, as is a max heart rate of 175. While a few of his other biomarkers weren’t optimal, this is quite an inspirational story.
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Wish they had a clear pic of his physical look… face, arms/hands, chest… legs.
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She hiked the entire Appalachian Trail at 80, unaware she’d just made history
“We put all kinds of limitations on ourselves,” said Betty Kellenberger. “Sometimes the biggest one is we don’t get up and try it.”
https://www.wkrg.com/national/michigan-woman-80-becomes-oldest-woman-to-hike-appalachian-trail/
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Hahaha… tried it once at 53 years old, and that was plenty for me. Was flipped in every possible direction.
Landed puked.
Done with that!
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Whatever floats your boat and brings you joy, makes life worth living. I personally don’t derive any thrills from skydiving, bungee jumping, rock climbing and other activities with an elevated risk profile. No judgement on others, just a personal inclination to avoid unnecessary physical dangers, life is too precious to me and all it takes is one mistake. No thanks, but more power to you.
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I swore off rock climbing after a classmate from high school died climbing a rockface without any gear. He was only 19 or 20 at the time, and the lesson I learnt from his death really sank in.
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I’m impressed by Lenny Kravitz. Especially, because he appears to be following a pretty holistic approach to his health. Definitely inspirational when one of his songs pops up during a run or ski. Good for an increase in cadence.
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Best longevity strategy: See Chuck Norris. Because if Chuck tells your body not to age, it will not age.
(Had to apply the universal CN joke, sorry) 
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10 things people who age well stop caring about after 50 (and feel liberated because of it). See below.
I was agreeing to all 10… except #5. Chasing unrealistic body standards.
As rapamycin transforms me back to a more youthful and active self… regenerating me.
I am more focused on body and looks. 
Gotta last the long haul to 100 years +.
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@NotSure Lenny Kravitz is a genetic freak
@Agetron that is an excellent list!!!
I watched Bill Maher’s recent episode and his guest Mel Robbin’s apparently has a runaway best seller called Let Them. I haven’t read it, but it seems very similar in theory to your list.
I remember an old Oprah episode where she shared that learning to say NO was life changing for her. So, as an Oprah disciple, my (at the time) too nice self started saying no, too. My gosh it ruffled peoples feathers, but I embraced it… people still look at me like I’m nuts when I’m, like, yeah, that would be a hard no. Most women have an especially hard time not being a pleaser.
My brother and I talk about #1 and trying to impress people all the time… how having the right handbag, shoes, etc were so important when we were younger…fast forward…neither of us care anymore. Heck, most of the time I now just use the free bag that came inside my tote bag and could not care less. We never know if this is an age thing, or if it’s once you can afford all that stuff, then it’s just no big deal to obtain it anymore.
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What is missing and number one liberating thing for me, is that I really don’t give a shite about what other people think of me.
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