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Martha McClellan The Aging Athlete by Martha McClellan By photographer Jonas Grushkin
The Aging Athlete: What We Do to Stay in the Game looks at twelve active seniors who are coping with the effects of aging on their lifelong pursuits of running skiing bicycling swimming hiking and triathloning. After pushing their bodies for most of their lives they are having to accept aches and pains injuries surgeries joint replacements and loss of muscle power. These stories are about how they are not giving up easily and how they are keeping their optimistic attitudes and abilities to relish the almost impossibly hard work it takes to stay fit. This is a fascinating mix of effort strategy training schedules diets and philosophies these aging athletes bring to readjust and redesign their endeavors - whatever it takes!show more