Age No Limit

Larry Johnson might be 95 but he hasn't stopped living!

Larry Johnson has no problems filling in his time. Being 95 years old does not stop him doing cycling classes three times a week. Then, there are the upper-body workouts - also three times a week. In fact, the only day he takes it easy is Saturday! And in the winter, he goes skiing at least once a week.

And when we said that he takes Saturday off… well sometimes he's actually doing a 35 mile bike ride along Albuquerque's trails. Because he has plans. He aims to win four cycling events - the 5km, 10km, 20km and 40km at the National Senior Games in Minneapolis!

It all started when he was 90 years old, his grandson challenged him to ride one mile for every year. Larry Johnson was up for the challenge! Larry Johnson, like many others, is clearly a firm believer in the adage Age No Limit!

And Larry's advice to us all?

From his profile:

"A lot of it is a mindset. You’ve got to appreciate your body for the wonderful machine that it is and you just gotta keep it working.

I like to tell people to compare it to your car. You have to take care of it to keep it going. You change the oil, get new tires and a battery, you clean the upholstery if you spill something on it. It’s the same way with your body.

You’ve got to feed it well, exercise it, work up a sweat and get your heart rate up. Keep your mind going. If you park your car in the garage and don’t run it the first thing you know the tires go flat and the battery is dead. You have high tech parts,so get some high tech things for your body. Get on the Internet, your email, your cell phone. Find solutions, put a smile on your face and have a social life."

Too old to do WHAT? This lady has them ALL beat!

Some of us can't do the stairs - we need the lifts and elevators.

But Doris Long (MBE) is an inspiration to us all.

Doris is 101 years old.

But that's not the big thing.

At the sprightly young age of 101, Doris Long became the world's oldest abseiler.

She climbs down the sides of buildings with a rope!

It was hard work. But the wind and rain did not put her off, even if she did 'swing about a bit'. She said "I enjoyed it, I feel it's well worth it". True, her legs ached and her arm. And it didn't do her hair do any good - but she still hopes to repeat the challenge next year - when she has turned 102!

Doris, great-great-grandmother was cheered and applauded by the watching crowd when she got to the bottom of the tower.

This is not her first abseil though. She did it last year too, when she turned 100. In fact, she has been doing it since she was 85.

She started started abseiling when she was 85! Too old to start something new? Definitely not.

"I don't feel afraid and never have" she said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3159039/She-s-101-year-old-woman-breaks-world-record-oldest-abseiler-roping-one-Britain-s-tallest-buildings.html

Doris Long (MBE) who took to abseiling at 85 years old and has just broken her own world record by descending almost a hundred meters down the side of a spinnaker tower in Portsmouth, England, is living proof of our motto - Age No Limit.

Too old to save lives? Never.

Lots of people think that when they 'get old' they are no longer needed or useful. We won't debate it - instead let's rephrase it:

Sometimes, when we have accumulated lots of life experience, we think that we can no longer contribute to the world.

Put like that it sounds contradictory doesn't it! Well, of course it is. No matter how old we are, we have lots of value and can offer amazing amounts of help to the world which, let's face it, needs help.

Here's a good example.

Wendy Smith was eighty-four but decided to learn first aid. So she did her first aid training with St John Ambulance. Just a way of passing time, you might say. Just a bit of amusement. Not likely to be of any use.

Her neighbour is still here to tell you different. After having a heart attack, he had stopped breathing. It's called 'died'. Because of her willingness to learn and have a positive impact on the world - despite being 84 years young - her neighbour survived. Wendy Smith, 84, saved his life. This eighty-four year old did CPR for ten minutes until the ambulance arrived.

So don't think you are too old. Don't think that your usefulness has come to an end. Because, at the end of the day, Wendy Smith and her neighbour are living proof of Age No Limit.

Too old to ride a horse? Not even at ninety!

Thea Murphy always wanted to ride a horse. For practically all of her ninety years, it was her ambition. She was ninety, partially paralyzed and blind in one eye. And did we mention that she was ninety years old? Too old to ride a horse huh?

Well, proving the adage of Age No Limit, she did ride a horse! A non-profit group called 'Celebrating Seniors' made it all possible.

She loves animals and she loves horses especially and will not be forgetting her ride too soon. Yes, she said, she might be a little sore tomorrow but it didn't matter a bit. This was a day never to be forgotten.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/home/2889165-181/volunteer-program-helps-dreams-come

http://www.horsecollaborative.com/wish-granted-as-90-year-old-woman-takes-first-horseback-ride/

Marathon Man at 101 years old!

Faujah Sing lost his wife and son when he was 89. Most people might have given up on life but he decided there was life in him yet and he started running. And so it was that in February 2013, he became the oldest person to run a marathon - at 101 years old!

And he didn't stop there - he's since completed eight more races!

But he was no stranger to record breaking - he broke NINE world records during his trip to Toronto in 2011!

Just take a look a the following videos - here's one guy who definitely doesn't buy in to the stereotype vision of older people:

He'd be the first to say.... Age No Limit!

Never too old to get married.

George Kirby and Doreen Luckie certainly don't think you can be too old to get married. Since Doreen is 91 and George is a sprightly 103 - they should know!

According to George, Doreen keeps him young. Despite that, he didn't get down on one knee - getting up might have been too much of a problem.

And it hasn't been a whirlwind romance either. They first 'got together' twenty seven years ago and have spent that time living together and really getting to know each other. But don't think twenty-seven years has dimmed the romance. George even proposed on Valentine's Day and when they do marry it will be in front of 60 guests.

George and Doreen prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt - Age No Limit!

You can't teach an old dog new tricks - OH, BUT YOU CAN!

There are plenty of people that will tell you that your school days are over.

There are plenty of people that will tell you that you are too old to learn.

There are plenty of people that will tell you that you can't teach old dogs new tricks.

But they are wrong.

Quite apart from Elizabeth Kirby who gained her PhD at 93, there is that of Kimani Maruge who held the Guiness World Record for being the oldest person to start primary school at 84. He knew that education was important and - most importantly - that you are never too old to learn.

Then, there is the case of Kenyan grandmother Priscilla Sitienei - who prefers to be called Gogo - who attends primary school with with six of her great-great-grandchildren.

She wanted to learn to read the bible and to inspire children to learn. Many older children no longer attend school and when confronted they say that they are 'too old'. Well, Gogo soon puts them right on that score. You are NEVER too old. And she is living proof.

The headmaster of her school calls her a blessing - which she undoubtedly is. And all of the pupils just love her.

She is an inspiration to us all.

She even has a sign on her dormitory at the school - it reads 'Welcome to Priscilla's Dormitory - Education has no age limit'. Well, we'd second that.

Elizabeth Kirby, Kimani Maruge and Priscilla Sitienei are all shining examples of Age No Limit!

Kenyan grandmother at school with her great-great-grandchildren

Kimani Maruge

Watch her on YouTube