Persistence is the driving force and source of a person’s progress. If he can do the most ordinary thing to the extreme, then he is only one step away from success. The story I want to share today is a 71-year-old Asian-American grandma running The story of Jenny Rice was born in 1948. She is 71 years old this year. Maybe the old people around you who have reached this age have either "square dancing" every day or have been physically debilitated. However, Jenny Rice is different. The United States has her own job: Real estate agents find a manifestation of their own life value. That is running
Speaking of running, there is another episode. Granny Jenny Rice immigrated to the United States at the age of 19. As the so-called "fat ten catties" during the festive season, the old lady Jenny Rice, who was in a foreign land, had to gain weight in the face of the hospitality of her family when she returned to China to visit relatives at the age of 35. After hearing that running can lose weight, Jenny Grandma Rice started her own weight loss plan: running! But no one thought that this run would be 36 years!
At first, Granny Rice was just a hobbyist, because she had not received any professional training before, but slowly she found that she was running farther and farther and her endurance was getting more and more. Well, gradually the idea of wanting to participate in a marathon came into being. So in 1984, she participated in the first marathon in her life. Until now, at the age of 71, she has been in 36 years. Participated in 117 marathons!
even in October last year, in Chicago, the 70-74 years old age group created a good result of 3 hours 27 minutes 50 seconds, and refreshed the 70-74 year old age group World record! And at the beginning of this month, in a half marathon held in Ohio, Granny Rice set a time of 1 hour, 37 minutes and 01 seconds. In the 70-74 age group, it was beaten by Australian marathon runner Lavinia Petrie. Created a world record for the half marathon of 1 hour 37 minutes 38 seconds.
In an interview, Granny Rice said,Running is now integrated into my life and into my blood. Every morning I get up and drink a cup of coffee and start my own run. Nowadays, Grandma Jeanne Rice runs 50-60 kilometers every week. In addition to perseverance, she still Fortunately, because many marathon runners have some injuries of varying degrees, but in the past 36 years of marathon career, she has not suffered any injuries. There must be her own warm-up and a good way to recover_ p2p
In the interview, she also said that she did not feel that she was 70, at most only 50 years old. Her current enemy is time. She wants to challenge more games and records as much as possible. Grandma Jenny Rice, who holds 2 world records, is preparing for the Berlin and Tokyo marathons. I wish her health and longevity. At the same time, this perseverance is also worth learning for our young people!
Contributing Editor: Su Daqiang
.
