Our words of wisdom this week come from Olympian and 1980 Boston Marathon winner, Jacqueline Gareau. A fellow member of the age group 65-69, Gareau continues to race, to conduct training and running workshops, speaking engagements and is a massage therapist in Sainte-Adèle, Quebec.

The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy…It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.