Age is a state of mind
by digby
… although being a world class athlete is probably helpful:
U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad told supporters on a Key West beach that they should never ever give up.
Nyad made the comment Monday shortly after she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.
Nyad looked dazed and sunburned and her lips were swollen. She arrived at the beach just before 2 p.m. EDT, about 53 hours after she began her swim in Havana on Saturday.
She tried and failed when she was 29 years old and gave up swimming for 30 years. She took it up again at 60 and succeeded at 64 years old. Now that’s inspiring.
And she’s not the first woman to do this. She’s the first person to do it.
Update:
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