from sunnydrk

I want to be Olga. Mr. Grierson really shows off her joie de vie as he undertakes the task of finding out what has kept Olga so sharp and fast in her old age. I really liked how Mr. Grierson intermixed Olga stories with the science. He did it in a way that was easy to follow.

from clue

Completed [What Makes Olga Run] by science writer [Bruce Grierson] this morning. Olga started competing in track and field competitions when she was 77! Almost 20 years later she was going strong, having won many medals and ribbons as she set record after record for her age group. I started this ...

from ali180

Olga is a 90 something year old who is breaking records at track meets around the world. The author is a journalist who decides to partner with Olga to find out more about her--what has her exercise regimen done to her brain activity? Her cells? Her DNA? The various tests that university research...

from eachurch

Tremendously entertaining book about aging, and the importance of moving our bodies and having a passion. The passion of most of the people that Grierson talks about in this book is track and field, but I am sure that he could find similar cohorts of 'healthy, engaged elderly' with different, equ...

from Mmccullough

Who wouldn't want to be 90+ years old and still running, jumping and throwing? Olga Kotelko certainly is motivated to do so, and has won over 800 medals in competitions since turning 75. She has competed around the world, setting age group records many times. Was Olga born this way, with a specia...