Wonder Woman in reality! A 76-year-old running veteran named Jeannie Rice has surpassed her own record to create a world record in the women's 75–79 age division at the 2024 TCS London Marathon with a time of three hours, 33 minutes, and 27 seconds. She beat the previous world record, which she had established in Chicago at 75, by almost a minute.

Rice has held master world records before. In addition, she has the 3:27:50 women's 70-74 marathon record, which she achieved in 2018. Her impressive list of master's world records in distance running is enhanced by this achievement. Although Rice recorded a quicker time (3:33:15) at the Boston Marathon last year, the race was not eligible for records due to its point-to-point, net-downhill format. She has finished all six Abbott World Marathon Majors and won her age category in each.


Nothing is Unbeatable For Her Passionate Energies ~ 
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Insights into Her Training Pattern to achieve such world record  ~ 

Rice considers herself a snowbird, as she lives and trains in her hometown of Mentor, Ohio for six months of the year before heading to Naples, Fla., for six months every winter. “I’ve been approached by people who wanted to coach me, but they seemed expensive and had other demands I didn’t like. I listen to what my friends do and what others are doing in training. I try to run 50 miles most weeks, and a bit more before my marathons. But I don’t follow a schedule. Mostly I just train the way I feel. I’m still running strong and beating records, so I must be doing something right. “I know it’s possible that a coach could help me the way Gene Dykes’s coach helped him, but it’s also possible that things could go wrong. I like to decide my training according to how I feel each day.”

Her Eating habits are also very sorting in terms of being healthy ~ Her Breakfast is usually oatmeal with fruit and nuts. At lunch and dinner, she enjoys a green salad with some sort of seafood or fish on top. She has never liked sweets and doesn’t crave them, but loves to have cheese and nuts as a treat. That’s her biggest downfall maybe in her mind —cheese and nuts. The only supplements she takes are calcium, vitamin D, B-12, and magnesium.

Making Her Training As a Ritual ~ 

It's The Fire That Craves For More In Her ~
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She had a sense of self-realization during these years of running, “I like to get my run done early, so I have the whole day in front of me when I get back home at 7:30 A.M. or so. I’m usually running by 6 A.M. In Florida, where I spend my winters, that can be important for the cooler weather. But on days when I’m going 20 to 23 miles, I’ll get up at 3:30 A.M.  and begin running at 4:30 A.M.  I’ll go two hours on my own, and then join a local training group for their morning loop, which gives me another hour or so.”

She doesn't seem in the least bit scared by the unwritten future, even though she is practical about it. She's determined to perform, even at her age. She intends to keep pushing herself to run fast and hard and to break age-group records!

Takeaway ~ 
Age is merely a number that represents a person's duration of this lifetime. These figures don't sum up who you are, what you've accomplished, or what lies ahead. Regardless of age, one can accomplish anything. The age card frequently puts unwarranted pressure on people in today's environment to behave in a way that is consistent with their age. Generally speaking, it indicates that people become overly self-conscious and attentive, which can negatively impact their life perspectives, sense of self, and social changes. Aging is portrayed negatively in several myths, but why choose this perspective? Positivity is the key to accepting and appreciating life as we become older.