Growing Bolder Community

Now in her 60s, Nadine O'Connor is a track and field superstar and loving every minute of it.

Soon to be 100, Ruth Frith is getting ready to kick some booty at the World Master's Games.

A few short months after battling thyroid cancer, Marc Jarkow grabbed his bicyle and took off for Paris to compete in a 750-mile race.

Couch potatoes rejoice! A world-class athlete and coach says even if you've spent years sitting on your behind you can compete in a triathlon.

Grandma Luge, the oldest woman to ever compete in the Winter Olympics, is facing her toughest opponent yet -- cancer.

She's not really an athlete. She's a retired biologist who loves adventure. That's why 96-year-old Mary Anne Cooper traveled from British Columbia to Arizona to compete in the U.S. Masters Swimming National Championships.

With more adults maintaining active and competitive lifestyles into their 50s and beyond, grown kids now spend weekends watching mom and dad compete. In the Leech family, the kids say it's a great glimpse of what their later years could be like, too.

Angie Washo is the first woman and only amputee ever to compete in the AlCan Road Rally. Remarkable that two years before, her leg was severed when a hit and run driver hit her motorcycle.