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Growing Bolder
Last Updated on January 24, 2022
You’d be hard-pressed to find an athlete participating in the National Senior Games that hasn’t had a major health issue. Media & Communications Director Del Moon points out why these athletes prove you can succeed, not just overcome or survive, after facing life challenges.
Create your playbook for life with the wisdom of three legendary football coaches: Steve Spurrier, Jimmy Johnson, and the late Bobby Bowden.
Willie Spruill is a senior athlete known for his signature toothpick while he runs. He shares wisdom from a life fueled by track and field.
Damien Leake is making his mark on the world as an actor, a civil rights activist, and the fastest man over 70 who has ever lived.
The DC Water Wizards are an adult swimming program in the nation’s capital that is smashing stereotypes and breaking barriers at the National Senior Games. This diverse team of swimmers are now diving headfirst into life, in and out of the pool.
More than media, Growing Bolder is a movement of ordinary people living extraordinary lives and it’s now streaming 24/7, for free, at Watch.GrowingBolder.com.
Watch as 90-year-old Janet Rushmere sets a National Senior Games swimming record! She shares keys to her healthy life we can all learn from.
Meet Ginny MacColl, the oldest woman to complete a challenge on American Ninja Warrior, inspiring others to achieve their dreams.
Madonna Hanna has achieved all her life, as an award-winning teacher, author, and fashion industry executive. In 2011 she added sprinter to her list when, at 57, her late husband began coaching her and she entered the Washington Senior Games. After his death, Madonna kept her promise to him to keep running. She found a new coach in nationally-ranked track athlete Marcus Chambers, and their work together helped Madonna achieve gold at the 2023 National Senior Games.
Kay Glynn is a 70-year-old grandmother and a pole vaulting legend who defies age, expectations, and gravity, inspiring adults of all ages to get off the couch.
Older adults have so much wisdom to share from their experience in masters sports. Here are 6 life lessons learned from senior athletes.
How much have the abilities of older adults increased? We compare the results of 1896 senior athletes with those of today.
At its core, the National Senior Games is a grassroots health and wellbeing movement and the woman charged with growing that movement and leading the NSG into the future is new president and chief executive officer, Sue Hlavacek.
