Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 61, August 2014 | Page 16

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Never Too Old!
Here at Modern Athlete we love hearing about so-called ‘senior citizens’ who leave a lot
of younger athletes in their dust. Here are just two of the inspirational stories we recently
came across.

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Amazing Lizzi

By Mary-Ann Wilkinson,
Run/Walk For Life Garsfontein, Pretoria

M

ary Gevers, or Lizzie to us, is a 78-year-young walker at our
Run/Walk For Life Garsfontein branch in Pretoria who decided, for
personal reasons, to walk/run the 2014 Old Mutual Two Oceans Half
Marathon. She had never done a 21km race before and was very
nervous about training, so a group of us – Margie, Irene, Barbara,
Mercia, Daleen and myself – decided to help Lizzie with her training
for her big day.

Images: Courtesy Mary-Ann Wilkinson &