Some super-smart guy once said, it’s never too late to follow your dream and we, after all these years, are still trying to make sense out of it. While the majority of us waste the golden years of our lives falling into and struggling with the same monotonous trap, some decide otherwise and choose a path less travelled. They, rather than being buried into books all through their childhood and then working their as*es off for a well-paying job, decide a career or a hobby they are passionate about and love irrespective of their age. They are the ones who create history and inspire others to break all the stereotypes.
Deirdre Larkin certainly belonged to the latter category.
If she didn’t, she would have confined to the four walls of her comfortable home, just like all other oldies. But she refused to do so. A retired concert pianist and now a full-time teacher, she was born with missing vertebrae and was diagnosed with Osteoporosis in 2009. While all odds were against her, she refused to let her body deteriorate and started distance running at the age of 78.
While remembering her first run she mentions that it was in late 2009 on an early morning when the 78-year-old put on her brand new running shoes and hit the road.
Although, she started out slow with just an interesting regime of run three steps, walk three steps, with time she gained momentum. After being diagnosed with osteoporosis in 2001, the doctors had put her on medication to combat the deterioration in strength of her bones, but the medication made her lethargic.
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