Long shot. A one-in-a-million chance. Dicey. We often use words like these to describe the seemingly unrealistic goals and impossible dreams people have. Living with a potentially debilitating disease adds more layers of imagined impossibility. In 2008 Eleanor Pendergraft’s life changed forever after being diagnosed with a dire neuromuscular disease. Instead of accepting the … [Read more...] about Eleanor Pendergraft: Living the Athletic Life by Not Giving In to Multiple Sclerosis
National Senior Games Association
OPINION: NSGA Makes Best of a Mess Caused by Coronavirus
For the past couple of weeks, I've been wondering about how I could possibly qualify for the 2021 National Senior Games if organizers for the Nevada Senior Games and Huntsman World Senior Games were to cancel their events this fall. In the scope of a world impacted by COVID-19 and my first-hand, deadly family experience with the damn coronavirus, my concern may seem frivolous. … [Read more...] about OPINION: NSGA Makes Best of a Mess Caused by Coronavirus
How Athletes will Qualify for 2021 National Senior Games During COVID-19 Pandemic
Senior staff explained to athletes ages 50 or better how they can qualify for the 2021 National Senior Games despite cancellations of state senior games across the country caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In part the email reads as follows: "Together we are in the midst of unchartered territory as the pandemic has affected all of us in a variety of ways. Every … [Read more...] about How Athletes will Qualify for 2021 National Senior Games During COVID-19 Pandemic
Ohio Senior Games Cancels 2020 Competition
In a newsletter dated April 28, 2020, Deanna Clifford, president of the Ohio Senior Games board of directors, announced the cancellation of the 2020 event for safety reasons related to COVID-19. "The Ohio Senior Olympics (OSO) Board of Trustees has voted to cancel the 2020 State Summer Games for safety reasons related to COVID-19. The Board made this decision out of an … [Read more...] about Ohio Senior Games Cancels 2020 Competition
Women’s 5K Power Walk Race Results — 2019 National Senior Games
More than 100 women ages 50 through 89 challenged themselves and each other in the 5K power walk contests that took place at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, NM for the 2019 National Senior Games. The races started mid-morning under blue skies streaked with wispy clouds. As the day progressed with women's and men's races taking place, those gentle clouds grew thick and … [Read more...] about Women’s 5K Power Walk Race Results — 2019 National Senior Games