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St. Martin's Griffin
January 2015
On Sale: January 6, 2015
Featuring: Olga Kotelko
ISBN: 1250060877
EAN: 9781250060877
Kindle: B00EMTG0O0
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Non-Fiction Biography
A fascinating look at the way we age today and the extent to
which we can shape the process In What Makes Olga Run? Bruce Grierson explores what the
wild success of a ninety-four-year-old track star can tell
us about how our bodies and minds age. Olga Kotelko is not
your average ninety-four-year-old. She not only looks and
acts like a much younger woman, she holds over twenty-three
world records in track and field, seventeen in her current
ninety to ninety-five category. Convinced that this remarkable woman could help unlock many
of the mysteries of aging, Grierson set out to uncover what
it is that’s driving Olga. He considers every piece of the
puzzle, from her diet and sleep habits to how she scores on
various personality traits, from what she does in her spare
time to her family history. Olga participates in tests
administered by some of the world’s leading scientists and
offers her DNA to groundbreaking research trials. What
emerges is not only a tremendously uplifting personal story
but a look at the extent to which our health and longevity
are determined by the DNA we inherit at birth, and the
extent to which we can shape that inheritance. It examines
the sum of our genes, opportunities, and choices, and the
factors that forge the course of any life, especially during
our golden years.
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