{"id":26108,"date":"2021-11-02T05:11:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T09:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=26108"},"modified":"2021-11-02T05:11:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T09:11:44","slug":"105-and-still-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/good-news\/2021\/11\/105-and-still-running\/","title":{"rendered":"105&#8230; And Still Running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julia Hawkins is a runner\u2026. happens to be 105 years old and she wants to storm the world record!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Age is nothing more than just a number for Julia &#8220;Hurricane&#8221; Hawkins.\u00a0 She is now preparing for a record 100m race at the Senior Games on November 6 in Louisiana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If all goes according to plan, Hawkins will become the first woman and first American to set a Masters Track &amp; Field World Record in the 105+ category. Possibly because Julia simply has no competitors at this age.\u2800<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2017 Hawkins set a record in the 100-meter race, finishing in 40.12 seconds.\u00a0 In 2019, she became the oldest woman to walk the 50-meter track, and the next day she ran the 100-meter in 46.07 seconds. \u2800<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At 105, she believes that the reason for her longevity is a healthy lifestyle: \u201cI have always been active, kept my weight normal, tried to eat right, never smoked or liked alcohol.\u00a0 We rode a lot with the whole family, and when I was over 80, I decided to participate in the Olympic Games for Seniors.\u00a0 &#8211; says Julia, &#8211; And I really love to live. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Good News ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":25471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3096],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-good-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 06:43:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/good-news\/2021\/11\/105-and-still-running\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26109,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26108\/revisions\/26109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}