They didn’t start running competitively until late in life. Why are they winning?

The day after her last teenager was accepted into college, Ruby Ghadially, then 57, did something she views as a mark of regained independence: She went for a run. Though she had been active as an adult, she had primarily cycled, and it showed.

"Ageing is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength." - Betty Friedan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/masters-runners-late-start-winning/2021/05/20/be593df2-b99d-11eb-a5fe-bb49dc89a248_story.html