At
age 40
I began running
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At
age 41
I ran my first marathon |
At
age 51
I survived divorce |
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At
age 52
I climbed Devil's Tower
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At
age 53
I
had a major role in Last of the Red Hot Lovers
(My leading
man was 35, we were a palindrome!)
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At
age 54
I placed second in a body building contest that
was NOT age grouped!
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At
age 55
I ran the Centennial Trail-113 miles across South
Dakota from Wind Cave National Park to the top of the Sacred
Bear Butte
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At
age 56
I was challenged by cancer and won.
I ran a marathon in Siberia… stayed in hideaway built by Stalin
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At
age 57
I married Jerry Dunn during the Disney World Marathon,
and finished the race. We were interviewed on The Today Show
just after the ceremony at the Magic Kingdom.
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At
age 58
I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and won the marathon
there the day after we got off the mountain.
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At
age 59
I won the swimsuit competition in the Golden Times
Newspaper, and was featured on the front page and as the centerfold.
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At
age 60
I ran from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean across
Panama, 60 miles, to celebrate my 60th birthday. Ocean to Ocean in a single day!
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At
age 61
I became Mrs. South Dakota, and participated at
the national level for Mrs. America. I was 30 years older
than the other contestants, no, I did not place!
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At
age 62
- I ran a "Marathon of Marathons", 26.2 marathons in
the year 2000. One of these was completed with 3 of my
children who were running their first marathon. Also,
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I was chosen as the Foster Grant model for South Dakota.
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At
age 63
I wrote a book entitled 'Gotta Run….Life is a Marathon So Double Tie Your Shoes!'
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At
age 65
I completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology,
researching the self-efficacy of women who begin marathoning
after the age of 40.
Read Elaine's note; "AN
EMERALD IN MY APRON POCKET".
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At
age 66
I completed the Mount Rushmore International Marathon
for the 25th consecutive year.
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At
ages 69
- I won the Embrace Life Award from State Farm…$10,000 and an all expense paid trip to New York City for two. (Gave to BH to scholarship women runners; my power source.)
- I launched a TV series called Women Who Dare; spotlighting women who really LIVE life.
- I wrote book number two, Running On….A Sole’s Journey.
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At
age 70
I wrote book number three, 'FT HPNZ…A License to Run' |
At
ages 71
I was chosen as the Spirit of Dakota, an award honoring the epitome of the prairie woman. |
At
ages 72
I wrote book number four, 'Fitness by the Numbers... Count on it' |
At
age 73
I traveled to Greece and ran the 2,500th running of the first marathon
which first happened in 490 BC. |
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At
age 75
I went to France for the Medoc Marathon and to celebrate my 75th birthday in the land of my ancestory.
Magic In Medoc |
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Ongoing
Quest
Elaine is a member of the 50&DC
Marathon USA
and has completed Marathons
in 49 states &
D.C.
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