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Dara Torres inspires older women to get fit

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Dara Torres inspires older women to get fit

Diane Darling, 49, of Belmont, Mass., takes an evening walk by Fresh Pond in Cambridge, Mass., on Aug. 13, 2008. Darling says she is inspired by Olympic swimmer Dara Torres, and plans to lose 4 pounds before the end of the Beijing Olympics. Dara Torres, the oldest woman ever to make the U.S. Olympic swim team, is inspiring many middle-aged women to set goals and return to their fitness routines.


Let the Games Begin!

Scientific American’s resident skeptic Michael Shermer writes about the doping scandals plaguing cycling, baseball and other sports, and he suggests how to curb those practices. Please ignore him. It would be a global tragedy if his meddling were to ruin the most eagerly awaited competitions of 2008.

No, not this summer’s Olympics. Those will of course be modestly fun demonstrations of physical prowess. The pursuit of true excellence is cruel and unforgiving, however, which is why devotees of the absolute best in athletic achievement instead turn to the quadrennial Hyper Games.

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