{"id":31040,"date":"2023-07-09T11:22:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T11:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielsmarketingblc.com\/CuratedProducts\/?p=31040"},"modified":"2023-07-09T11:22:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T11:22:35","slug":"katie-couric-on-the-national-senior-games-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielsmarketingblc.com\/CuratedProducts\/2023\/07\/09\/katie-couric-on-the-national-senior-games-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Couric on the National Senior Games 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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T<\/span>his month, 1000’s of athletes over age 50 will gather in Pittsburgh for Humana\u2019s National Senior Games 2023<\/a>, where they\u2019ll compete at the very best level in every little thing from swimming to trace and field to basketball to volleyball, amongst other sports.<\/div>\n

Call them inspiring. Call them fierce. Call them powerful. Just please, don\u2019t call them \u201ccute,\u201d says Katie Couric<\/a>, the legendary journalist who this 12 months is acting as a spokesperson for the games, commonly often called the \u201cSenior Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Couric, sharing the stories of those top-tier athletes isn\u2019t just concerning the thrill of the competition (which is thrilling indeed\u2014clips from the event<\/a> often go viral). It\u2019s about busting myths about what older individuals are and aren\u2019t speculated to do, and promoting the importance of being lively as you age<\/a>. \u201cI like the message of staying vibrant and healthy,\u201d she says. \u201cParticularly now that I\u2019m 66, so I\u2019m considered one of the individuals who is aging and staying very lively.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well+Good spoke to Couric about her own fitness routine, the ageism older athletes face, and the Senior Games competitors she\u2019ll be rooting for.<\/p>\n

The Senior Games athletes inspiring Couric<\/h2>\n

Of all of the competitors she\u2019s spoken to, a number of stories stand out to Couric.<\/p>\n

One is Willie Spuill<\/a>, who was a veteran fighting myriad health issues when he rediscovered running in his 60s\u2014then swept his track events at his first Senior Games. \u201cThis has opened up a component of him that basically needed to be channeled and expressed and shared,\u201d says Couric.<\/p>\n

For DeEtte Sauer<\/a>, learning to swim, and eventually becoming one of the crucial decorated athletes on the Games (last 12 months she won eight gold medals\u2014the identical as Michael Phelps on the Beijing Olympics, Sauer proudly shared with Couric) was key to her recovery from alcoholism.<\/p>\n

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And at 94, Dwight Smith<\/a> will likely be competing for gold in basketball alongside his son, Terry. His granddaughter, Christie, will likely be making her Senior Games debut in pickleball.<\/p>\n

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