Irongran: How keeping fit taught me that growing older needn't mean slowing down

It's never too late to start something new, as Eddie Brocklesby proves by becoming the oldest British woman to complete an Ironman at the age of 50. Despite a lack of interest in sports in her childhood, she has since completed marathons, triathlons, and Ironman races across the globe, accumulating many medals and awards. Eddie is passionate about promoting active aging and shares research and guidance on how to remain healthy and full of life in later years.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 05 April 2018
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

If I can start to run at 50 and become the oldest British woman to complete an Ironman, everyone should realize it's never too late.

At the age of 50, Eddie Brocklesby decided to run her first half marathon. Until that point, she'd done little running, and her exercise regime consisted of little more than chauffeuring her children to their own sports clubs. In common with so many people, any interest she'd shown in sport in her childhood had diminished as her adult life progressed, with spare time becoming ever more limited in the face of work and family commitments.

After that event, and following the loss of her husband of thirty years to cancer, she completed a marathon. Now, 75 years old, the past twenty years has seen Eddie take part in marathons, triathlons, and Ironman races across the globe and she has accrued many medals and awards.

In Ironman, Eddie looks back on her life and explains just how she's managed to develop the energy to match the enthusiasm she's always had for an active lifestyle. She shares the difficulties she's experienced in her sporting endeavors, and explains how she's managed to overcome them.

Eddie is passionate about the health and wellbeing of our ageing population and provides up-to-date research about why keeping active in later years is so important, along with guidance about how to remain full of life in your later years.

Weight: 378g
Dimension: 233 x 153 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780751571110