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Author:
Grierson, Bruce.
Title:
What makes Olga run? : the mystery of the ninety-something track star and what she can teach us about living longer, happier lives / Bruce Grierson.
Edition:
First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
247 pages ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Kotelko, Olga,--1919-2014.
Women track and field athletes--Canada--Biography.
Older women athletes--Canada--Biography.
Biography.
Notes:
"First published in hardcover by Henry Holt and Company"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-237) and index.
Contents:
Rust never sleeps -- The adversity hypothesis -- Tests of mind -- The sweat prescription -- An evolutionary theory of Olga -- Tests of body -- Habits -- Personality -- What makes Olga run? -- Olga and me -- Going deeper -- Shadows -- Coda: nine rules for living.
ISBN:
1250060877
9781250060877
OCLC:
(OCoLC)900614801
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

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