From Michigan to Tampa for a 5K .....
This story from Sunday, February 26th's online edition of the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times in its coverage of Saturday's Gasparilla Distance Classic 5K in Tampa:
Millie Nuoffer, 89, the oldest competitor at Gasparilla, finished the 5K in 1:03:38.
Nuoffer's accomplishment is all the more notable considering she has survived seven heart attacks, heart failure two months ago and a hernia operation less than three weeks ago.
Nuoffer lived in Dunedin for 30 years before moving to Michigan in November after a bout with memory loss to live with her son Dennis.
Dennis, who drove Millie from Michigan to Tampa on Wednesday, walked with his mother through the 3.1-mile race.
Nuoffer said she simply "had to" walk in Saturday's race because she has walked in the previous six Gasparilla 5K races. Doing anything less, she said, "Didn't make sense."
Nuoffer plans to walk in the Gasparilla "As long as I'm kickin'."
Nuoffer's times the past four years are as follows:
2002 -- 50:15 (age 85)
2003 -- 54:02 (age 86)
2004 -- 58:28 (age 87)
2005 -- 54:33 (age 88)
Last year and on Saturday, Nuoffer completed the course with not only Dennis Nuoffer, 64, of Pinckney, Michigan, but another son in David Nuoffer, 54, from Murrieta, California.
And who said Medicare wasn't able to get you back on your feet again?
Millie Nuoffer, 89, the oldest competitor at Gasparilla, finished the 5K in 1:03:38.
Nuoffer's accomplishment is all the more notable considering she has survived seven heart attacks, heart failure two months ago and a hernia operation less than three weeks ago.
Nuoffer lived in Dunedin for 30 years before moving to Michigan in November after a bout with memory loss to live with her son Dennis.
Dennis, who drove Millie from Michigan to Tampa on Wednesday, walked with his mother through the 3.1-mile race.
Nuoffer said she simply "had to" walk in Saturday's race because she has walked in the previous six Gasparilla 5K races. Doing anything less, she said, "Didn't make sense."
Nuoffer plans to walk in the Gasparilla "As long as I'm kickin'."
Nuoffer's times the past four years are as follows:
2002 -- 50:15 (age 85)
2003 -- 54:02 (age 86)
2004 -- 58:28 (age 87)
2005 -- 54:33 (age 88)
Last year and on Saturday, Nuoffer completed the course with not only Dennis Nuoffer, 64, of Pinckney, Michigan, but another son in David Nuoffer, 54, from Murrieta, California.
And who said Medicare wasn't able to get you back on your feet again?
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