Do you have someone or something that inspires or motivates you?  I know in past road races when someone younger or for that matter, older than me ran past me, that motivated me to push harder.  What is age anyway?

Check out these pictures for inspiration.

Etta Clark has captured many portraits of talented senior athletes.  Amazing.
Certainly a way to age gracefully. 
http://ettaclarkphotography.com/
Sissies II 

Helen Zachmeister
Helen holds eight national age-group power lifting records, including the deadlift at 245 lbs. They are not recognized as world records by the International Power Lifting Federation only because its age classifications have Helen competing against women in their 30s. Once she competed in a men's 35 years-and-older bracket because there were no other women entrants. She won.

Ada Thomas
Ada started jogging at age 65, shortly after she retired. Now she runs five miles every weekday and plays tennis on the weekends. She ran her first marathon at age 68, and the following year she finished first in her age group in the women's division. She says, "When I look in the mirror I like what I see."

John Turner
A psychiatrist, John leads a sedentary professional life ("I sit and listed to people all day"), so he compensates by weight-lifting, jogging and taking long walks.  He is 67 years.

Or how about these folks who are certainly not sitting in their rocking chairs, an article in the Washington Times, May 2009,  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/06/making-a-splash/.

Suzie Barnes, 82, in 2007 won two gold medals for track events at the World Masters Athletics Championships.   And John Tatum a 90 year old competitive swimmer who started swimming 2 decades ago.

Who inspires or motivates you?