(Source : Runner's World) . Ida Keeling adalah seorang pelari Amerika yang memiliki World Record lari jarak 60 & 100 meter kategori wanita usia 95-99 tahun serta 100 tahun lebih. Bagi nya Usia hanya lah sebuah angka, semangat nya untuk hidup dan memberikan persembahan terbaik untuk hidup nya dengan melakukan hal-hal yang luar biasa. Ia telah menunjukan bahwa didunia ini ada wanita yang memiliki semangat hidup yang luar biasa dan sangat menginspirasi kita semua. _________ Ida Keeling (born May 15, 1915)[1] is an American track and field athlete. She holds Masters records in 60 meter and 100 meter distances for women in the 95-99 and 100-plus age groups. Keeling's story was featured in a segment in the Carl Reiner-hosted documentary If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast, on aging over 90, which premiered on HBO in June 2017. n 2011, at 95 years old, Keeling set the world record in her age group for running 60 meters at 29.86 seconds at a track meet in Manhattan,[2] and in 2012 she set the W95 American record at the USATF Eastern Regional Conference Championships at 51.85.[3] In 2014, at the 2014 Gay Games, Keeling set the fastest known time by a 99-year-old woman for the 100-meter dash at 59.80 seconds, although the relevant USA Track & Field webpage does not currently include a 100-meter record for US women older than the 90–94 age division.[4] On April 30, 2016, Ida became the first woman in history to complete a 100-meter run at the age of 100. Her time of 1:17.33 was witnessed by a crowd of 44,469 at the 2016 Penn Relays.[5][6] This time was the best ever recorded in the 100-meter dash for any female age 100 or older. . . Reference : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Keeling

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