These runners kept going to 100 or beyond.

By AMISHA PADNANI For centenarian runners, getting into the sport is often less about defying age than about having a second or third act, a chance at reinvention — after grief, retirement or upheaval. Many of those covered in The New York Times picked up running late in life. They ran for joy, the pleasure of competing, a sense of discipline or a feeling of liberation, sharing an uncommon drive that kept them going to 100 and beyond. We’re remembering the lives of a few of those athletes...

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