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[funky guitar music]
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[energetic drumbeat]
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I run every day ten miles.
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If I come home, I only run eight miles or nine miles,
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I come back and I’m depressed.
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I do my ten miles, I come back happy.
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[speaks foreign language]
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I know how long I have to go,
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I know I got a finish line.
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Nothing’s gonna stop me.
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Unless a something tragic.
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My body, maybe a heart attack or a stroke or whatever.
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I don’t think I gonna have that.
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Not while you’re running.
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Who the hell at my age is still running at 86?
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I’m gonna do the marathon,
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and I’m gonna be the oldest,
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and I’m gonna love it.
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[swingy jazz guitar music]
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I started when I was about 60 years old,
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when I did the marathon.
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So I started late, that’s why I don’t have that many.
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I only have 16 marathons.
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It’s nice to be the oldest,
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because there’s no more competition.
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And I like that because it give me a certain respect.
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Yeah, I’m not a celebrity,
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but I enjoy being recognized.
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[camera shutters clicking]
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Yeah, I do always wear makeup
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because we are being photographed a lot.
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So you don’t wanna look like an old bag [laughs].
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Getting old, it’s a little bit genetic.
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I have a sister, she’s 95.
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They’re still all around.
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They’re not runners, but they’re still alive.
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I have to keep my knees.
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That’s why I cannot run like her any more.
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[Interviewer] What do you think is
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the most exciting thing about watching her run?
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I don’t even look at them any more,
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They’re gonna get dusty.
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And then I have to clean.
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Well, no thank you.
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You think I gonna look at that, forget it.
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[Interviewer] Does it make you think
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about everything you’ve accomplished?
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Of course! Ready, begin.
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and every day I watched him on TV,
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and also I work at the airport.
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And one person said, I just finished a marathon.
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I said, Oh, I could never be like those.
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They’re superhuman.
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Gee, wait a minute.
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If he could do, so can I.
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[energetic jazz music]
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My first marathon was my best in my life.
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It was so beautiful.
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And everybody was so enthusiastic,
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All the people applauded,
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everybody want to give you high five.
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[speaking foreign language]
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And let’s take the finish line,
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I’m gonna say Bravo!
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[intense jazz fusion music]
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If I do the marathon, then back come in the house.
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Yeah, the day after I run again.
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It doesn’t bother me.
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I don’t feel sore, my legs, nothing, nowhere.
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Because my legs are used to it.
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I don’t feel 86, I feel I’m 36.
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I could still wear my bikini when I was 16 years old.
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Who can wear bikini at 86?
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[Interviewer] What do you think is the hardest thing
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about getting older?
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Not feeling old, looking old.
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Yeah, the wrinkles.
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Oh, shit, I hate that.
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But you can keep your body younger than your face!
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I miss my husband dearly. [music turns melancholy]
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He ran also every day.
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He died, how do you call, [speaking foreign language].
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He was 89 years old.
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because it kept my sanity,
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mentally and physically.
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You know what I missed the most when he died?
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Now I need a nice boyfriend, a guy,
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but all the guys, they’re all kaput.
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And the rest are taken.
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You should be with the men now.
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This is a good spot to pick somebody up.
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No, I don’t want a toy boy, no thank you.
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Little bit too young for me [laughs].
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Stay all alone and my pussy cat, that’s it.
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I try to be friend today,
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but nowadays he keeps his distance
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because I don’t think he feels equal to me, physically.
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Even all my girlfriends, they don’t want
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to be friend any more
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because I’m too prominent for them.
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So actually I’m all alone, and I’m lonely.
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You’ll never see me sitting on the couch
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and feel sorry for myself.
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I put on my sneakers and I hit the road.
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I always come back very happy.
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[energetic classical music]
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Every time I have a run in the city:
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Ginette Bedard, [speaks foreign language].
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[Announcer] Here she comes, everyone.
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Lot of people tell me,
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There’s no reason why they shouldn’t be the same.
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You are what you do to your life.
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[speaking foreign language]
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of discipline, determination, pride,
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a little bit of everything.
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[speaks foreign language], life is good.
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and I’m gonna go and have a croissant and a cappuccino.
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[energetic classical music]
