Welcome to the 10th in our series on centenarians. I’m going to start calling it ‘Living to 100 and Beyond’ because these are all super-centenarians, that is folks who lived to be at least 110. Sara Knauss lived from 9/24/1880 to 12/30/1999, a total of 119 years, 97 days. She is #2 on the list…
Read MoreWelcome to the 9th in our series on centenarians: Nabi Tajima. News note: I.M.Pei, famous architect, died at the age of 102 recently. I have seen his work and it is striking. I wish I knew what his secret to long life was. Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/168 Weight 7-day Avg. (change since Jan…
Read MoreWelcome to the 8th in our series on centenarians. Lucy Hanna lived from 7/16/1865 to 3/21/1993 a total of 117 years, 248 days. At her death, Hannah’s family claimed that she was 118, which was backed-up by Social Security data at the time, but an investigation by the Social Security Administration’s “Kestenbaum” study in 2003…
Read MoreWelcome to the 7th in our series on centenarians. Marie-Louise Meilleur. I noticed that 3 of the top 10 names start with “M”, and my name is Michael, so I hope that’s a point in my favor. Marie-Louise lived from August 29, 1880 to April 16, 1998, a total of 117 years, 230 days. She…
Read MoreWelcome to the 6th in our series on centenarians. Our subject is Violet Brown, a Jamaican who lived from 3/10/1900 to 9/15/2017, a total of 117 years, 189 days. She is #6 on the list of all-time longest-lived people and was the oldest living person, for 5 months in 2017. In fact, two years ago…
Read MoreLiving to 100 Years Old – Emma Morano. Welcome to the 5th in our series on centenarians. Emma Morano lived from 11/29/1899 to 4/15/2017, a total of 117 years, 137 days. She is #7 on the list of all-time longest-lived people. Our first super-centenarian from Italy, Emma is the only Italian in the top 10….
Read MoreLiving to 100 Years Old – Chiyo Miyako. Welcome to the 4th in our series on centenarians. Chiyo Miyako lived from 5/2/1901 to 7/22/2018, a total of 117 years, 81 days. She is #8 on the list of all-time longest-lived people. Ms. Miyako is one of three centenarians on our list that is from Japan,…
Read MoreWelcome to the 3rd in our series on centenarians. Misao Okawa lived from 3/5/1898 to 4/1/2015, a total of 117 years and 27 days. She is ninth on the list of all-time longest-lived people. Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/162 Weight 7-day Avg. (change since Jan 2018): 215 (-60) Workout time: 113 Minutes Total Distance…
Read MoreWelcome to the 2nd in our series on centenarians. Maria Esther Heredia Lecaro de Capovilla lived from 9/14/1889 to 8/27/2006, a total of 116 years and 347 days. She is #10 on the list of all-time longest-lived people. Maria was from Ecuador, which is not one of the 37 different countries where RAF is heard,…
Read MoreI’m starting a series on centenarians, people who live to be 100 years old or older, and specifically the people who have lived the longest, with documented proof. We’ll talk about each of the top 10 longest-lived persons and see how we can impact our own longevity by studying their lives. Read the full post…
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