Joyce Hodges-Hite: At 80-Years-Young, Still Doing Marathons

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In 1949, then 12-year-old Joyce Hodges-Hite, living in rural Millen, Georgia, 50 miles south of Augusta, discovered she was a “naturally fast runner.” The sixth grader felt she was “pitiful” at every team sport she’d tried. But Hodges-Hite discovered that not only did she love this solitary exercise, but that her legs practically flew as… Continue reading Joyce Hodges-Hite: At 80-Years-Young, Still Doing Marathons