{"id":19109,"date":"2018-06-14T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=19109"},"modified":"2018-06-14T12:28:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:28:34","slug":"woman-on-the-move-norma-hudnall-72-m-74-m-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/woman-on-the-move-norma-hudnall-72-m-74-m-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman on the Move: Norma Hudnall &#039;72, M &#039;74, M &#039;80"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Norma-Hudnall_Profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19171\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Norma-Hudnall_Profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Norma-Hudnall_Profile.jpg 800w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Norma-Hudnall_Profile-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Norma-Hudnall_Profile-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Norma-Hudnall_Profile-705x471.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As one of five children,<\/span> Norma Hudnall jokes that she comes from a long line of overachievers. Today at 68, the former counselor is still competing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Hudnall runs a 7:18 mile, and last spring, the Spartanburg resident competed in the World Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships representing Team USA and the Atlanta Track Club. She took home the bronze in the triple jump and long jump, placed seventh in the 800-<br \/>\nmeter race and took sixth in both the 1,500- and 3,000-meter races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t do it without the peer pressure of my 5:30 a.m. running group,\u201d Hudnall says about her rigorous training schedule that keeps her in top form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">But having competitive sports open to her wasn\u2019t always a given. Hudnall competed in high school tennis, but when she came to Clemson in 1968, no women\u2019s sports were recognized by the NCAA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI was dating this guy who was on the fencing team, and they let me fence with them,\u201d she says. But awards weren\u2019t hers to take home. Despite the roadblock, she feels like she\u2019s making up for lost time now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">She began racing at age 40. Since then, she\u2019s run 10 full marathons, including ones in Boston, Honolulu and Ireland.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When she turned 60, she started running for the Atlanta Track Club, competing in her most recent events in South Korea. \u201cI just decided to start experimenting with <span class=\"s2\">steeplechase and triple jump, and quite <\/span>frankly, it\u2019s just more fun to compete in more than one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Hudnall says naysayers who worry about injury or ailments keeping them from pursuing similar endeavors shouldn\u2019t have so much trepidation. \u201cOne of my problems has been arthritis, and the first line of treatment for arthritis is exercise. I have severe scoliosis and spinal stenosis, and exercise can only make it better. Running can be therapeutic. But there\u2019s also walking or water aerobics or cross training. Exercise is a good injury preventer as you age.\u201d And that\u2019s sage advice from an overachiever who hits the track every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As one of five children, Norma Hudnall jokes that she comes from a long line of overachievers. Today at 68, the former counselor is still competing. Hudnall runs a 7:18 mile, and last spring, the Spartanburg resident competed in the World Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships representing Team USA and the Atlanta Track Club. 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