Nelson Takes Up Running At 74
04 February 2008
Picture: Willie Nelson performing at 'Farm Aid' on Randall's Island New York City, USA - 09.09.07
Nelson Takes Up Running At 74
Newly healthy country star Willie Nelson has taken up jogging at the age of 74, in a bid to stay fit.
The life-long marijuana smoker recently kicked the drug and he has taken up exercise to boost his life expectancy.
He tells Spinner.com, "I have started running. What I was trying to do was do at least as much good in the daytime as I was destroying in the nighttime. But it got to the point where I was losing ground.
"I had to start trying to stay alive or I was going to die. So I've had to give up the smoking and drinking. And when I quit that and started running, I got a lot healthier."
The life-long marijuana smoker recently kicked the drug and he has taken up exercise to boost his life expectancy.
He tells Spinner.com, "I have started running. What I was trying to do was do at least as much good in the daytime as I was destroying in the nighttime. But it got to the point where I was losing ground.
"I had to start trying to stay alive or I was going to die. So I've had to give up the smoking and drinking. And when I quit that and started running, I got a lot healthier."
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