Dame Kelly Holmes: ‘Getting old is a privilege but ageing I don’t like’
Twenty years after racing to two gold medals at the Olympics, Dame Kelly Holmes is facing another daunting, yet far more mundane, challenge – coping with ageing.
Now aged 54, the former middle-distance runner has been battling with aching joints, as well as insomnia, that she thinks is linked to the perimenopause and generally getting older.
But while she knows the battle against ageing is one neither she or anyone else can ultimately win, Holmes’ innate fighting spirit means she’s having an impressive go at keeping the effects of ageing at bay, at least for the moment.
“Getting old is a privilege, but ageing,
