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94-year-old Baltimore County runner still getting his miles in during pandemic: ‘It takes a little more ingenuity now’

Five days a week, Bob Gralley steps out of the Oak Crest nursing home apartment he shares with his wife, sheds his mask and goes for a run.

At 94 years old, Gralley still manages to run almost 20 miles a week, using the mile-long loop road around the Parkville facility as a track. In a black ledger, he’s logged every mile he has covered since he started running about 50 years ago, and each trip around the loop inches him closer to 60,000.

“Running is wonderful for me,” Gralley said. “It inspires me. It gets me excited.