Much of their time is taken up tracking down nascent artificial intelligence projects such as The Turk, a chess computer that they deduce forms the tech that Skynet will one day be based on.
Although they may take up tracking with a specific question in mind, they continue because they believe their numbers hold secrets that they can't afford to ignore, including answers to questions they have not yet thought to ask.
Kotelko was already too old to flop when she took up track at age 77.
Jason Queally When Jason Queally of Britain took up track cycling in the mid-1990s, he nearly did not survive the attempt.
Kluft played soccer before taking up track, but the charm of the two-day heptathlon seemed to wear off after last year's world championships in Osaka, Japan.
Scott, the son of two Canadian track standouts, had set a national age-group record in 1997, the same year David had taken up track as a high school junior.
At Lea Valley athletics centre, where Team GB have been staying during the Olympics, duty manager Brian Hopkins said the centre had received a "huge amount of calls" from people interested in taking up track and field sports.
Simpson began road cycling as a teenager before taking up track cycling, specialising in pursuit races.
What's even more extraordinary about the centinarian athlete is that he only took up track and field in his 90s!
One firm, the California-based analytics firm Euclid, is hoping to encourage wider take up of tracking technology by offering Euclid Express, which offers retailers a free analytics solution for brick-and-mortar shops.
