DJ aka GDR DJ Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 A 100-Year Old Man Finished a Marathon. What Have You Done Today? A week ago, a woman gave birth 7 hours after finishing the Chicago marathon. This weekend, she was upstaged by someone well past their child-rearing years. Fauja Singh, aged 100 years young, finished the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in an impressive 8 hours, 25 minutes, and 17 seconds. "The Turbaned Tornado," as he's been nicknamed, raced in style and good humor; he wore a yellow t-shirt that read "Sikhs in the City. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTcjD47Ukmg Singh is now in the Guinness Book of World Records for his feats of strength. He started running competitively after the death of his wife and son 11 years ago, when he decided to break a world record rather than wallow in sadness. This was Singh's tenth marathon. He says he does not want his glory to end here, though — he also hopes to participate in the torch relay for the London Olympics next year. Singh attributes his health and longevity to a simple vegetarian diet, a stress-free outlook and, naturally, running."His will cannot be captured," biographer Khushwant Singh told the TV show Amazing Indians. "It cannot be trapped."Singh has said, "I won't stop running until I die." We have a feeling he'll keep that promise. Source DJ 2 Quote
Administrators daredevil Posted October 23, 2011 Administrators Posted October 23, 2011 WOW! 100 years and 8 hrs running.. God, I crap out in just 1 hr.. Kudos! Quote
DJ aka GDR DJ Posted October 23, 2011 Author Posted October 23, 2011 WOW! 100 years and 8 hrs running.. respect to the old man Quote
Joker Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 Thats the reason he is 100, not giving up. He doesnt look 100 at all. Quote
Panini*Hobbit@mp3 Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 He is definitely a legend after doing this, I mean, how many 100 year olds can say they finished a marathon? I also saw somewhere that he started running at the age of 82.. I mean if that isn't a bad ass mofo then I don't know what is! Quote
Chuckun Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 He doesn't look a day over 65. That run is impressive! I couldn't do that and I'm 20. Quote
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