“The most impressive performance at a Toronto marathon Sunday was turned in by the man who came in last place – and is 100 years old.
Fauja Singh completed the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in approximately eight hours, making him the oldest person ever to finish one of the 26.2-mile races.
It was the eighth marathon for Singh, who was born India in 1911 and did not start running marathons until he was 89, after he moved to England following the death of his wife and son. He says not smoking or drinking alcohol throughout his life, combined with a vegetarian diet and up to 10 miles of walking or running per day are the secrets to his health.…”
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/100-Year-Old-Man-Completes-Marathon-131971733.html
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About Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the
Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include
Shelter,
Shelter II (1978),
Home Work (2004),
Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008),
Tiny Homes (2012), and
Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:
“The most impressive performance at a Toronto marathon Sunday was turned in by the man who came in last place – and is 100 years old.
This is a serious workload in one day for a runner of any age!
"Singh recently set eight world records for his age group in one day at a special invitational meet in Toronto. He ran the 100 meters in 23.14, 200 meters in 52.23, the 400 meters in 2:13.48, the 800 meters in 5:32.18, the 1500 meters in 11:27.81, the mile in 11:53.45, the 3000 meters in 24:52.47 and the 5000 meters in 49:57.39."
That guy doesn't look a day over 99. Fakir. Hey Lloyd, I'm sending out barbecue sauce to all the Boogers I follow and would love to send you some.
You can e-mail me at trailerparkcyclist@gmail.com I have more than a few friends in Marin and maybe I'll just send a case to Mike Varley and let him hand it out…
And curry, he says in another article – lots of curry. That article didn't mention being vegetarian though 🙁 kind of pertinent! Amazing to watch.
What a beautiful man! This story just makes me smile.
I thought it was a story about a man who took 11 years to complete the marathon. DUH!