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ollie

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90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K
Oct 13^th, 2011, 2:09pm

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1068859--100-years-old-and-still-running-for -records

I admit that I am impressed.

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He’s already set three records for men over 90 — one for 10,000 metres, which he completed in 64 minutes in the Lahore Marathon in 2005; and two in Toronto, for a half-marathon in 2004 (2 hours 29 minutes 59 seconds) and a full marathon in 2003 (5 hours 40 minutes 1 second).

Now he wants one more record in his century-old age.

If you feel good during an ultra, don't worry. You'll get over it.

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Jeep4x4greg IVS Ultra Marathoner "You'll be fiiiiiiine'' Posts: 1279 Gender:	Re: 90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K Reply #1 - Oct 13^th, 2011, 2:23pm wow, not to shabby! Better than that other guy who got busted for taking a bus during a marathon and trying to claim 3rd place.
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ollie

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Re: 90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K
Reply #2 - Oct 13^th, 2011, 9:11pm

Quote from Jeep4x4greg on Oct 13^th, 2011, 2:23pm:

wow, not to shabby! Better than that other guy who got busted for taking a bus during a marathon and trying to claim 3rd place. Wink

For you young-uns: this happened when I was an undergraduate:
http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=6417

This is about Rosie Ruiz...

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Re: 90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K
Reply #3 - Oct 31^st, 2011, 3:00pm

But let us not forget the great Ed Whitlock of Canada who beat his age group record by 10 minutes at the Toronto Marathon with a time of 3:15 at 80 freakin' years old!"

It floors me that there are people that struggle at any age (and many of which never do) to break 3:00 in the marathon, qualify for Boston, etc. and this guy has been doing these feats in as late as his 70s! When they bury this guy, the only thing left will be a left ventricle the size of Anchorage!

Chuck Norris ain't got !@#$ on this guy...

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ollie IVS Ultra Marathoner Posts: 906	Re: 90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K Reply #4 - Oct 31^st, 2011, 3:09pm And at long last, I completely agree with BWS.
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littlegreenman1 IVS Half Marathoner Twice the work for half the results... Posts: 69 Gender:	Re: 90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K Reply #5 - Oct 31^st, 2011, 10:47pm On the cheater thing... my favorite is Mexican Presidential Candidate Madrazo in Berlin... http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=3055592
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The Big Willi Style IVS Ultra Marathoner Hawwww haw haw haw! Posts: 691 Gender:	Re: 90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K Reply #6 - Nov 2^nd, 2011, 2:33pm Quote from ollie on Oct 31^st, 2011, 3:09pm: And at long last, I completely agree with BWS.
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Re: 90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K
Reply #7 - Nov 2^nd, 2011, 3:04pm

Quote from littlegreenman1 on Oct 31^st, 2011, 10:47pm:

On the cheater thing... my favorite is Mexican Presidential Candidate Madrazo in Berlin...
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=3055592

that's pretty awesome....I hadn't heard about this guy yet. the lengths some people will go through in order to "win" is amazing.

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ollie

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Re: 90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K
Reply #8 - Nov 6^th, 2011, 5:01pm

Quote from littlegreenman1 on Oct 31^st, 2011, 10:47pm:

On the cheater thing... my favorite is Mexican Presidential Candidate Madrazo in Berlin...
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=3055592

This is unbelievable.

No I don't doubt the story. But here is what I don't get: when I run or walk a race, I want to know "how fast can I do this race" and if I take a short cut, then I won't find out will I?

That is why I don't cheat on science and math results; I work on a problem because I want to know the answer. Cheating (e. g. using fake data) means that you won't find out the real answer.

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Re: 90 year old runs a 5:40 marathon, 1:04 10K
Reply #9 - Nov 7^th, 2011, 1:52pm

Ollie,

You sound like my wife.

I guess it doesn't matter what you tend to do, you get people who cheat. And what happens? Rosie Ruiz isn't thought of as a runner, she's a cheater. I don't see Barry Bonds as a baseball player, at one point I did, I see a cheater now. Same with Madrazo.

Coaching golf, I see the same thing it is so easy to not count a penalty when I do practice rounds with the kids, but I count everything I do because I don't want the kids see me cheat. Its not helping them.

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BWS

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