101 and Running a Marathon!
Written by Kathryn Savage
I like to start my morning off with a combination of real news, (New York Times, CNN) and fake news (Yahoo, Gawker, Perez Hilton). While making my morning rounds today I read something truly amazing. I read about this person:
“LONDON - Already Britain’s oldest employee, 101-year-old Buster Martin now aims to become the world’s oldest marathon runner by completing the London Marathon and celebrating with a pint of beer and a cigarette.”
Mischievous and intense-looking in a photo, dressed in a bright blue shirt and a baseball cap, he already completed a half marathon in five hours and 13 minutes over the weekend. The father of seventeen, a former Army physical training instructor, Buster Martin has been training for the April 13th London Marathon on his days off. That’s right - he came out of retirement at age 99 after two years of it, retirement bored him.
Mr. Martin is being sponsored by the Rhys Daniels Trust, a charity that provides temporary housing for families of patients in children’s hospitals. How does Mr. Martin plan to celebrate if he finishes the marathon?
According to the Reuters reporter who interviewed him, “If I finish, I’ll do what I always do and have a pint and a fag (cigarette),” he said. “People ask what is my secret but I haven’t got one. They say fags and booze are bad for you—but I’m still here, aren’t I?” Perhaps not the BlueZone-endorsed way to longevity, but it just goes to show you how much influence your attitude might have on your health.
For the full article follow this link: http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=britmarathon030508&prov=reuters&type=lgns
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