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Singh crosses the finish line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One-hundred-year-old Fauja Singh, ran an entire marathon in Toronto this weekend.<\/p>\n

The devout Sikh\u00a0shrugs it off — noting he’s run 10 others, reports Eric Adelson for the Post Game<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

He did it in 8 hours, 25 minutes, and 17 seconds. That’s even more remarkable. But consider that Singh started running competitively only after losing his wife and son 11 years ago, at age 89.<\/p>\n

Singh found something, and he put his whole heart into it. He didn’t want to simply make it to 100. He didn’t settle for a piece of cake and a nap. He wanted to break a record. And he did. Singh wasn’t just the first centenarian ever to run 26.2 miles. He beat five other runners. He’s now in the Guinness Book of World Records.<\/em><\/p>\n

And he did it with a sense of humor, wearing a T-shirt that read “Sikhs in the City.”<\/p>\n

Only days before his historic feat, he accomplished something just as incredible: He set eight world age group records in one day — running the 100 meters in 23.14, the 200 meters in 52.23, the 400 metres 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Singh told Adelson, “I won’t stop running until I die.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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