101-Year-Old Marathoner Fauja Singh Retires

All Kyle Koster February 24th. 2013, 1:30pm

Fauja Singh, a 101-year-old marathon runner, completed the Hong Kong Marathon’s 10km event this morning in 1 hour, 32 minutes. He’ll run no more.

The Indian-born and British-based man isn’t going to limp off into retirement, though.

“I am feeling very happy about the race, every time I run I feel so fresh,” he said.

Singh did not rule out running for charity in future events.

Even more amazing than his age is the fact he took up running at the age of 89 to overcome depression following the deaths of his wife and son. He’s not a late bloomer, he’s a too-late bloomer.

In 2011, he finished the Toronto Marathon but his achievement wasn’t recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records because he doesn’t have a birth certificate, just a passport.

[Photo via Getty]

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49 Responses to “101-Year-Old Marathoner Fauja Singh Retires”

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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:07 PM
Even more amazing than his age is the fact he took up running at the age of 89 to overcome depression following the deaths of his wife and son.
I read his son got decapitated by a piece of metal during a storm when they went to check on their fields. Right in front of him. Talk about shitty.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:10 PM
In 2011, he finished the Toronto Marathon but his achievement wasn’t recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records because he doesn’t have a birth certificate because it’s so old it disintegrated into dust
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:22 PM
Who cares… he had 89 years to train for his first marathon, of course he did well.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:26 PM
because it’s so old it disintegrated into dust
Now, that’s funny.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:31 PM
Also… really doubt a 101 year old distance runner was running in spikes.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:37 PM
This fucking blizzard is killing me
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:41 PM
Charlie, how much snow you got up there? We barely have an inch here in the Spgs. Wind won’t stop blowing, though.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Its fucking windy as fuck. I got about 10 inches. You only got an inch?
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:47 PM
You only got an inch?
Yeah, and some parts downtown and further south didn’t get any new snow today, at least as of 2pm. We’re still dealing with the 5 or so inches we got Wed night.
Learning to hate winter. Where is the beach?
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:50 PM
SROD you know we both be bitching in August when its 100 for five straight weeks.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:52 PM
On a side note, I killed my prison number today and can now officially drive. But I was too scared in this storm
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:52 PM
Charlie, I got central air in the apt. I’ll be cold chillin’ in August, watching Top Gun yet again.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:54 PM
My heat sucks hear so I dont want to think about the AC
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:54 PM
But I was too scared in this storm
Wedged between the SUV going 70 in a blizzard and the granny driving 5mph in the fast lane, I don’t blame ya. It’s better to stay off the roads.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:54 PM
here
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:56 PM
Or the hispanic dude towing another car with nothing but rope.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Yeah, I forgot about that dude. Sheer brilliance. That rope’s gotta be made of hemp, right?
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KC Resident Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Charlie, how much snow you got up there? We barely have an inch here in the Spgs. Wind won’t stop blowing, though.
We got 11 inches on Thursday. Supposed to get 10 – 15 inches tomorrow night. It was fun the first time.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 7:01 PM
KC, I saw that on the news. I drove thru Salina Monday afternoon, and the weather was nice. A few days later, Kansas got hammered.
Singh did not rule out running for charity in future events.
I had to re-read this. Don’t ya gotta be, ya know, alive to run in future events? He’s already 101. He’s probably minute-by-minute these days.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 7:04 PM
He’s already 101. He’s probably minute-by-minute these days.
Absolutely. I read in that same article that he said he was going to miss running. Luckily for him, he wont be missing it for much longer.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 7:07 PM
Or the hispanic dude towing another car with nothing but rope.
My cousin swears up and down he saw a Mexican get out at a stop light and run around his car manually spinning those cheap ass spinners from Autozone. I told him that sounded too crazy to be true, but then I thought about it. That actually sounds very plausible.
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Charlie Sheens Dopeman Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 7:08 PM
How towing another car with rope isnt illegal is mind boggling. Never saw that shit till I came out here. They do it on the highway.
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KC Resident Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 7:48 PM
I drove thru Salina Monday afternoon,
Sorry about that. Why were you in Salina?
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 8:18 PM
KC, return route from Memphis back to the Springs. I go thru Tulsa, then west until I pick up 135 northbound. Then when I get to I-70, I go west to Colorado.
Pretty countryside, though. The drive ain’t bad.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 8:28 PM
I drove thru Salina Monday afternoon,
Sorry about that. Why were you in Salina?
Anytime you think of visiting a place, someone apologizing for someone else being there is a good sign to not go. That’s like that wordsearch I was doing last night when it was slow, the Islands of Venice. I’m not vacationing anywhere when words of a crossword based on it include things like arsenal, stones, and blowpipes. Getting shot with a poison arrow by an aborigine Ace Venture style.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 8:36 PM
Anytime you think of visiting a place, someone apologizing for someone else being there is a good sign to not go.
Truth. Gotta admit, my SUV only gets 15 mpg. I gotta stop every 3 or so hours for gas. With that, you can end up in some out-of-the-way spots.
Remind me to tell you the time me & the family stopped in Ogallala, NEB…
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 8:38 PM
SROD, I do like somewhat remote places. I’m a sucker for poster-card like scenery. That being said though, I wouldn’t want to live in the middle of nowhere. I just want to see it, and then go home.
What’s the Nebraska story?
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 8:49 PM
Ogallala is off I-80, western Nebraska. This was April of ’97, and we were planning on PCSing from Offutt AFB to USAFA. We were on permissive TDY to do some early house-hunting in the Springs, and stopped at a Wendy’s in Ogallala.
I think that day, we were the only blacks in the county, maybe the only ones in western NEB. As we walked in, the entire restaurant went silent. All conversations stopped. Couldn’t even hear a cash register ring. Think Reggie Hammond in that country bar from the first “48 Hrs.” movie.
We were thinking about eating there, so my wife & kids could get out of the car for awhile. My wife looked at me, we instantly went from “eating here” to “to go, please” and got the hell out of Ogallala. Never stopped there again.
Yeah, out of the way places can be weird, even those near the interstate.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 8:57 PM
I bet that would be pretty unsettling. Least somebody didn’t stand up and say, “Sure got dark in here kinda quick didn’t it, Bubba?”
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 8:58 PM
That’s a weird ass town name, too.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:01 PM
“Sure got dark in here kinda quick didn’t it, Bubba?”
dang, that reminds me of another story…my mom told me this one last week.
She was in a Wal-Mart neighborhood market on Elvis Presley Blvd (Memphis), filled almost to capacity with the brothas and sisters. She looked around, counted all the brown faces and thought to herself, “who turned out the lights?” My sister and I laughed for hours about that.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:03 PM
That’s a weird ass town name, too.
Named after the Ogalala Sioux tribe
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:05 PM
That’s funny. When my Dad got restationed in South Carolina, he was staying at this cheap ass motel while he was looking for a house to rent. He heard the woman in the next room talking on the phone saying she couldn’t believe how dark it was down there. Funniest part of the story though is come to find out it was a black lady saying it.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:10 PM
I just clicked on that link you posted, that town looks like the ideal place to visit if you want to get kidnapped.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:12 PM
Yeah, it seemed a bit creepy and isolated. The kind of a town that would be at the start of a zombie movie – “They Came from Ogallala!”
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:15 PM
The kind of a town that would be at the start of a zombie movie – “They Came from Ogallala!” and told you to bend over that log and squeal like a pig!
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:18 PM
Well, that’s one zombie movie I’m definitely not watching…hahahahahaha
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:22 PM
Yea. If I remember correctly that’s how a scene from Deliverance went. Minus the zombies.
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:23 PM
Instead of zombies it was grade-A certified hillbillies. Which is worse?
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:23 PM
I saw that scene once. Can’t watch it again. Ever. Sooooo disturbing. I can’t even look at a photo of Ned Beatty anymore.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:26 PM
Instead of zombies it was grade-A certified hillbillies. Which is worse?
It’s a dead heat…
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:27 PM
I can’t even look at a photo of Ned Beatty anymore.
Can’t remember. Was he the one doing the dealing or the squealing?
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:31 PM
He was the one squealing. He’s been in dozens of movies, but I can’t watch any of his other work. The flashbacks are too horrifying.
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Groin Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:32 PM
I can’t even look at a photo of Ned Beatty anymore.
Funny. I have a friend who once drunkenly tried to explain to me why that scene ruined Ned Beatty’s career. He would finish his story and immediately start telling it again from the beginning like he’d never told it before. This went on for hours.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:35 PM
This went on for hours.
Whoa. Nobody smacked the guy in the head for a reboot, eh?
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:38 PM
That’s what I was thinking. Maybe he liked the scene and enjoyed talking about. Just so long as afterwards he didn’t tell you to go find the nearest log.
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Groin Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:39 PM
You’d have to know the guy. It was a lot more funny than annoying. Every time he’d start the story with “Hey listen…LISTEN!!
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Monster is Meth Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:40 PM
Every time he’d start the story with “Hey listen…LISTEN!!
That’s how you know you’re listening to a drunken story. Hey listen..LISTEN…..Are you listening?!
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Jason McIntyre Says:
February 24th, 2013 at 9:58 PM
i’m purposely avoiding twitter tonight because im sure everyone is ripping him.
basically, the echo chamber that is twitter hates everything.
it gets old

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101-Year-Old Marathoner Fauja Singh Retires

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