91-year-old grandmother to run a marathon

Most people over 90 happy if they can still even somehow move independently. But the American has demonstrated physical endurance, which is not capable of, and most 20-year-olds.

to run a marathon

Is it easy to to run a marathon Overcame 42 kilometers and 195 meters? An ordinary person can not do it, and he is likely to come from a distance somewhere in the first 10 kilometers, or "dropped dead" in the middle of the road. Marathon runners need to train long and hard to prepare your body to such a monstrous stress, so that participation in this race requires a great deal physical endurance.

91-year-old American Harriet Thompson to run a marathon   at San Diego 7 hours, 7 minutes and 52 seconds. World marathon record the age group of 90 to 94 turned out to be improved and a half hours. AT on average, 16 minutes Harriet overcame a mile or 1, 6 km. "I'm great tired, when I had to run uphill, and even thought it can not handle, but then always felt good "- admitted Harriet reporters.

She said that the next day she had almost stopped legs hurt, and in general have Harriet feels wonderful. What is not so bad, when you consider that she is not so long ago I was 9 (!) during chemotherapy sessions treatment of oral cancer. By the way, their participation in the marathon this amazing Grandma was able to raise $ 90,000 to a charity for victims of leukemia and lymphomas. So she ran not in vain.

Note his first marathon overcame Harriet in 1999, when she was 76 years old. She says that regular exercise helped it maintain excellent physical shape for their age, while like most of her contemporaries, the survivors have moved in wheelchair wheelchair. (READ MORE)

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