Oldest Marathon Runner

100-year-old Fauja Singh becomes oldest marathon runner

Fauja Singh becomes oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon. Fauja Singh, a 100-year-old runner of Indian-origin, has set aGuinness record of being the oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon in Canada.

It took Mr. Singh over 8 hours to cross the finish line, more than six hours after Kenya’s Kenneth Mungara won the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday for the fourth straight year.

Mr. Singh born in India in 1911, Mr Singh was a farmer in the Punjab but moved to Britain in the 1960s.

Mr. Singh was the last competitor to complete the course but entered the Guinness Book of World Records. He accomplished the amazing feat, becoming the oldest person ever to complete a full-distance 42-kilometre marathon. Mr. Singh, who only speaks Punjabi, also surprised himself.

He said he had set a goal of finishing the race in about nine hours.

“Earlier, just before we came around the [final] corner, he said, “Achieving this will be like getting married again.”

“He is absolutely overjoyed, he has achieved his life-long wish,” the coach added. Sunday’s run was his eighth marathon. He ran his first at the tender age of 89 and wasn’t the first time he set a record.

Born: 1st April 1911 in India

Former Occupation: Farmer

Running Career: Rediscovered at age of 81

Diet: Ginger Curry

Marathons: London (5), Toronto (1), New York (1)

Marathon Debut: London , 2000 aged 89

London Marathon Personal Best: 6h 2m

London Flora Marathon 2000 6 Hours 54 m

London Flora Marathon 2001 6 Hours 54 m

London Flora Marathon 200 2 6 Hours 45 m

Bupa Great North Run (Half Marathon ) 2002 2h 39m

London Flora Marathon 2003 6h 2m

Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2003 5h 40m

New York City Marathon 2003 7h 35m

London Flora Marathon 2004 6h 7m

Glasgow City Half Marathon 2004 2h 33m

Capital Radio Help a London Child 10,000m 2004 68m

Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon 2004 2h 29m 59s