简直难以相信,101 岁老人要跑马拉松。但这是事实。他不仅有这个想法,还在一步一步的朝着这个意愿努力,正在进行着认真的训练。你有一个自己愿意为之努力的目标吗?
LONDON - Already Britain’soldest employee, 101-year-old Buster Martin now aims to become the world’soldest marathon runner by completing the London Marathon and celebrating with apint of beer and a cigarette.
Sprightly and bearded, he completed a half marathon at the weekend in fivehours 13 minutes. The former Army physical training instructor works three daysa week for a Londonplumbing firm and says he has trained for the April 13th race in his sparetime.
“I’ve said I’ll attempt it,” he told Reuters by telephone from his workplaceat Pimlico Plumbers. “I haven’t said I’ll complete it. If I do make it, all thebetter. I hadn’t thought of doing it before but someone asked me and the moneygoes to charity so why not?”
His sponsorship money will go to the Rhys Daniels Trust, which providestemporary accommodation for families of patients in specialist children’shospitals.
Martin, who had 17 children and returned to work at the age of 99 saying hewas bored after two years of retirement, would beat the previous record forworld’s oldest marathon runner by eight years.
“If I finish, I’ll do what I always do and have a pint and a fag,” he said.“People ask what is my secret but I haven’t got one. They say fags and boozeare bad for you—but I’m still here, aren’t I?” |