Fauja Singh is a stud. The man is 94 and he just finished yet another marathon, this time in Edinburgh. There he led a team (named “Sikhs in the City”) of five Sikh runners with a combined age of 397 years between them. Said Fauja Singh:
I hope we will inspire young people to keep going and older people never to give up [cite]
If this is the first time you’re hearing about Fauja Singh, here’s the (very) skinny:
- He rediscovered running at age 81 (because he was bored sitting around his son’s house) and ran his first marathon at 89.
- The next year he set a world record for 90 year-olds
- He has been getting faster as he has gotten older!
- He’s a poster boy for Adidas (like David Beckham) and he gave a large chunk of the money to charity
- He’s a vegetarian, and has been in a PETA ad
Honestly, I’m amazed that he ran even one more race. My father met him recently, and from their conversation I had gotten the impression that Fauja Singh was considering hanging up his sneakers and calling it a day. If he had been thinking about retirement, it looks like the idea suited him around as well as it did Michael Jordan. I’m pretty selfish about this - I hope he stays healthy and competes for years to come. I need all the inspiration I can get.
Story via DNSI. Thanks to SM reader dot for the tip!
