 Chicago : Still going strong at 78 years of age, Indian marathoner Dr Ashis Roy completed his 104th race at the Sunburst Marathon in South Bend, Indiana.
Roy, running his third marathon in 33 days, finished the 26.2-mile marathon through South Bend town and along St Joseph River in 6 hours and 43 minutes.
This was four minutes more than his last run in Bob Potts Heritage Rail Trail Marathon in York, Pennsylvania, two weeks ago. Roy, who started running marathons at the age of 52 and turned 78 on July 1, received admiration from marathon enthusiast.
Some people came up to him and said "you are a superman". "It was a grand feeling," Roy said. Roy, who has achieved a number of firsts and has broken many records, is listed in the Limca Book of Records.
Till now Roy has competed in 37 marathons in India and 67 marathons in 20 other countries, including at the International Veterans Marathon in Athens in 1986.
|
