"Buster" Martin @ 101 years old
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The oldest person to run the 2016 race was Fauja Singh, who was 104 years old. Singh became the oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon, finishing the race in 3 hours, 56 minutes, and 34 seconds.
The oldest person to run a marathon was Fauja Singh, who completed the Toronto Waterfront Marathon at the age of 100 in 2011. Singh, a British Sikh marathon runner, started running marathons in his late 80s and became an inspiration for many.
the youngest person to complete the london marathon was Ryder Hussey a 13 year old boy from Wales...
The men's world record is 2:03:38 and the women's world record is 2:15:25 minutes. In the 2007 Boston Marathon, the person that finished in 5,029th place ran the distance in 3:28:08. Many people run a marathon as a challenge and not as a competition with the other racers. Katie Holmes did it in 5 and a half hours. Some folks, soon to include Hamish Blake, take 6 or more hours or more to complete the marathon. Look under the Related Questions link to see how old the oldest person was to finish a marathon.
According to the Boston Marathon website: Wood, Keith H. an 83 man from Sultan, WA finished in 6:23:16 and was the oldest participant in the 2012 edition. Keith placed 21151 overall, and was the 12378 male finisher and 2nd male finisher in the 80+ age group.
The First perso to ever run a marathon was actually a women named "Kathrine Switzer". It was in the years of 1967 in Boston
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How would a person illegally run a marathon? Assuming he did not get money for doing so, why worry about it? To qualify for the Boston Marathon, you have to qualify in a marathon that is sanctioned by the Boston Marathon Association. Once you have qualified, you may enter the Boston Marathon. It is the only one that requires a qualifying time in order to enter. Many runners train hard to make the qualification time and are frustrated if someone jumps in the course and runs it illegally. There is no money involved, just hard, honest training.
It took Greg Billingham just over 7 days to complete the 2007 London marathon and 8 full days to complete the 2008 London marathon. He is the first person in the World to ever run a marathon in slow motion and really is the slowest runner in the World,
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