96-year-old Roy Englert Runs 42-minute 5K

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96-year-old Roy Englert Runs 42-minute 5K

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At the moment I couldn't get to the kitchen in that time!! :oops: :roll: Absolutely incredible :bow: :bow: :bow:

96-year-old Roy Englert runs 42-minute 5K to Shatter Age-Group World Record

"Roy Englert, 96, added yet another world record to his collection at last week’s USATF Masters Outdoor Championships, running the 5000m in 42:30.23 to shatter the existing age-group mark by nearly eight minutes at the Cyclone Sports Complex in Ames, Iowa.

The Virginia native, who already held the 95 to 99 age group records for the 800m and 1500m and is a member of the world record 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams, broke Frank Levine’s decade-old record of 50:10.56.

The new mark is still pending approval by USATF."

Full Article (and video): - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... rld-record

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I was watching a documentary about senior athletics a while ago and it was staggering, there were people in their nineties running the 100m's in under 20 seconds and a guy who took up athletics in his eighties!
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