101 yr.old-1/2 marathon beer smoke training for 26.2 mile full marathon

[underpants]

A handout photograph shows Britain's oldest employee, 101-year-old Buster Martin, posing for the camera with his finishers medal after completing the Roding Valley Half Marathon, in Woodford Green, east of London on March 2, 2008. Martin aims to become the world's oldest marathon runner by completing the London Marathon and celebrating with a pint of beer and a cigarette. Martin completed the half marathon in five hours 13 minutes.
(Mario Rebellato/Handout/Reuters)





http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=4385601&page=1

Buster Martin is an unlikely candidate to set a marathon record. He drinks beer, smokes cigarettes and stays out late. And he's 101.
But Martin expects to shatter, or at least ease past, the record next month when he runs London's marathon. And he is counting on having a beer at the finish line.
Martin says that in the last weekend, he's completed a 13-mile half marathon that took him a little more than five hours. It would have been faster, he says, but he says he stopped for a beer and a cigarette.


Martin is also the father of 17 children, which also doesn't impress him. "Pity I didn't have anymore kids," he said with a sigh.


To celebrate Martin's birthday, his work colleagues named a beer after him called Buster's Beer.

Martin was also part of the seniors' rock 'n' roll group called the Zimmers.
The band had a combined age of more than 3,000 years and scored a hit single last year with a cover of The Who's ''My Generation.''

[sasquatch]

1. Sounds like a fun guy

:D

[dropkickpa]

2. He looks fantastic for 100

Hell, he looks better than some people half his age.

[AlCzervik]

3. this guy approves.

http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?do=view&video_id=961

[underpants]

4. Ah yes

a classic

cool site thanks for the link

[FloridaJudy]

5. This is the guy

Who finishes off one of my favorite YouTube videos with panache.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNV5bgsv984

[Initech]

6. This is awesome!

He sounds like the kind of guy I'd want to hang around!

[ElboRuum]

7. This guy is 101?!?

:wtf: Did he find the fountain of youth or something?