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I'm a mid-to-the back of the pack runner who probably enjoys promoting runners more than I do running myself ... I've completed 21 marathons (with a 4:47:32 PR! in Austin) and 52 half marathons (with a 2:09:58 PR! in Oregon) since November 2003 ... I've done a marathon in 12 states, half marathon in 23 and an event in 30 states and one Canadian province ... I have a 13-year-old daughter, Waverly Nicole, who completed her first half marathon in January 2006, made only two B's each of the last two years, was the only sixth grader to sing a solo (Carrie Underwood's Don't Forget To Remember Me) in their choir program (adding Taylor Swift's Tim McGraw in '08) and scored a 19 on the ACT in December 2007 as a seventh grader ... Waverly and I are members of the following clubs -- the Seven Hills Running Club, HARRA and The Woodlands Running Club ... I'm Marathon Maniac #308 ... I edit HARRA's Footprints in Inside Texas Running and write a column for Runner Triathlete News called, "Talking the Talk" ... I'm also the running columnist for the Courier of Montgomery County ... I'm a three-time winner of TAPPS' Sportswriter of the Year Award as well as TABC's Golden Hoops Award.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

95-year-old Japanese man sets 95-99 100M record

Japanese man outruns old age
The Associated Press; Posted on Tue, Jun. 21, 2005

TOKYO - A 95-year-old Japanese man who took up track only three decades ago has run a 22.04-second 100 meters, a record for his age bracket, a report said Monday.

Kozo Haraguchi's dash Sunday at an outdoor track in the southern Japanese city of Miyazaki beat the world record of 24.01 seconds for the 95 to 99 age group set by Hawaii resident Erwin Jaskulski in May 1999, according to the national Asahi newspaper.

"I ran thinking I should not fall because everyone was cheering for me," he said.

His time will be submitted to the World Masters Athletics organization.

Haraguchi also holds the World Masters Athletics' world record for the fastest man aged 90 to 95 -- a time of 18.08 seconds he set in September 2000.

posted by WalkSports.com | 9:50 AM

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