in an effort to keep fit,
but that is nothing compared to Liaoning in China based
Wang Lang, at roughly the same age she is 70, I am 71, she has run over
100 marathons and completed all of them in the last two decades, She
only started running at the age of 50, as a way to keep in shape, but soon
realized it was her passion. She ran her first marathon in 2004 and hasn’t
stopped since, racking over 100 completed marathons under her belt. From 2005
to 2017 she completed the annual Beijing Marathon thirteen times, and this year
she set a new record, becoming the oldest person to ever complete the
168-kilometer Liaoning marathon, within some 40 hours,
“This lady is the same age as my grandmother, how can she run
so fast? That’s amazing,” a runner in their twenties said after seeing Wang
compete in the Liaoning marathon in April. This was Super Grannie’s second time
competing in the race. The previous year, she decided to register for the 110
km version of the marathon, and run alongside her best friend. She reportedly
waited for her friend to catch up for about 5-6 hours so they could cross the
finish line together, but this year she entered the marathon by herself, and
chose the longest distance possible,
according
to Chinese news agency Sina, Wang Lang runs at least 20 kilometres six
days a week, and on Sunday she runs some more alongside the members of her
long-distance running club. She prefers running on mountain roads in her native
Liaoning, but in winter, when the weather doesn’t allow it, she runs on asphalt
roads, “On average, every year, she runs for 7 months in the mountains and 5
months on the road,” Sina reports, Wang is also a fan of mountaineering, and participated in the
Taishan International Mountaineering Festival, where she managed to rank 27th
out of thousands of participants, remarkably, Wang Guilan has suffered almost
no injuries to her knees or ankles over the years, which she attributes to her
harsh childhood, which hardened both her body and her spirit, what an amazing athlete she truly is.
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