Marilyn's Photos - July 16 2025 - 1 in 8 billion obituary

 

How many people have run a marathon at 100?  We think we know the answer - Fauja Singh- he ran a full marathon in 2011 at the age of 100 in Toronto.  Because his age could not be verified, he isn't listed in the Guinness Book of Records. He is in the news, having died.  Not of old age, but of being hit by a car in India.  His reported age was 114.  While his passport says he was born in 1911, the Indian government says there were no birth certificates in 1911. The Guinness record says:  "The oldest man to complete a 26-mile marathon was Greek runner Dimitrion Yordanidis, in Athens, Greece on 10 October 1976. At age 98, he finished in 7 hr 33 min. His name has also been transliterated as Dimitris Iordanidis." There is one website with a list of oldest marathoners, and they seem to have run their marathons in the two thousand and teens.  None are listed after 2020.   Singh's age is near the top of the oldest people still alive - you can find the list of oldest people with 50 of them coming in at between 115 years and 112 years.   If you are my age consider this:  it would mean there are 50 more years to live to get to that age.  It isn't a pleasant thought to me.  What do you think? CBC's coverage was very touching as CBC sports commentators had met Fauja Singh when he was in the Toronto Marathon and kept the marathon open to accommodate him finishing (at that age).   The story of his running is well-known:  He began running to recover from the tragic death of his son who was decapitated by a piece of corrugated metal blown by the wind.  Singh was with his son and witnessed this. "From a tragedy has come a lot of success and happiness," Singh is quoted as saying.

This popped up in my search of my pictures for something that was tagged as "old" and found this - does anyone know who the comedian is and what age is he now?

So instead of something old, I've found something irritating. This is a very irritating lily to  growers.  It has a disorder called fasciation that causes all of these blossoms to form a dense cluster at the top.  It can't be made to do this - it isn't genetic.  Too bad, as it would be a bridal bouquet a thousand times over each year.  Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblogspot.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwell.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca