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An elderly man who only took up running to lose weight after ballooning to 15 stone has become the oldest person in Britain to complete 100 marathons - aged 64. Sprightly Martin Ward completed his incredible century of 26-mile runs in eight years after he decided to get fit in his mid 50s following numerous health scares.
The remarkable feat include nine 33-mile ultra-marathons, two of which he won three days apart against super-fit runners half his age. Those two victories also made him the oldest person in the country to win an ultra-marathon and he's averaged 12-and-a-half marathons a year since his first in 2015. "I was left in intensive care, they thought I had a heart attack at first, but eventually that was all sorted before I had terrible back problems in my 30s. At that point I was registered as disabled and had a green card, so exercising was never on my mind until I got a bit older into my 50s.
"I built up to park runs and then did a 3k and then I started doing 10ks. I started to really believe I could run then. It was like a revelation, as you can imagine. For 55 years I'd been told not to run and that I can't run. Then I find out I can. "I crossed the finish line just before him so I sort of joke now I've beaten Haile Gebrselassie. One of the toughest I ran was on sheet ice in Milton Keynes when it was -5 degrees. The sweat was frozen to my face.
Martin says the London Marathon is the best for atmosphere but his favourite was the Edinburgh Marathon where he ran his best time of 4 hours 18 minutes. Martin, who used to be head of customer services for a regional development agency and is also an avid poet and composer, added: "It's just a beautiful run.
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