'Gladyator' aged 92 breaks marathon record
Summary: 92-year-old Gladys Burrill, a.k.a. the 'Gladyator', broke the record for the oldest person to complete a marathon. She power-walked and jogged the 26.2 mile route in nine hours and 53 minutes, and beat the previous record-holder, Jenny Wood-Allen of Scotland, who ran the London Marathon of 2002. Burrill ran her first mile at 86 years, and walks 45 miles a week. Her advice is to just "get out there and walk or run."
Response: It's great that someone of Gladys Burrill's age could take on this marathon and even beat the world record for oldest person to run a marathon. There are many elderly people who have the potential to do these kinds of feats, but use the excuse that they're old or too frail for it. Most of them are merely too lazy to get up and walk every day like they should. Burrill seems like someone every person should look up to and hope to be like when they grow older.
WOW, this was soooo inspiring! And I love her name, the Gladyator!!!!
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