Womens Running Community - WRC Stanisław Kowalski, who was born in 1910, has become the oldest person in Europe to run a 100m race last May – smashing the record previously held by a 96-year-old. Mr Kowalski, from Świdnica, Poland, finished the Mens 100m Centenarians Race at an athletics event held at the country’s Wroclaw Stadium in a speedy 32.79 seconds. He said he spent most of his working life walking or cycling the 10km journey to work and only took up running as a hobby when he was 92. Speaking after the race today, he said: ‘I feel like a new man.’ The keen runner, who over the last few years has started running 10km every day ‘whatever the weather’, wore a yellow jersey with the number 104 emblazoned on the front for the record-breaking race. Asked for advice on how to live longer, he told Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza: ‘Do not overfeed and do not eat at night. Sometimes you can drink 50 grams, but not every day.’ His grandson, Mark Baszak, added: ‘My grandfather always says “so as not to stress”. He is a very quiet man.’ via dailymail.co.uk/ The video is of him running the 60m in 19.72 seconds and sets a new centarian record.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:30:00 +0000
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