tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520310366597866036.post2341084486774616255..comments2024-02-21T02:24:27.384-08:00Comments on Necessary Facts: Aging in America: Alternatives to Government PoliciesMichael E. Marottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14402515044482988601noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520310366597866036.post-87318666582696768832011-10-14T20:36:40.975-07:002011-10-14T20:36:40.975-07:00Fauja Singh, 100, of the United Kingdom, is expect...Fauja Singh, 100, of the United Kingdom, is expected to run the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday [October 16, 2011] in Canada. If he completes it, Guinness World Records will recognize him as the world’s oldest marathoner.<br /><br />Guinness had recognized Dimitrion Yordanidis, 98, as the world’s oldest marathoner for running in Athens in 1976. Yordanidis isn’t among the records kept by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians, which already recognizes Fauja Singh as the oldest for the last marathon he ran, at age 93 in 2004.<br /><br />Singh, nicknamed the Turbaned Tornado, took up running 20 years ago ... He began running marathons at 89, completing seven through age 93. He set the current world record for people 90 and older with a time of five hours, 40 minutes and four seconds in Toronto in 2003.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/14/man-100-set-to-become-oldest-marathoner/?hpt=hp_c2" rel="nofollow">CNN News here.</a>Michael E. Marottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402515044482988601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520310366597866036.post-84951180067117252262011-10-02T06:43:49.579-07:002011-10-02T06:43:49.579-07:00I feel the same way about genetically-modified org...I feel the same way about genetically-modified organisms.Michael E. Marottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402515044482988601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520310366597866036.post-79988763613761595662011-09-29T22:32:53.979-07:002011-09-29T22:32:53.979-07:00I find it extremely ironic that many who labor to ...I find it extremely ironic that many who labor to inspire others to ingest as many antioxidants as possible via fruits and vegetables abhor the thought of purposefully ingesting preservatives like BHA, BHT, and potassium metabisulfite. All are purified forms of the chemicals they seek in "healthy foods;" all combat the degradation of living tissue by oxygen.Stone Glasgowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00545401735030232324noreply@blogger.com