Singh's oldest regiment end of the marathon race (European)
Mu'ammar al-British income at the age of one hundred years the Guinness Book of World Records after completing the marathon race in Canada yesterday.
According to British newspaper The Times that the Indian-born Singh's regiment was officially named as Muammar complete the full marathon distance, after crossing the finish line in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon of 41 miles, in the amount of time of eight hours and 25 minutes and 12 seconds.
Singh and attributes his longevity to drinking tea and eating ginger, curry and live a happy life.
The newspaper pointed out that Singh was about to surrender at the 35 km mark, but he struggled for two hours and two more came in the race ranked No. 3850, ahead of five other runners. He was waiting for family, friends and fans who saluted him when he finished the race.
Jokes and launched by Singh earlier before reaching the last stage of the race that this achievement would be a marriage for the second time. He was very happy to achieve his long-standing security.
It is noteworthy that Singh began being regularly for 11 years after the death of his wife and son, and running giving new meaning to life, which is now being about 16 miles a day.
He had said earlier that the secret of his long life and health enjoy is that it does not know the tension, and was always saying: "If there is something that does the trick for you to change So why worry about it?, Be grateful for everything you have, and Stay away from people passive , and keep your smile, and persist in running. "
The newspaper pointed out that Singh was born in India in the first of April / April 1911 and was a farmer in Punjab, when it began to love running for the first time, but take this seriously when he moved to Britain after fifty years.
It is worth mentioning that the Toronto race was the eighth Singh was his first marathon at the age of 89 was not the first time, scoring a record. In 2003, in Toronto, also shattered the record for most runners, a hundred years in eight different distances ranging from 100 meters to 5000 meters.
Singh said he hoped to be his next project is to participate in the torch relay in the Games to London in 2012. He had to carry the torch during the relay in the twine Athens Games in 2004.
The newspaper pointed out that Singh - a familiar figure in the Sikh temple in east London - won the award for life on one occasion in London to honor the achievements of the Sikh community, in areas ranging from business, sports, education, entertainment, media and philanthropy.
Source: Times