Who is the World’s Oldest Marathon Runner?

Fauja Singh    ( Marathon runner )
He has replaced David Beckham as Adidas's new poster boy. On the latest Adidas billboards, spread across London, he is sitting cross-legged; as if cooling his heals after a day's work out, peeping over Londoners, tired and overworked, telling them the secrets of his unfailing energy. Fauja Singh, Britain's most popular Sikh

FAUJA SINGH'S STATS

• Born: 1 April 1911 in India
• Former occupation: Farmer
• Running career: Rediscovered at age of 81
• Diet: Ginger curry
• Marathons: London (5), Toronto (1), New York (1)
• Marathon debut: London, 2000 aged 89
• London marathon pb: 6h 2m

World record holder in this age 99 years

Fauja Singh is a Sikh marathon  runner in his nineties from India who is a world-record holder in his age bracket.  His current personal best time for the London marathon is 6 hours 2 minutes,  and his marathon record, for age 90-plus, is 5 hours 40 minutes at the age of 92