is due to oral cancer and operation

91 years old, every day of your life will be like? Perhaps one can buy food to cook, one may move freely, but this age can also run a marathon (42.195 km) is very rare, American North Carolina granny Harriet · Thompson is such a legend.

held last weekend in Santiago rock marathon, at the age of 91, she completed a life in the fifteenth marathon in 7 hours 7 minutes 42 seconds, to become a big player age all marathon runners in second, in one fell swoop and create a best match the older participants and 90-94 years old the age group of two records.

Harriet is a pianist, the Cheap Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jerseys first 76 years of life she had never thought of himself and marathon catch. 15 years ago, Harriet learned that plans Cheap Louisiana State University Jerseys a friend walk way to participate in the Santiago marathon, for the purpose of charitable donations. Harriet and friends also love charity together, completed the first marathon man. From then on, Harriet fell Cheap Oklahoma State Cowboys Jerseys in love with the marathon, except Cheap West Virginia Mountaineers Jerseys in 1998 and 2013, she never missed a Santiago rock marathon, has been to the & leukemia; Lymphoma Society raised nearly 90000 dollars. But the absence of Harriet, is due to oral cancer and operation, she removed the upper jaw and most upper teeth. In the weekend before, Harriet is still struggling with skin cancer, sometimes to 9 radiotherapy in 11 days, the last time in a month before the competition, in order to deal with squamous cell carcinoma on the leg.

now Harriet, has become a Santiago rock marathon star players: when starting out, she was arranged in the first group; along the way, almost all the audience shouted at her...... After more than 7 hours, Harriet crossed the finish line, the medical staff rushed to observe her physical condition. Then, the reporter to rush on like a swarm of hornets, will be surrounded by Harriet. "I feel great, really. Most of the time, to see the young girl limped difficult. At that time, I felt proud of myself, because I'm not tired like that, it feels really good." Harriet said with a smile, 13 kilometers, you can run, but the second half is even ran away, she said she adhere to in the end is the secret, is full of memories of his piano in that scene, "I often think of some Chopin Etudes, technical difficulty is relatively high, because the music rhythm often quickly, can stimulate me run quickly, time seems to pass more quickly."

the day before yesterday is Harriet and Cheap Rutgers Scarlet Knights Jerseys 90 year old husband Sid's · Thompson married 67 anniversary. For his age but also continue to participate in the marathon this thing, Sid's very Danding: "I never worry about her, because she can fix everything." In addition to running, often practicing yoga in the instrument, do some stretching of the Harriet said, "if, this time next year I still alive, I will come back." >