‘We all can do it,’ says 88-year-old runner after completing 12th Athens Marathon | Athletics
‘We all can do it,’ says 88-year-old runner after completing 12th Athens Marathon | Athletics
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Bu içerik, 88 yaşındaki Yunan koşucu Ploutarchos Pourliakas’ın yaşın sadece bir rakam olduğunu ve kararlılığa engel olmadığını tekrar kanıtladığını göstermektedir. Pourliakas, Atina Maratonu’nun 41. baskısını tamamlayarak başarı elde etmiştir. Atina Maratonu, Atina Panathenaic Stadyumu’na zafer haberini getirmek için Maraton Muharebesi’nden koştuğuna inanılan aynı güzergah üzerinde yıllık olarak düzenlenmektedir. Pourliakas, ailesi ve torunlarının alkışlarıyla bitiş çizgisini geçtikten sonra “Geçen seneden daha iyi bir dereceyle bitirdim” demiştir. 88 yaşındaki koşucu, her gün 4 ila 5 kilometre arası koşarak ve hafta sonları 20 kilometreye kadar koşarak antrenman yapmaktadır. Sağlıklı yaşam tarzıyla dikkat çeken Pourliakas, yaş aldıkça koşmayı bırakmayı düşünmediğini ve herkesin başarabileceğine inandığını vurgulamıştır.
At 88, Greek runner Ploutarchos Pourliakas has proved again that age can just be a number and poses no barrier to determination after he completed the 41st edition of the Athens Marathon on Sunday.
The race, also called The Authentic, is organised annually on what is believed to be the same ground that the Athenian messenger Phiedippides ran to bring the news of victory from the battlefield of Marathon 2,500 years ago. Recognised as the original marathon course, the same route was used in the 2004 Olympics held in Athens.
“I finished and even improved on last year,” Pourliakas said moments after crossing the finish line at the historic Panathenaic Stadium of Athens, as his family and grandchildren cheered and congratulated him.
This year he completed the race in six hours and 31 minutes, 18 minutes faster than last year. “I feel younger than my 88 years,” he said, reflecting on his achievement. This marks his 12th time completing the 42.195km (26.22 miles) race from the Tomb of Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium.
Ploutarchos Pourliakas, 88, crosses the finishing line at the 41st Athens Marathon. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters
Inspired by his son, an ultramarathon runner, he took up running in his home town of Kastoria, in northern Greece, at the age of 73. Many struggle to believe his age when they see him run, Pourliakas said, but he directly confronts their disbelief. “Why wouldn’t you believe it? We all can do it. As long as we want to.”
In his training routine, the 88-year-old runs from four to five kilometres daily and up to 20km on weekends. “I’ve never smoked. I don’t indulge in excesses, I don’t drink, I don’t stay up late,” he added. “I eat in a balanced way, everything but in moderation. However, I do have a little ‘tsipouro’ (a local drink) every day not as a drink, but as a medicine.”
‘We all can do it,’ says 88-year-old runner after completing 12th Athens Marathon | Athletics
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