Chances are, he is a much faster runner than you are — faster, in fact, than you ever were. Last year in Spain he broke his own world record in his age group for the 400 meters by more than a second. Plenty of people, even when they are at their fastest, never come close to running 400 meters in less than a minute. Now, he beats his competitors — the other fastest men in the world who are his age — by 30 or 40 meters. He set the world record in the 200 meters for the over-70 group last year, too.

Source: New York Times July 10, 2019 21:45 UTC