80-Year-Old UWS Man Prepping For 41st Marathon

Sunday, October 21st, 2012

80-year-old Upper West Sider Otto Mond training for the 2012 NYC Marathon (Photo: Emily Frost/DNAinfo)

DNAinfo recently had a nice profile on Upper West Sider Otto Mond.

The 80-year-old is currently training for the NYC Marathon — it will be his 18th time in the race and his 41st marathon overall (he didn’t start running them until he turned 40).

I already have plenty of good reasons to start going to the gym again, but now I can add “Because I’m In Much Worse Physical Shape Than An 80-Year-Old Man” to my list motivating factors…


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