![]() "I'm a little bit tired," he said with a chuckle. ![]() Reached Thursday at his home in Thornhill, Ont., Taivassalo was enjoying some well-deserved downtime. Taivassalo normally runs five to 10 kilometres a couple times a week, but will ramp up to six runs per week during the three-month preparation ahead of a marathon. "Every morning I eat oatmeal and I mix all kinds of fruits in there. It was the second straight 80-and-over title for Taivassalo, who was victorious the last time the Boston race was held in 2019 - also winning by well over half an hour - with a time of 3:47.10. That final dash gave the 82-year-old Taivassalo a time of four hours 10 minutes 23 seconds, well over half an hour ahead of his nearest 80-and-over competitor. It turned out the other runner wasn't in his age category after all. ![]() But that showed I still had energy left to be racing in a marathon right to the finish line." "My foot was just ahead of his foot, it was so close," he said. Taivassalo thought it was possible the man could also be in the 80-and-over age group, so he made a furious sprint to the finish to catch him. When Canada's Keijo Taivassalo was about 100 metres from the Boston Marathon finish line earlier this week, he noticed a runner with grey hair ahead of him. ![]()
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