{"id":70846,"date":"2026-07-23T00:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70846"},"modified":"2026-07-23T00:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:52:26","slug":"hes-90-and-still-runs-half-marathons-how-this-retired-korean-canadian-defies-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70846","title":{"rendered":"He\u2019s 90 and still runs half-marathons. How this retired Korean-Canadian defies age"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Yul Kwon rises at 6am and starts his day with stretches and a fitness regimen that includes planking for 60 to 90 seconds, 50 sit-ups, 50 squats, and standing on one leg for a minute and then the other \u2013 twice. He then eats a banana and, every other day, he heads out for a 10km (6.2-mile) run.<\/p>\n

That is an impressive regular warm-up for a 90-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cHealth is most important, so I put priority on my daily exercise,\u201d says the sprightly Korean-Canadian, a retired economics professor living in Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n

The nonagenarian ran the BMO Vancouver Half Marathon in May, in three hours, 50 minutes and 33 seconds. He was disappointed to discover that he came last in the 85-89 age group as there was no 90-plus division.<\/p>\n

Kwon said to a local newspaper that it was unfair for someone in their nineties to compete against runners in their eighties, and he asked the marathon organisers to consider opening a new age category for him. They obliged.<\/p>\n

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Kwon runs in the 2025 BMO Vancouver Half Marathon. Photo: Instagram\/bmovanmarathon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Fitness has been a big part of Kwon\u2019s life since his mid-forties when he took up tennis, although he had to stop playing after developing tennis elbow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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