No wonder he's called Buster. When he was a hundred, he fought off a gang of muggers in South London.
He has 17 kids and still works as a van cleaner, returning to work at age 99 saying he was bored after 2 years of retirement.
Well, he's taken up running in his spare time and completed a half-marathon in five hours, 13 minutes last weekend.
Now he plans to run the London Marathon and celebrate after as the world's oldest marathon runner.
"I've said I'll attempt it," he told Reuters by telephone from his workplace at Pimlico Plumbers. "I haven't said I'll complete it. If I do make it, all the better. I hadn't thought of doing it before but someone asked me and the money goes to charity so why not?"
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"If I finish, I'll do what I always do and have a pint and a fag," he said. "People ask what is my secret but I haven't got one. They say fags and booze are bad for you -- but I'm still here, aren't I?"
Who do you think you are, Buster?.
Buster's a hero of mine.
