0:00:03 > 0:00:05This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08The world's population is growing older.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12But getting older isn't what it used to be. All across the world,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15the elderly are throwing away their Zimmer frames
0:00:15 > 0:00:19and competing instead for gold medals and world records.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21If you're still vertical, you're still in the game.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27These are the people who refuse to grow old.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Amongst them is 91-year-old great grandad John McKeag.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34I sit on this for about 40 minutes.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36You do break into a sweat.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Meanwhile, 71-year-old spring chicken Patsy Forbes
0:00:40 > 0:00:44has his sights set on being crowned the world's fastest man over 70.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47People might think that we're crazy but we're keeping young,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50feeling young. We're looking after our health.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Later this year Patsy will travel to Turin, where he'll take part
0:00:54 > 0:00:59in the World Masters Games - the Olympics for grannies and grandads.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01This is the world of Masters Athletics,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04where men and women grow bolder as they get older,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and where the ultimate battle is with age itself.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I don't feel 91. That is the problem, maybe.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18I don't feel 91.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26You know, it doesn't give me a problem being 91.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29I just take every day as it comes and make the best of it.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34I wouldn't like... to have nothing to do.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I have to be doing something every day.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Either cycle or running or a bit of work about the house
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- or out in the garden.- He's a bit of a wee stubborn Superman.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Wee, independent, stubborn Superman. But, yes, Superman, yes.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54- Can he hear me?- No, no, it's all right being independent...
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- You need to be independent. - Yes, but...
0:01:57 > 0:02:00There'll come a time where you can't be too independent,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- you might need a bit of help. - That's true.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05So, it's nice to know that you can fall back on people
0:02:05 > 0:02:07for a bit of help...
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- If you need it.- ..if you need it.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13I have never, in 21 years, since my mother died, washed a shirt,
0:02:13 > 0:02:19cleaned his house, ironed a shirt, did washing for him.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I've done nothing for him.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Nothing. Except maybe his PA. That's it.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30ALL: # Happy birthday, dear John
0:02:30 > 0:02:35# Happy birthday to you. #
0:02:35 > 0:02:36All right, go!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39CHEERING
0:02:39 > 0:02:42LAUGHTER
0:02:45 > 0:02:4619 again!
0:02:49 > 0:02:5471-year-old Patsy Forbes is one of the world's fastest pensioners.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Today, he's training with friend Desy and son Brian,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59himself a former Commonwealth athlete.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Brian is preparing Patsy to compete in the World Masters Games in Turin.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07As far as getting old - don't think about it.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Desy doesn't think very much about it, I don't think about it.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14We just... There's different stages of life, isn't there?
0:03:14 > 0:03:16But haven't thought about getting older.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18He's very driven.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23And that's what got him into a lot of things.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Through life, everything he does he takes 100% serious.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31He never knows when he's beaten, which is a great quality to have.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34But, you know, he's very competitive.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Well, he's me son but Brian is like a brother.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Very good brother.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43And from a training point of view he knows what it's all about
0:03:43 > 0:03:46and I'm happy to listen to him.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49If he says do whatever you have to do, I do it, you know?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52It's a chance to bond with your father,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54where maybe plenty of other people at this age,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57maybe the relationship's fallen apart or it's moving apart.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02But, no, it keeps contact and there's always something
0:04:02 > 0:04:06to talk about and something that you have you can relate to.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Cos he does the same sessions as me a lot of the time.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12In the autumn of his sporting career, being crowned
0:04:12 > 0:04:16World Champion would be Patsy's greatest ever achievement.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19But one major obstacle stands in his way.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22There's a German competitor called Guido Muller who's, you know,
0:04:22 > 0:04:27he's one of a generation, he is brilliant.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30He can beat most athletes in the age groups below him,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33so he's the main man in that age group.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35But I'll be happy if I could get a medal.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Bronze medal, silver would be brilliant,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40gold would absolutely be brilliant. If I got a medal I'll be happy.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Despite being in his tenth decade,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53John McKeag is still following a punishing training regime.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01An eye condition prevents John from driving,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03so he now relies on his bike to get around.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I train on a Tuesday, running.
0:05:09 > 0:05:15And then if it's a good day I would have the bike out on the road.
0:05:15 > 0:05:21And if it's a reasonable day, I could do 35, 40 miles.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26But if the weather's bad during the week I use a turbo trainer.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28And you can look at the TV or whatever.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I just look out through the window.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34These are some of my medals I've won over the years.
0:05:34 > 0:05:381942, the McConnell Shield.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Which was my first race cross-country.
0:05:41 > 0:05:4373 years on the road and the fields.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Yeah, 73 years.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I still enjoy it.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I still enjoy to go out for a run.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55It's nice to be out and about.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I'll do it while I'm able.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13I started in the shipyard and was only getting
0:06:13 > 0:06:14six and a penny every week,
0:06:14 > 0:06:1732p a week in the shipyard.
0:06:17 > 0:06:23And if I travelled on a bus or a train I hadn't much to give my mum.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27But I decided to buy...
0:06:27 > 0:06:30My mum and I went up to Cochrane's
0:06:30 > 0:06:34and we got bought a new bike, a BSA.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37So, that's what started me off, this new bike.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Riding to the shipyard.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07This is where I sat 73 years ago when I joined a club.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09The very same spot here.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13So, here I am today, still sitting in the same spot.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17And it just brings back memories to me,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21all these seating, all these forms all round.
0:07:21 > 0:07:27Runners were ready to go out for the run but...
0:07:27 > 0:07:33Happy memories and a good lot of them have passed on. Not here any more.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37It was very primitive then.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41There was no heating, no showers.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46There was a fire somewhere in the centre of the building here.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49And went out training, out in the fields,
0:07:49 > 0:07:53out in the back here in the dark winter nights.
0:07:53 > 0:07:59Come in, get the hot water, the buckets into an old bath,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02and that's where we got a leg washed.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04If you were getting one leg in you were lucky.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10If you're late coming in you put your leg into a couple of inches of mud.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15I met my wife and she came from Cumber. So she did.
0:08:15 > 0:08:21So, how I met her was when I was cycling and my wife worked in Cumber.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24For some reason when I was cycling down,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26when I was coming home from work,
0:08:26 > 0:08:32I was meeting all these girls coming out of a clothes factory in Cumber
0:08:32 > 0:08:33and she worked there.
0:08:33 > 0:08:40I got my eye on this...brown-eyed, dark haired girl coming out of work.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46And for some reason, got to know her, stopped the bike.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48And had a bit of a chat with her.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52And it went from there and I used to get in a bit of trouble
0:08:52 > 0:08:55when I arrived home for my dinner.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58My mum says, "Where were you? What kept you?"
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I had to home before this,
0:09:01 > 0:09:08you know, so I was talking to Isabel then for maybe half an hour.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I've been blessed with good health
0:09:21 > 0:09:27and it goes to prove that being active and the motivation
0:09:27 > 0:09:33to go out there even now at my age, and you get the satisfaction
0:09:33 > 0:09:37after you do these things when you become a certain age.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43And there's no reason why people can't carry on in their old age
0:09:43 > 0:09:45taking part in sport.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49And the other side of it, meeting people,
0:09:49 > 0:09:54socialising and getting involved.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59I go to different races now and talking to people down memory lane...
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Patsy has arrived at the World Masters Games in Turin,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20along with daughter Claire.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24This is his first experience of competing at world championship
0:10:24 > 0:10:27level and the enormity of the challenge ahead is sinking in.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33The over-70s record for 100m is 12.77 seconds.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Which is, like, three seconds slower than Usain Bolt, which is crazy.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39That's like one, two, three and those guys will be
0:10:39 > 0:10:42coming over the line behind Usain Bolt. It's crazy.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45At our age you have to be kind of, you know,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47or there's no point being there.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10As his race approaches, Patsy seems tense
0:11:10 > 0:11:15but a meeting with some other Irish team members calms his nerves.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- How you keeping?- Very good. How are you, yourself?- Great.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Still representing Ireland, are you? - How's the body?- Good.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- The body's good.- How's the mind?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- Mind's good. - That's all that matters...
0:11:27 > 0:11:28We've always been twins
0:11:28 > 0:11:31so we don't know what it's like not to be a twin.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35The fact that we're both in athletics is just coincidental.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Have you been competing here? - Yes, I did, yesterday.- How'd you do?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Eh...grand!
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Not marvellous.- She did the shot.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48- The shot-put.- You got third place. You've got a bronze medal.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Absolutely brilliant.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- Pleased about that.- Absolutely!
0:11:56 > 0:11:58You see, I've had three strokes
0:11:58 > 0:12:02and it takes a bit of... edginess out of me.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08- She puts herself down all the time - "I'm going to be last."- I'm useless!
0:12:08 > 0:12:14No, you're not. You've got to think, you're not useless, by any means.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Girls didn't do athletics when we were playing tennis.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Mother would not approve.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Our father would not approve.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29"No," he says. "Not for ladies."
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Isn't it hilarious, really?
0:12:32 > 0:12:37My attitude - keep going as long as I can for as well as I can.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Meanwhile, Patsy is preparing to compete.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49The heats are on there now already, so you've got...
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Dad's in the first heat.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55And there's only two heats so it's the first three through in each one.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- Yeah, you would be the favourite. - Oh, I don't know about that.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I get really nervous before and also feel sick
0:13:02 > 0:13:05but then full of pride for Dad as well but I get really nervous.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I'm worried now because he should be here and he's off getting changed.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I need to find out where he's at and things like that
0:13:12 > 0:13:14cos otherwise he's going to miss his call times.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Got two Australians and two Italians and a Lithuanian.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- You need to go down there.- OK.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24OK, see you.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I'm cross because he come out and he hadn't got his spikes on,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54which takes maybe a good five minutes to put them on and he was sitting
0:13:54 > 0:13:57down when everybody else was waiting on him, they were getting agitated.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00And then because they'd all different styles of starting,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02that threw Dad off as well cos one guy was standing,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05one was half and one was fully down, which Dad's not used to.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:14:13 > 0:14:16The guy in lane five false started and I thought it was Dad,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19so that kind of threw him as well cos he hasn't been in a false start
0:14:19 > 0:14:21situation before.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:14:29 > 0:14:32And then when they put up a black and green card, I don't know
0:14:32 > 0:14:35if he was aware, he thought he was disqualified cos it was second.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39But then the guy said, "No, you go ahead and run."
0:14:39 > 0:14:41So, I'll speak to him later about all of that.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:14:46 > 0:14:48CHEERING
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Despite being nearly disqualified, Patsy has won his heat
0:15:01 > 0:15:04and is through to the final.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08But in the second semifinal is his arch rival Guido Muller.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Guido has won his race comfortably,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21but with a slightly slower time than Patsy.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Tomorrow, Guido and Patsy will meet in the final.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29We'll see tomorrow what happens. We'll give it a go anyway.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Get a few starts first done and...
0:15:32 > 0:15:35But I was prepared, I done a good warm-up. Everything was right.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Just a wee bit tight coming out on time.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Can't happen tomorrow cos then he'll be agitated.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52John McKeag has arrived in the Isle of Man for their annual marathon.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56John has been coming to the event for 21 years but this year
0:15:56 > 0:16:00he won't be competing because he's recently injured his foot.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05My heads wants a run but my body doesn't want to.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07It's a problem now.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11At running, you have a good day and bad day.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Here we go.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19CHATTING
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Isabel was the only girl that I ever went out with.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29And we were childhood sweethearts, so we were.
0:16:29 > 0:16:35Isabel never was ill in her life. She never had the flu.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38And then one day we're in Belfast and she says to me,
0:16:38 > 0:16:42"John, I'm not feeling too well. I think I'll go home."
0:16:42 > 0:16:43It was a bad old day.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47She got considerably worse and Isabel had a heart attack.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52She was getting over the heart attack and she says to me,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55"John, my eyes are funny.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00"I've got a vision, you know, a blurred vision."
0:17:00 > 0:17:06And then they sent her for a scan and they found she had a massive stroke.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I would say she died, you know,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11the way she went in the hospital.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13She didn't lose any weight or anything like that.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16No features was changed or anything.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18So, it was a big, big blow to me
0:17:18 > 0:17:22and all the family because Isabel and I were always together.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27And when Isabel died it was a big loss to me.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28And I had a motor home then
0:17:28 > 0:17:33and every time I went out in the motor home I didn't go too far.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Nobody beside me. Isabel wasn't there.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40She wasn't there.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43It broke his heart when she died and he couldn't even go
0:17:43 > 0:17:46and sit in his own house. He sat in my house for about a year.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48And, erm...
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Running and cycling saved his life, I would say.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55He just put his heart and soul into it.
0:17:55 > 0:18:01And I started to come to the Isle of Man and that helped me
0:18:01 > 0:18:04to get among people, having conversations
0:18:04 > 0:18:09and even talking about Isabel, because it brought back memories
0:18:09 > 0:18:11when I was speaking about her.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13It kept her fresh in my mind.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15That's life.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18You can't do anything about these things at all and somebody's
0:18:18 > 0:18:23taken away from you, you can't just lie down and that's it.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25You can't do anything about it.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- Have a good run.- Thank you.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Well done.- Thank you.- Well done.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I was born in 1942.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47But I was born up here in Drumads outside Coagh.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52I wasn't in the hub of our group.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58And I would have been on the farm with my uncle
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and my grandmother and grandfather.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06This road was tarmaced in maybe around 1960.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Around that time. But it was like that, the road was like that.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Lots of stones, even rougher than that.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13And as wee boy I used to run about in my bare feet.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I could run on them stones as if, no shoes,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18love running through fields in your bare feet, you know?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22And the neighbours, I used to be friendly with all them
0:19:22 > 0:19:26and they used to ask me, "Let me see you run on the stones."
0:19:26 > 0:19:28They thought this was great, you know?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Would have played sometimes down the bottom field there, kick football.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33But a lot of football I played against the wall.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36I could have kicked the ball against the wall.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41I spend hours, you know, kicking the ball against the wall on me own.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Full of energy, yes. All the time.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45I suppose round about that time
0:19:45 > 0:19:49I decided I wanted to go to the boxing in Cookstown.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I seen these photographs in the paper
0:19:51 > 0:19:53and I read about the boxing in Cookstown.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57So, I got on me bicycle and went into Cookstown on the bicycle.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Cos you went everywhere on your bicycle, you know?
0:20:00 > 0:20:04A lot of people used to ask me, "Could you beat Percy Forbes?"
0:20:04 > 0:20:07I'd say, "Now, I'd hate to have to find out.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Then another question was, "What kind of boxer was Patsy Forbes?"
0:20:10 > 0:20:15And I always said, "Patsy Forbes would fight anybody anywhere."
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Right, lads, what about a round?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- No bother.- Been looking forward for years.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Shake hands and come out fighting.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45After 60 years of success in a range of sports,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Patsy retains his overwhelming desire to win.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53If somebody had said to me, "You need to look at yourself.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55"You'll have a heart attack." You know?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58And somebody else said, "God, you need to catch yourself on."
0:20:58 > 0:21:00And there's other people say,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02"This is great, I love to see you doing that."
0:21:02 > 0:21:04And I said, "Why do you want to see me doing it?"
0:21:04 > 0:21:08"Well, you're ten years older than me and it means I can keep going, too."
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Back in Belfast, John is off to see a sports injury specialist
0:21:13 > 0:21:15about his injured foot.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31Yes, a bit sore...just there. In there, yes.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33HE LAUGHS
0:21:33 > 0:21:38- Yeah.- I think we've found the... - Found the culprit.- The main culprit.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Yeah.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Yeah.- It looks as if it's your plantar fascia.- Pardon?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46There's another thing I done.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52I was out cycling in the morning and I didn't take my cycling shoes off.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57And I walked for two hours on my cycling shoes in Tollymore Forest.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00But they were quite sturdy shoes.
0:22:00 > 0:22:06- So they were. I thought they were ideal for walking.- Right, OK.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09It will be a new one on my, mind you, but, right.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10And how long ago was that?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13That's two weeks ago - three weeks ago.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Three weeks, maybe?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Yes.- How long have you got this condition?
0:22:22 > 0:22:27About, yes, two to three weeks. Three weeks. You're glad I mentioned that?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'm very glad you mentioned that.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- OK.- Think we'll put an end to walking in the cycling shoes.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37I get a phone call...
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Before every major competition, I get a phone call the day before.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43It's basically my father.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46It's a reinforcement. He asks me what he should be doing.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48He knows what he should be doing but he wants to hear it again.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Six o'clock tomorrow morning.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Got to get up at six.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56What he should be drinking, what he should be eating.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Food's first class, very good, first class.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02So, if we're going down to the stadium then what I'll do is
0:23:02 > 0:23:06get organised, make sure...
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I'll maybe check out my spikes, just to make sure.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10He knows all these things
0:23:10 > 0:23:15but it's just a ritual he has that obviously I'm happy to take part in.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Every major competition, the day before.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21So, that's grand, Brian. So, good luck. See you.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Bye, thank you. Bye-bye, bye-bye.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:23:27 > 0:23:30There's your lane, four.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33In 13.93. And then Guido on the other side is 14.16.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37ALL CHATTING
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Bye-bye, Grandpa.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00It's now Patsy versus Guido in the final of the 100m.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04The winner will be the world's fastest man over 70.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS
0:24:47 > 0:24:48STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:24:51 > 0:24:53CHEERING
0:24:55 > 0:24:59DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Guido has won.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES
0:25:25 > 0:25:27It's good.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I'm glad to get a medal, you know, happy to get a medal.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33But happy to get second place.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35He was hard to beat, he's hard to beat.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38He is the world record holder, so.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42And over 70, so.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45But...
0:25:45 > 0:25:47it's good to be there, good to take part.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Meanwhile, John hopes that his foot has recovered,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and is preparing to run a 5K race.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59John will be the first person over 90 ever
0:25:59 > 0:26:00to have completed the course.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02I'll feel better when I get started.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06After about a quarter of a mile over, "How do I feel?" You know?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08It's just getting going.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Should be OK. We'll see what happens.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16We'll just it nice and steady. Yes.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Come on, John!
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Super running, John!
0:26:36 > 0:26:41Super running, John. 12 minutes 48, 49. 12 minutes 50.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50The day of the funeral was massive, so it was.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53And they wanted to...
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Well, I didn't want it in the church, I wanted her in her own home
0:26:56 > 0:26:59because she loved home.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00She loved home.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05And I says, "No, we'll have the funeral from the house,
0:27:05 > 0:27:07"which she loved."
0:27:07 > 0:27:13And the flowers were massive that day on the grave after she was buried,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16with all the graves all round that area.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21Cos I bought all those graves where Isabel's buried today.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I bought those graves all next to her.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26And I'll be there, Anne'll be there.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Who goes first, who knows?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31So, we'll all be together one day.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48I was always happy to get a medal and I'm happy to get a medal
0:27:48 > 0:27:51because you're competing with runners from all over the world.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56So, look, I'm relieved to get a medal.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Maybe somebody might say to themselves,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05"Oh, them old boys, they're so old and all that there."
0:28:05 > 0:28:08But I can tell you, I have played sport all my life.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12It's the same, the whole build-up doesn't change.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20You're a competitor and you go out there to do your best.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21And you are a competitor,
0:28:21 > 0:28:25so it's not going to change to whatever time you can't walk.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26You know, that's the way it is.