Meet Roy Jorgen Svenningsen, An 84-Year-Old Canadian Who Just Became The Oldest Person To Run Antarctic Marathon

84-year-old Roy Jorgen Svenningsen of Canada has created history by becoming the oldest person to complete the Antarctic Ice Marathon.

As per a CTV report, Svenningsen started the race on December 13 and it took him 11 hours and 41 minutes to finish it.

"At one point, I thought, I don't think I'm going to do this all the way," he said.?

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"I wanted to finish it, and that was it," he added.

?"I just thought I better get it done," he went on to say.

He is a retired oil worker from Edmonton has been running since 1964. For this 42-km he trained for a year.

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The Antarctic Ice Marathon is one of the toughest races in the world.