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Better Late Shizo Kanakuri disappeared while running the marathon in the 1912 Summer Olympies in Stockholm. He was listed as a missing person iin Sweden for 5o years - until a journalist found him living quietly in southern Japan. Overcome with heat during the race, he had stopped at a garden party to drink orange juice, stayed for an hour, then took a train to a hotel and sailed home the next day, too ashamed to tell anyone he was leaving. There's a happy ending: In 1966 Kanakuri accepted an invitation to return to Stockholm and complete his run. His final time was 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 8 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds- surely a record that will last forever. samchekoV. heyfunniest WOW If you ever feel bad about running a 16 minute mile

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