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Meet this inspiring 88-year-old marathon runner

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<div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-top" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div><br/><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><strong>This 88 year-old marathon runner will inspire unmotivated aspirants to start running in their first marathon </strong></li><br/><li style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Iva Barr has ran 30 marathons and have raised £10,000 worth for charity through it </strong></li><br/><li style="text-align: justify;"><strong>She started running when she was just 55 years old </strong></li><br/></ul><p style="text-align: justify;">Can’t find a motivation to run? Well, this grandmother sure will inspire you to wear those running shoes and hit some tracks.</p><br/><p style="text-align: justify;">At age 88, Iva Barr has ran 30 marathons since she engaged in the sport when she was just 55 years old. And she has no plans of stopping just yet.</p><br/><p style="text-align: justify;">Participating in all those marathons, Barr was able to raise as much as £10,000 since she began leading her to getting the Point of Light Award granted by British Prime Minister David Cameron himself last year.</p><br/><p style="text-align: justify;">She has also finished every runner’s dream: to cross the village of Marathon in Greece where the origin of the sport began from the time of ancient Greek soldiers.</p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-middle"><br/><br/></div><br/></div><br/><p style="text-align: justify;">“I’ve been out to Athens and done the original one from the town of Marathon up through the mountains, which I looked upon that as a marathon runner’s pilgrimage, it’s so gorgeous,” she was quoted as saying in a <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inspirational-88-year-old-marathon-7792751">Mirror</a> feature.</p><br/><p style="text-align: justify;">But what keeps the senior marathoner alive and energetic in conquering long trails?</p><br/><p style="text-align: justify;">“I think I run I don’t race,” she shared in the same story.</p><br/><p style="text-align: justify;">“I’m not interested in the time I do. I think most of the injuries and discomfort come from the fact that people have a mindset in about how long they take,” she added.</p><br/><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/inspiring-88-year-old-marathon-runner/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-bottom" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div>

This 88 year-old marathon runner will inspire unmotivated aspirants to start running in their first marathon Iva Barr has ran 30 marathons a...