'If they can run, I can run': 87-year-old set to complete 10th Manitoba Marathon race
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Age may be just a number to George Steciuk, but it’s just one of many that add up to one inspirational athlete.
Age may be just a number to George Steciuk, but it’s just one of many that add up to one inspirational athlete.
Steciuk is 87.
On Sunday, he will run his 10th Manitoba Marathon race –a 10-kilometre.
He will run alongside two other generations of his family – his daughter and granddaughter.
Even more impressive, he took up running at 75, just five years after triple-bypass surgery.
“I wasn’t a born runner, so it took a while. It’s a slow process.”
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