Ultramarathoner Natalie Dau has completed her 1,000 kilometres running stretch across Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore in just 12 days. Her jaw-dropping journey ended in Singapore on June 5. 

The 52-year-old has earned the Singapore record for the “Fastest 1,000km Thailand-Singapore Ultramarathon.” Now, she is waiting for the certification from Guinness World Records for the “Fastest Crossing of Peninsular Malaysia on Foot.” 

Speaking to BBC, Ms Dau said,  “Today is the first time in four days I have questioned if I would actually finish this thing. I love the challenge of the sport, love the rawness of it all, but hate these low points. And they come often.”

She added, “Whether you come in first or last, it doesn’t matter. You’ve done something almost superhuman, something that 0.05% of the world’s population will never do.”

5 points about Natalie Dau

• Natalie Dau started her ultramarathon journey in her 30s. In her career, she has won  10 from 10 Ultramarathons. Ms Dau has also represented Asis at Spartan Race World Championships. 
• She has co-authored the book — Run Like a Woman. She is also an motivational speaker, a trailer and holds an accreditation in Sports Nutrition. 
• Ms Dau is known for hosting a number of events and seminars to spread awareness and empower “people to operate at their own version of high-performance.”
• She has over 25 years of global consulting, communications and marketing experience in the areas of media, technology, travel, sports and wellness, as per her official website.
• Natalie Dau is also a mother of a 15-year-old daughter. As per her Instagram bio, she is a “Media-Speaker-UltraRunner-Mum”.

London:

The world’s oldest living man, 111-year-old Briton John Tinniswood, said his longevity was “just luck” and there was no special secret to his diet – although his favourite food was fish and chips every Friday.

Tinniswood, who has been retired for more than half a century, inherited the Guinness World Records title from Venezuelan Juan Vicente Perez Mora, 114, whose death was announced earlier this week.

Born in 1912 in Merseyside, northern England, retired accountant and former postal service worker Tinniswood clocks in at 111 years and 222 days.

He gave a pithy reply when asked for the secret to his longevity, however: “You either live long or you live short, and you can’t do much about it.”

Guinness World Records said in a statement that Tinniswood’s claim to the record was assessed by its experts and by the Gerontology Research Group, which catalogues the world’s confirmed “supercentenarians”.

The oldest man ever was Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who lived to 116 years and 54 days. The oldest living woman and oldest living person overall is Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera, aged 117.

Tinniswood gave a somewhat measured view on the state of the world.

“The world, in its way, is always changing. It’s a sort of ongoing experience… It’s getting a little better but not all that much yet. It’s going the right way.”

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Caracas, Venezuela:

Venezuelan Juan Vicente Perez Mora, certified in 2022 by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world, died on Tuesday at the age of 114, officials and relatives said.

“Juan Vicente Perez Mora has transcended into eternity at 114 years of age,” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on social media platform X.

Perez was officially confirmed as the oldest man alive on February 4, 2022, when he was 112 years and 253 days old, according to Guinness.

A father of 11, as of 2022 he had 41 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

The farmer known as Tio Vicente was born in the town of El Cobre, in the Andean state of Tachira on May 27, 1909, and was the ninth of 10 children.

“At the age of five years old, he started working with his dad and brothers in agriculture and assisted with sugar cane and coffee harvesting,” a Guinness statement from 2022 said.

Perez went on to become a sheriff and was responsible for resolving land and family disputes, while still working in agriculture. 

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