Johnny Kelley is 86 years old. He has just run the last eleven kilometers of the Boston Marathon. It took him one hour and fifteen minutes to run the eleven kilometrers. After his run, he went to the hospital center. The nurse was surprised and pleased to see his blood pressure was 139 over 84. She told him that his blood pressure was very good. Then she said, “I wish mine were that good.”
Johnny Kelley is known as the great grandfather of the Boston Marathon. He ran all the 42 kilometres of the marathon 61 times. This year was the second time that he has cut back and run only part of it. Kelley holds the record(保持记录) for running more Boston Marathon than anyone else.
Thousands of people cry “come on”(加油) to him as he runs. Today an 11-year-old boy called out to Kelley. “Hey, Mr. Kelley, you are great, Great man.” Kelley smiles and thanks people as he runs. “It's wonderful.” he said. “people come out to shake my hand. I am welcomed by thousands of people. I think a lot of them thought I ran the whole race. And maybe they congratulated me because they know me after all these years and they don't know the other runners. ”