Oldest woman to run in New York marathon dies next day

[The Straight Story]

New York City (AFP) - An American grandmother, who on Sunday was the oldest woman to compete in the New York marathon, died a day later. She was 86.

Joy Johnson from San Jose, California, took just under eight hours to complete the 26.2-mile (42.2km) race through all five boroughs of the biggest city in the United States.

She stumbled and hit her head at around the 20th mile. But she went to the medical tent only after completing the race and declined their insistence that she go to hospital.

"She never really ran to compete, she ran because she loved it," her youngest daughter Diana Boydston told AFP by telephone Tuesday.

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[bemildred]

1. I can't really think of a better way to do it.

Run a marathon on your last day.

[851-977]

2. It's fine, if she wanted to die

If not, I don't like what happened.

[bemildred]

4. You don't always get what you'd like. nt

[B Calm]

3. She have a stroke?

[In_The_Wind]

5. She completed one more thing on her bucket list. I'm sure she was happy about that.

Johnson, who would have turned 87 on Christmas Day, had been a physical education teacher and coach for many years, but only took up running in retirement.