She had fallen during the race and hit her head, but finished and seemed OK. Not bad though; finishing a marathon at 86 – in good shape her whole life – she looks great in the picture.
Joy Johnson, oldest woman to run New York City Marathon, dies at 86
Johnson, of San Jose, Calif., had stumbled and hit her head on the road
around the 20th mile, said her sister, Faith Anderson, 83, who
accompanied Johnson to New York.
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