Roy King may be 102-years-old but the ex-runner still tries to race ahead of the staff at a Whangarei rest home.
Todayis Mr King's 102nd birthday - he may need the assistance of a walker now but when the Advocate visited him at the Parahaki Court Rest Home yesterdayhe was still trying to race the staff.
"Slow down Roy, do you think it's a race?" said one of the staff members as Mr King quickly walked ahead while she was trying to help him to his room.
But racing is in his blood. Mr King has had a lot of success on the track and it is one of the first things he brings up in conversation.
"I enjoy running because I was running professionally, I did very well. I'd do it just for pocket money. I ran the fastest quarter mile that had been run," he said.