A Brooklyn grandpa is gearing up for the New York City Marathon with a grueling regime that would make Father Time throw in the towel.
Retired civil engineer Andre Exume, 74, has been running 10 miles every morning to get in shape - after finishing last year's 26-mile run in six hours, 45 minutes.
"I was very unhappy with my performance. I was feeling under the weather. I can do much better," said Exume, who came to the U.S. from Haiti in 1965.
This Nov. 1, he's aiming to outdo his personal best of four hours, 18 minutes - which he set in 1993 at the tender age of 58.
"I can outrun that time. I have no doubts," he said.
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