It was his third Brisbane marathon and his second marathon win. He won the Toowoomba Marathon in 1992. The last thing I expected was to win the thing. I'm an old guy. More than 8000 people turned out for the four events which attracted almost 4300 entrants - an increase of more than 1000 on last year's total.
Results are here.
Horman, of Redland Bay, out-slogged competitors a quarter of his age to finish the Brisbane River Run marathon in 3hrs 39min 18sec. It was believed to be almost 29 minutes quicker than the fastest time recorded for an over 80s. Police closed off streets around Suncorp Stadium, the start and finish of the marathon, to allow 4300 competitors to take part. Janine Reld won the women's and Ron Peters the men's event. After a brief rest and drink, Horman sat talking animatedly with well-wishers, including Olympic silver medallist Lisa Ondieki, who wanted to know his secret of octogenarian fitness.