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Funeral schemes come in various forms but work on the same basic idea. They promise a guaranteed payout upon death to cover funeral expenses.
The idea of a scheme to provide for a funeral is not new. In 18th century Britain a thriving system of “burial clubs” emerged to assist the poor and working classes to save for a funeral. These clubs were spurred by fears of a “pauper’s funeral” and one’s body being stolen and sold for medical experimentation. But with such schemes came financial fraud and in some cases far worse crimes.
Fears of body snatchers may be a thing of the past, but concerns of “funeral poverty” remain. So does the potential for fraud and exploitation in such schemes.
Lithuania’s
Centurion Running Track 100 Mile in England. His world record for 150 kilometers (93.206 miles) is 10:27:48, his 100-mile (160.934 kilometers) world record is 11:14:56, and his 12-hour world record was a distance of 105.825 miles/170.309 kilometers. His 50-mile Lithuanian record is 5:32:01. For perspective, his overall pace for the 12 hours of running was 6:48 minutes per mile (4:14 per kilometer).
In this written interview two days after his performance, Sania, as he is called by family and friends, talks about how he started running as an adult to get healthy, his life outside of running in Lithuania, how he trained for this race, and how his effort unfolded on race day.
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