Kansas City, Mo. ? Harry Vanderford’s goal might seem difficult to many: He wants to live until he’s 110.

But it’s not far-fetched for a man who just turned 100.

“I heard on the radio that the oldest man just died, and he was 114, and I’m getting pretty close,” Vanderford said after blowing out his birthday candles Wednesday. “So I figure now my goal is to make it to 110.”

Vanderford says he eats plenty of spinach, carrots, broccoli and fruits, he doesn’t use tobacco and he walks two miles three times a week.

He celebrated his 100th birthday with about 100 fellow mall walkers at Antioch Center, where he has walked laps for 30 years.

At age 98, he cut back from three miles to just two. After all, he now has a pacemaker.

“It’s amazing that he’s still out here walking,” said Faye Sanderson, a mall walker who played a duet with her husband in Vanderford’s honor. “He’s an inspiration, encouraging to the rest of us who are getting on up there.”

The mall presented him with a plaque and a proclamation from Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes declaring Wednesday as Harry Vanderford day.

“Thank you so much,” he said after the crowd sang “Happy Birthday.” “I’m so glad you’re all here. And I’m so glad I’m here.”

Vanderford and his wife, Mabel, will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary April 14.