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| At what age do you think you will have to quit running? (Read 570 times) |
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posted: 3/19/2008 at 12:59 PM |
There isn't a "mandatory retirement age" for running. If you want to run, and your doctor says you are fit and it won't be a strain, then you should run. You can be like Abe Weintraub who only began running at age 90 and ran the New York Marathon: http://www.iamfitforlife.com/abe.htm
We all age at different rates. When my father was 35, he was an "old man" with totally gray hair (perhaps because of his children) who got tired easily and had limits (in his own mind, anyway) on physical activities. At 50, I'm a kid, going to law school and running in races (though I'm not even as fast as I used to be). Part of it is physical and part of it is mental but what age you stop (or start) depends on your own unique circumstances.
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I'm condemned by a society that demands success when all I can offer is failure.
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posted: 3/21/2008 at 10:39 PM |
I started late - 48 - so that I can run when I'm older. 
I want to run in ever-smaller AG's! I hope to run in races where I'm the only one in my AG so I can FINALLY place! 
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Suffering from late adult onset athleticism. Not looking for cure.
2008: Run 1000 miles
Harry's spring run-off 8k, High Park, Apr 5 DONE!
Sporting Life 10k. May 4th DONE!
A midsummer's night run 15K Aug 16 - DONE!
Run faster (this might take a while) |
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