I'm 61 years old, married 26 years with a 22-year-old son. I live in Rochester Hills, which is a northern suburb of Detroit. I'm a software engineer by profession, working in and around the auto industry for about 44 years now. I've jogged off and on from when I was about 30, but only started really running about 9 years ago. I ran 3 marathons in my first 5 years, but since then have specialized only in half-marathons and shorter. Since I'm getting into better and better condition, my times have consistently come down, and I have been setting PRs at almost every distance. I figure that eventually aging will catch up to my conditioning and I'll start slowing down, but for now I'm enjoying myself. I have also been doing a lot of bicycling the last couple of years, and my plans for 2008 include retiring at the end of March, and then stepping up my running and cycling mileage for the rest of the year.

I'm a 45-year-old structural engineer and mother of 3 great kids - the boys are 12 and 15, and my daughter is 9. My husband and I work out of our home, so I have lots of flexibility when it comes to running. I NEVER ran willingly in my life before. A friend FORCED me to start running a couple of years ago, but a skiing injury and then a biking injury sidelined me for awhile. I'm not the most coordinated person in the world, needless to say. I started the C25k program with an old neighbor (12 years older than me, lol) last October. I couldn't even run a quarter of a mile when we started. We had to repeat quite a few weeks of the program, because going from 8 minutes nonstop to 20 minutes in one shot was too hard for us! I am VERY slow (took me 50 minutes to run 4.0 miles this morning, but it was 10 degrees F, so maybe that's why), but I am now addicted to running and want to do it for many years. I ran 8 5ks this year, improving my time from 41+ minutes to 34:15. My running partner is much faster than me, but that's OK! My running partner and I are going to my hometown, Austin, in April (I need to see a real spring, which Maine does not have) and we'll be running the Schlotzsky's 5k Bun Run. We've also signed up for a half marathon in September, so we're doing Hal Higdon's HM program for novices. I'm a little apprehensive about my ability to run more than 6 miles, but I"m determined to try! This week I ran 12 miles, but I'm hoping to increase that gradually and consistently over the next year. I'm getting a Garmin 305 for Christmas, and I'm very excited about that.

This past year I ran the least number of training miles compared to the previous 3 years, but increased biking by several hundred miles. Then I set running PRs at 5 miles, 10K, 10 miles, and HM distances. So I'd have to say that it worked for me -- and no running injuries either.

roch, Wow! Then biking is something I'll have to think about. Er, do you think using the stationary bike in the gym would work? I'm a gym rat. Dark Horse

Hi Everyone, Also a former CR user although not a regular. 52 yrs. 2 marathons and 12 half's, started running in 1992 but only did 5k's until 1998. Peaked in 2003 so now I run for fitness, race for motivation. Active in local running club. Love to read and talk about running. Hoping this site gets me thru what looks to be a long winter.

Hi, guys! I've actually been a member of RunningAhead for several years. I first started using it for the training log before there were even any forums to post to other than to discuss new features with Eric. I was tagcaver over on CR and I'm now tagrunner over at KR. I was already tagrunner here. I still haven't landed in one forum. I'm boucing between all 3 for now but do not plan to continue this indefinitely. It's hard enough for me to keep up with one forum, much less 2 or 3. I started running about halfway through 2004 at age 50. I dealt with some health issues the first couple of years, but those are behind me now. 2007 has been a great year with PRs at all race distances except the marathon which I dropped out of earlier this month. 2004 miles....308 2005 miles...1162 2006 miles...1246 2007 miles...1367 and counting Tag

I'm 51 and have been running for 2 years. I started when my walking buddy decided to start running and I didn't want to miss out on our gab sessions. I've done 2 half marathons and signed up for a third next spring. I'm not nearly as dedicated as most of you are. Running fits into my life when everything else is done first. I also find running helps me keep track of my husband! Many of you already know me by another name, I'll leave you to guess who I am.

Oh he's good, I'll say that for the Sultry Equine. Nice to meet you Saint!

heh couldn't put one past us, but we have always said you are a Saint for putting up with that old bugger