Hello all.

It looks like the Senior Grand Masters-60 and Older is dead and, at Quickadder's suggestion, I joined your group. Some of you are in my "In Your Pace" 2019 in 2019 team!

I little about me. I am 68, live in Salem, MA (near Boston) and I am lucky that I can tell people that I am a runner without fibbing too much.

hey Sluggo! Nice to have you here.  I recognize your name from the past few seasons of the running game.  Jump into our dailies. That's where most of the chatter takes place, but can be overwhelming for newbies who don't know everyone but don't feel like you need to keep track of everything going on. heck it's overwhelming for me and I've been posting with this group for almost 13 yrs now!

Welcome, Sluggo.  Always nice to add another MA participant.  I'm a little south of you  in Wakefield.  Did your Wicked Frosty Four (or something like that) on NYD a few years back

Yes, Sluggo, I'm pushing hard on 66 now. 

Hi stumpy,

 

I am happy to see a local in this group. I ran the Run for All Ages 5K around Lake Quannapowitt last Nov. All I can say is, "RAIN!"

 

I am a member of the Wicked Running Club that hosts the Frosty Four and I volunteered on this race a couple of times. I've never run it - who wants to get up early for a race on Jan 1? I probably won't run it anytime soon either. I can't run 4 mi in one whack...

 

And everyone else - thanks for the warm welcomes.

 

Are some of you in the 60/65+ age range? My legs changed a lot since I passed 57.

yep, lots of us.  And somehow more keeping joining that group.  We actually have a pretty good Boston/NH based RA presence.  In fact, Henry and Marj are members of the 65+ club that does RFAA. Plus a few others that may not post regularly, but are always part of out of town visitor gatherings. I studiously avoid running that race, just because there are SO many fast old people there.  That, and I'm not fond of paying to run around the lake I usually do for free

the year I did your race, it was about 40° and a beautiful sunny day--think it ended up being my second fastest race ever, so always think fondly of it.

Hi everyone. I’m a 66 yo who came to running late in life. I’ve been running about ten years now and I’ve run a number of races from 1 mile to half marathon. I’ve been a bit obsessed with breaking two hours for the half but I’ve never gotten closer than 2:06. I think I’m finally getting a better sense of how to train but I feel like I’m racing the calendar as much as the clock. At what point does all the  training in the world fail to compensate for advancing age? Or, more to the point of my experience, at what point can you no longer train as hard as you would like? My latest strategy is to stretch my week out to ten days to allow more rest. Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Hi everyone. I’m a 66 yo who came to running late in life. I’ve been running about ten years now and I’ve run a number of races from 1 mile to half marathon. I’ve been a bit obsessed with breaking two hours for the half but I’ve never gotten closer than 2:06. I think I’m finally getting a better sense of how to train but I feel like I’m racing the calendar as much as the clock. At what point does all the  training in the world fail to compensate for advancing age? Or, more to the point of my experience, at what point can you no longer train as hard as you would like? My latest strategy is to stretch my week out to ten days to allow more rest. Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Hi, Mmesford!  Stop in and say "Hi" in the dailies once in awhile.  Every day there seems to be a new and unexpected topic, so never a dull moment.