r/runnersover50

I am 60 year old man. Running as a hobby for the last ten years. I undergo regular medicalized effort tests in the threadmill and they have always turned Out fine. Nevertheless, I frequently wonder at which point I will have to give up running? Will it happen all of a suden due toman injurybthat will never heal or will I experience a progresive decline in my tempo until there will be no difference between running and walking and I will simply walk from that moment on?

Could you post your experiencies on this?

I ask this because I have noticed that a lot of 50+ runners have started running later in their life. Me I was 33 when I began. I soon discovered I had more endurance than speed and did my first marathon at 40 years old.

A sign of the 50+ runner: I have an appointment to get a shingles vaccine this evening.

I plan to take it easy tonight after the shot, then do my typical run (5-7 kilometers) the following morning. I figure a 12 hour delay between the vaccine and my run should be sufficient. Does anyone have any experience running after a shingles vaccine?

The number of days per week that people run seem to vary a lot and I wonder if this changes over age 50.

I’ve been running consistently for the past 25 to 30 years and I tend to run six days a week for half the year and five days a week the other half though I cross train on the sixth day.

Wonder what others do? Do we have any daily runners over 70, 80?

So you're over 60, do a race that went well and you're happy about yourself. But when you tell others that you arrive 3rd in your category, some ask you: "How many were running in your category?" And when you answer 10, you see their "so what" face.

What they don't realize is that after 60, injuries and many other factors contribute to lower the number of runners in the older age groups. Just being able to be an active runner is already an accomplishment.

So I say CHEERS to all of us out there.

I ran my first organized 5k ever yesterday 8/8. It was the day before my 54th birthday. I ran a local Park run event to celebrate my birthday and celebrating massive weight loss (125 lbs).

I was encouraged by my wife, kids, 1 sister and my parents. It was a fun run and a great learning experience. My time was 32 min 05 seconds from Parkrun and 29 minutes 42 seconds on Strava.

I am really happy with my results and plan to do many more.

Edit: I have always preferred exercising alone, but now see the benefits of running in a group. Pacing off other people and having to pass or let people through was more exciting than just running isolated.

As a runner for 30 years when I go into marathon training season I do a lot of extra stuff like speedwork , fast finish long runs etc. When I was younger I'd see pretty significant training effects on my regular running pace/RPE At this age ~60, the effect seems less dramatic. I wonder if others have seen the same thing?