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Carol R.
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60+ and still running

posted about 2 years ago | Report

I just joined the 40+ group....but for real most of the members are in their 40's! Are there any more "mature" runners out there? I ran for a long while but stopped in my late 40's for a number of reasons. I returned to running a little over a year ago and have completed 5 half marathons, 1 marathon and several 5k and 10k races.
Hello out there silver runners!

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  • Mike D.
    Mike D. Sendmail

    Sounds like you had a great year! Keep up the good work! I'm 55 but trying to think like 45.

    posted about 2 years ago | Report

  • JackiePRO
    Jackie Sendmail

    Hi Carol,

    I think there a number of us 50+ in the group. I'll be 55 in September. Congratulations on all your achievements! I look forward to following your workouts.

    Jackie

    posted about 2 years ago | Report

  • Dawn J.
    Dawn J. Sendmail

    Not a silver runner...yet! (45yrs) But hope to be some day. Congrats to you. I'm hoping to run at least 1 mile by this summer. I'm just a walker but adding a little running every day.

    posted about 2 years ago | Report

  • G
    G Sendmail

    Wow, Carol, You're an inspiration. I hope to be a silver runner one of these days.

    posted about 2 years ago | edited about 2 years ago | Report

  • Lisa CPRO
    Lisa C Sendmail

    You should start a group! You are an inspiration.....

    posted about 2 years ago | Report

  • Patricia K.
    Patricia K. Sendmail

    I have been looking for sixty-plus runners too. I have been running/jogging since my mid-thirties; now I jog, bike, and do water aerobics ..... I just finished a sprint triathlon with my daughter and a friend and am training now for a half-marathon in September. I exercise at least six days a week ... no marathon yet but when I retire in a year, I'm hoping to set that as my goal. Are you still running?

    posted almost 2 years ago | Report

  • Lauri M.
    Lauri M. Sendmail

    Hi Carol! I am 56 and desperately want to run my first marathon this year! tried a few yrs. ago with Team in Training but injured my lower back and had to stop. now i do pilates and stretch before and after runs. any advice for us older runners doing long distances?? would love to know what you did for your 1/2 marathons and marathons that you believe helped your stamina.
    thanks!

    posted over 1 year ago | Report

  • Patricia K.
    Patricia K. Sendmail

    Hello! I am just turning 65 and I am really looking to find an Internet friend who is of a similar age and still an avid exercisers. I am into jogging and during the summer I like to do distance biking and also hiking ..... last summer I did a sprint triathlon with a few friends and my daughter. I'm about to retire, and I am still hooked on exercise, particularly outside. What about you?

    P.S. I live in Illinois.

    posted over 1 year ago | edited over 1 year ago | Report

  • Patricia K.
    Patricia K. Sendmail

    Hello! I am just turning 65 and I am really looking to find an Internet friend who is of a similar age and still an avid exercisers. I am into jogging and during the summer I like to do distance biking and also hiking ..... last summer I did a sprint triathlon with a few friends and my daughter. I'm about to retire, and I am still hooked on exercise, particularly outside. What about you?

    P.S. I live in Illinois.

    posted over 1 year ago | Report

  • Saqeb L.
    Saqeb L. Sendmail

    Hi Patricia
    i have my hand up
    i turned 64 last month.
    hows life?
    regards
    saqeb

    posted 9 months ago | Report

  • Saqeb L.
    Saqeb L. Sendmail

    Hi Carol
    i started running at age 59 six years ago and still running
    Lifes great
    regards
    saqeb

    posted 9 months ago | Report

  • Patricia K.
    Patricia K. Sendmail

    Hi, Carol R. I posted my "sixty plus and still running" a fw years ago and didn't get many responses. I am now 65, and I'm scheduled to plod through a half-marathon this weekend. I also am doing a lot of biking. You have really done a lot ....... it could be fun to get on each other's daily mile pages.

    posted 9 months ago | Report

  • Don
    Don Sendmail

    Hi there: I am just coming back to daily mile and am glad to find some simillar aged and motivated people. I had been cycling for a number of years then tried a duathlon (run/bike/run) 4 years ago and was hooked. At 64 I just complete my first "International distance" du (10k/40k/5k). Am now training for a half marathon in Nov. My original goal was 2 hours but training indicates that's not happening, maybe 2:04 (pevious pb 2:08)

    posted 8 months ago | Report

  • Patricia K.
    Patricia K. Sendmail
    in reply to what Don said:Hi there: I am just coming back to daily mile and am glad to find some simillar aged and motivated people. I had been cycling for a number of years then tried a duathlon (run/bike/run) 4 years ago and was hooked. At 64 I just complete my first &qu... read more

    Amazing times and energy. I did a half-marathon last weekend and it was quite an endurance contest. I finished it and ran all the way, but that's about the best I can say. I also love to bike relatively long distances with friends but not in a competitive way. Pretty soon I'll be the only woman over 65 in my events and will get some medals after all these years.

    posted 8 months ago | Report

  • Don
    Don Sendmail
    in reply to what Patricia K. said:Amazing times and energy. I did a half-marathon last weekend and it was quite an endurance contest. I finished it and ran all the way, but that's about the best I can say. I also love to bike relatively long distances with friends but not in a ... read more

    Congratulations on the half. I'm looking forward to next year too, when I'll be in the 65-69 class, maybe i'll be faster than some 69 year old guys, although some of them are pretty fast.

    posted 8 months ago | Report

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