tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577216999808543384.post1189985554827953573..comments2023-12-14T01:25:00.917-05:00Comments on Recover Your Stride: Over 50 and my legs are trashedJim Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10350710709762823429noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577216999808543384.post-75447147515303014562012-08-30T10:50:59.958-04:002012-08-30T10:50:59.958-04:00Laura,
Good for you on your consistancy and knowi...Laura, <br />Good for you on your consistancy and knowing when to take a break. When is that race going to happen?<br /><br />I still have to figure out what I can and can't do. Cyling feels good so I did that yesterday instead of running. I feel better the day after a bike ride rather than the beat up feeling after running. <br /><br />I guess the thread I had been reading was fascinating and depressing at the same time. Some older runners just quit, others keep pressing and feeling trashed all the time, and others find the way to run and enjoy it. <br /><br />This is new territory for me. I have always resolved to quit before I look like the old guys shuffling down the road. I know many former good runners like that. When watching the Falmouth Road Race this year the two people with the most beat up form out of the thousands in the race were two former Olympic Gold Medalists. Frank Shorter looks horrible as he runs (probably due to back surgeries) and he used to be the most elegant of runners. Joan Benoit- Samuelson always looks beat up, but she can still get the job done and runs with the younger speedsters. Jim Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350710709762823429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577216999808543384.post-44497630832649961422012-08-29T23:05:38.331-04:002012-08-29T23:05:38.331-04:00Ok Jim, we need to talk! I run with several men i...Ok Jim, we need to talk! I run with several men in their sixties, and they are frequently injured, but unwilling to take a break or change their routine. It is time to re-set your expectations. This doesn't mean stopping, but instead determine the distance that is consistently sustainable for you and then go with it. Make your goal to be running at eighty years old, and then find a distance and pace that will get you there. <br /><br />I have been running well for six months now, at modest distances, but yesterday my hamstring was sore again. I was discouraged and angry, but today I took a rest day; the men I know would not have done that. Come on, you know about pacing- now it is for the long haul, not just for a single run.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886493225675415790noreply@blogger.com