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Exercise and Fitness

MANative

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7. Congratulations!

Reply to Croney (Original post)

Sun Sep 18, 2022, 02:44 PM

Sep 2022

I'm 62 and just started running last year. Doing my 2nd 5K run next weekend. I'm slow as molasses (best speed about 11 mph pace), but I run at least twice a week and do other aerobic activity (rowing, elliptical) and weight training three or four days a week. My husband says I'm a "late-blooming athlete." Fortunate to have my original joints and no pain (so far!) when I run.

Have you been running all your life, or did you start later on? Any advice for newer runners?

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I placed 5th in a 5K today. [View all] Croney Sep 2022 OP

I think about a 5K or 10K race, just have never signed up for one. multigraincracker Sep 2022 #1

That's a lot more running than I do, and faster too. Croney Sep 2022 #3

Hey! Congrats! I walked one today, but I was out there! Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #2

Congrats to you! You probably walked it faster than I ran, Croney Sep 2022 #4

Not if you placed 5th! That's great! Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #5

Ha, as I explained, I placed 5th in my age group of 5. Croney Sep 2022 #6

Oh!!! I misread that! Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #8

That is what makes us winners, for sure. Croney Sep 2022 #10

Congratulations! MANative Sep 2022 #7

You are very active! I haven't run an 11-minute mile in, like, forever. Croney Sep 2022 #9

I enjoy it, so I'll keep at it :) MANative Sep 2022 #11

We have a nice Rec center here multigraincracker Sep 2022 #12

My shape has changed dramatically since I started running MANative Sep 2022 #14

Wow, congratulations! Croney Sep 2022 #15

Thank you!! MANative Sep 2022 #17

Once there were only two in my age group. bmbmd Sep 2022 #13

Took me a minute to get it! 🙂 Croney Sep 2022 #16

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