It's been an odd year for me. One in which I've seriously
questioned why I run and what I enjoy about running.

I'm not the kind of person who accepts the imevitable decline of
old age without a fight but rather late in life I've accepted
that I don't actually enjoy the the commitment required to train
for ultra races. I had signed up for a Brighton to London ultra
trail race earlier this year but I realised that I just didn't
want train for another ultra. Instead my wife and I enjoyed a
weekend away in London taking in a west end show.

Since then I've only run for fun. This doesn't mean "easy" though
and I've done a lot of hilly or fast shorter runs "just for the
hell of it".

My last run of 2024 was a 1 mile TT done at 6:52 pace (which
surely aint too shabby for a 68 yr old?).

There is no "right way" to run, (or to descend into running
dotage) but I hope anyone left following this group is still
findinding pleasure in their running.


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My last run of 2024 was a 1 mile TT done at 6:52 pace (which
surely aint too shabby for a 68 yr old?).

Congrats man! I did a (slow) trail 50k on the 1st, and have no reason
not to keep trail running a few days a week! Some deep squats & knees-over-toes to keep the knees strong do help

rms

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rms <[email protected]> wrote:

My last run of 2024 was a 1 mile TT done at 6:52 pace (which
surely aint too shabby for a 68 yr old?).

Congrats man! I did a (slow) trail 50k on the 1st, and have no reason
not to keep trail running a few days a week! Some deep squats & knees-over-toes to keep the knees strong do help

rms

One day I’ll maybe go back to the longer stuff but at the moment I’m enjoying concentrating on the shorter stuff.

I did a hilly road 10k on the 3rd and finished in 47:57. Pleased to be 4th
V60 out of 14. I’ve got a parkland 3k TT at the end of the month and then
an indoor banked track 3K in February.

Touch wood my knees have never given me a moment’s bother.

Tim

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