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[mickd1961]

I am 57 Mick.
Only took up running after my ACL went bang playing football.....so started late with plain running....But during a match I always recorded at least 10K running in a game....
My best 5K was 22 mins.
My best 10K was 46 mins.
My best Half was 101 mins.
My best Full was 3:46....
But just been back our doing something is very uplifting....My first run in two years about 6 weeks ago had me do a 5K (with hill) in 33 mins...this morning the same route I did in 27:55min...so delighted with progress. Tried running last year after my C-19 episode and felt like I had been back smoking 80 cigs a day and ACL was having none of it.

So took to walking....which was fine for a while but like swimming, I found it boring....but stuck with it.....

Even though I got to be a very fit and a very decent runner in my late 20’s I never tackled a marathon Dubs.

I did a half marathon distance in training one day with a mate and I didn’t enjoy it so I wavered that I’d absolutely hate doubling that distance.

My one effort at the half distance was 1.23.

I reckon that at my peak at 29, if I’d done the necessary training I could maybe have broken 3 hours, certainly 3.15.

My best 10k time was 36.05 and again, this was at my peak at 29 but on two bad knees that I had a double cartilage operation on later that year.

In fact, after that race I didn’t run again until almost a year later after those operations at which time a cyst was also removed from my right knee.

I was never the same again, my knees wouldn’t allow the intensity of training I’d done previously.

The next time I tackled a 10k was when I was 33 and it took me 44 minutes and thus the operations cost me more than a minute a mile.

I stopped competing in races and with myself at that point. I had to retrain my brain to accept that I was running for fitness and not to get faster like I had continuously done to that point in time.

I find nowadays that just getting out and doing 5 miles of fast walking or running or a mix of both is enough to relax me and get me through life.

My only regret is that I didn’t wake up to the fact I was a very good body shape ( once I lost weight I carried as a kid ) and that I had the mentality and determination needed to have been a very good runner.

By my late 20’s I had the Seb Coe type of frame, wiry above the waist but muscular thighs and very strong calves and although I’d never have reached international level I feel sure I’d have been a county level runner.

I did one race around Wednesbury which started from a pub called The Midland Vaults I think it was.

It was a 10k competition and I didn’t know the area.

I was with the lead group but felt I wanted to up the pace so I pushed ahead and after a while I found myself at a junction with no signage and no race Marshall’s.

I didn’t know the area so I took a gamble and turned left only to see a minute later that everyone else had turned right!😩

I had to turn around and work my way back which was hell but I still ended up winning the race.

Biggest event I ever ran had over 700 entrants including county runners from all over the country and I finished 4th, I was actually placed 3rd because a junior finished in 3rd and he counted as 1st in his class and adults were measured separately.

Nowadays my main goal is to arrive back home without another injury! 🤣

[Dubbag]

Even though I got to be a very fit and a very decent runner in my late 20’s I never tackled a marathon Dubs.

I did a half marathon distance in training one day with a mate and I didn’t enjoy it so I wavered that I’d absolutely hate doubling that distance.

My one effort at the half distance was 1.23.

I reckon that at my peak at 29, if I’d done the necessary training I could maybe have broken 3 hours, certainly 3.15.

My best 10k time was 36.05 and again, this was at my peak at 29 but on two bad knees that I had a double cartilage operation on later that year.

In fact, after that race I didn’t run again until almost a year later after those operations at which time a cyst was also removed from my right knee.

I was never the same again, my knees wouldn’t allow the intensity of training I’d done previously.

The next time I tackled a 10k was when I was 33 and it took me 44 minutes and thus the operations cost me more than a minute a mile.

I stopped competing in races and with myself at that point. I had to retrain my brain to accept that I was running for fitness and not to get faster like I had continuously done to that point in time.

I find nowadays that just getting out and doing 5 miles of fast walking or running or a mix of both is enough to relax me and get me through life.

My only regret is that I didn’t wake up to the fact I was a very good body shape ( once I lost weight I carried as a kid ) and that I had the mentality and determination needed to have been a very good runner.

By my late 20’s I had the Seb Coe type of frame, wiry above the waist but muscular thighs and very strong calves and although I’d never have reached international level I feel sure I’d have been a county level runner.

I did one race around Wednesbury which started from a pub called The Midland Vaults I think it was.

It was a 10k competition and I didn’t know the area.

I was with the lead group but felt I wanted to up the pace so I pushed ahead and after a while I found myself at a junction with no signage and no race Marshall’s.

I didn’t know the area so I took a gamble and turned left only to see a minute later that everyone else had turned right!��

I had to turn around and work my way back which was hell but I still ended up winning the race.

Biggest event I ever ran had over 700 entrants including county runners from all over the country and I finished 4th, I was actually placed 3rd because a junior finished in 3rd and he counted as 1st in his class and adults were measured separately.

Nowadays my main goal is to arrive back home without another injury! ��

Good going...I think my knees had more damage done through football then running..all the twisting and sudden turning on the park...
You are right to tailor your training to meet your heath needs....Same here...felt at first I couldn't train again if I had nothing to train for but now I absolutely love the simple challenge of pushing the 5K circuit that I do.
Initially I though covid had reduced my lung capacity by quite a percentage as I was gasping for breath after a few hundred meters...but kept going and all going great again......
Once I reach my goals with this 5K training...I will hopefully move towards the 10K mark..(which will be like a full marathon now)