I am 76 years old. Just retired. Thinking about buying a high altitude tent for training? Will it help me break 20min?

and the valedictorian of troll university's class of 2006...

Now let’s get this right - started racing two years ago, aged about 74 and ran 20.06?

With the use of an oxygen tent, hopes to run under 18, aged about 80?

I’d invest in a few sessions with a psychiatrist rather than waste money on an oxygen tent.

And get your priorities right - if you’re getting up half a dozen times at night to pea - make your retirement a happy one by getting yourself a prostate operation.

Hey over 70 dude, get the tent and you will kill 2 birds with one stone.

On one hand you will get fitter and probably break 17:30 in 12 months time, and on the other hand the reduced pressure that you will be sleeping in will take pressure off your prostrate which will save you money on an operation.

But take the crapper in to the tent just in case :-(

what's it like to know youre going to die soon?

Forget the altitude tent, just run 2-3 hours a day and race 30 times a year.

Right Dan.

By the way, I am 70 years old, have been running and racing for 52 years, have a personal best of 14:36 for three miles and have a goal of breaking 30 minutes for 5K in the next year. I get up 6 times a night too. The air at sea level is thick enough for me. Just run and race and enjoy it!

I get up 6 times a night too.

Hey man that's not normal, you should see someone about that.

Orville Atkins wrote:

I get up 6 times a night too.

hope i can still get it up when i'm your age.....good for you!!

Do what Ed Whitlock does....

Hey, I'm really impressed with your times at 76. You're either another Ed Whitlock with extraordinary physical capabilities or you better have them check the course accuracy. I've been running 25+ years. At age 42, ran 80 miles per week, 12x400 in 69 sec. each week, and my best 5k was 16:10. I continued running, and at age 61 was running a hard 50 miles per week, 12x400 in 87 and the best I could do was 19:47. I'm no Superman, but the inevitable slowing down caused by aging impacts everyone. Sub 20:00 at age 76??? Virtually impossible unless your name is Ed Whitlock! Or if you are 5'6", 110# and have a 4:05 mile in your background. Altitude tent will not reverse the aging factor.

Does Ed Whitlock ever post on LetsRun? Does anyone know if he sleeps in an altitude tent? If so, does he have any prostate issues that complicate things? If so, how hard is it for him to get in and out of the tent to go the the bathroom? I hope he sees my posts. Thanks.

you're going to be old one day too, jackass.

Hey Dude, leave Ed out of your sick Troll thread.

He is twice the man that you will ever be !

Orville Atkins wrote:

Right Dan.

By the way, I am 70 years old, have been running and racing for 52 years, have a personal best of 14:36 for three miles and have a goal of breaking 30 minutes for 5K in the next year. I get up 6 times a night too. The air at sea level is thick enough for me. Just run and race and enjoy it!

Orville Atkins wrote:

Right Dan.

By the way, I am 70 years old, have been running and racing for 52 years, have a personal best of 14:36 for three miles and have a goal of breaking 30 minutes for 5K in the next year. I get up 6 times a night too. The air at sea level is thick enough for me. Just run and race and enjoy it!

Sorry, goofed up on that last message.

What I meant to run:

I too used to get up for a pee a lot during the night.

Everywhere I visited, the first place I’d seek out was the local toilets.

I finally left it too late and one day, I just couldn’t pee at all!

Bloody agony.

Rushed to casualty (ER) and had a tube down my dick to release urine.

What a relief.

Not for long, our Health Service (UK) didn’t seem to be in much of a hurry to perform the necessary operation and for weeks, I was walking about with a tube in dick going down to a bag strapped to my inner thigh!

Couldn’t do much running in that condition.

Eventually, became so frustrated, I sought out (on the net) a competent surgeon privately performing with a new procedure using a Gyrus system.

I went in on a Thursday morning, had the operation that evening - and was able to dive myself home (60 miles) the following morning!

I was running again after a week, albeit stopping on occasion for a bloody pee!

I’ve obviously never regretted it and the relief of having ‘normal’ urinary functions once again is unbelievable.

Get the op as soon as possible.

It's tough being an old dude on letsrun.com.

F**k em all I say.

Good luck with your efforts.

Prostate not Prostrate.

He could be like me. I am presently laying prostrate from pain in my prostate. Here's to the old guys.

I'd grab a bong too besides the bedpan if I was 76 and living part of my life inside a tent:

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