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Poster: granito
Subject: RE: 50-year-old Linda Somers-Smith finishes 8th (in the women's open race) at US Club Cross Country Champs
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Tony would probably be a lot more impressed by LSS's performance than you, because he knows a lot more about being "a bit more" dedicated and just how hard it is to keep from slowing down "a little" at (near) age 50. Somers-Smith is close to being fit enough to make the OTQ for the track distance events. Men don't even do that at age 40, if you want to spot her a decade due to "no depth" to women's running. Of course, that you would slough off as well with a denigrating comment from your comfy armchair.

Harry Seward wrote:

Getting crazy slow with age is myth that Tony Young proved wrong years ago. A little understandable depreciation, sure. Losing several minutes per decade off your 5k time, no.

Most masters just don't have the time or will to train like they should to be as fast as possible. And that's not a knock on them, it's life. Completely understandable.

When an older fellow (or lady) kicks some ass, it just shows that they've dedicated themselves a bit more.




(plus there's no depth in women's running)
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