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Old Fat Guy wrote:

I'm 55, about 40 pounds over running weight and getting back into it after about 6 years off. I'll lose the weight and end up running somewhere between 17 and 19 for 5K. I'll have fun. However, I wouldn't mind hopping in a 200, 400 or maybe even a 100 meter race just to get the legs working again. Neurologically, I can still run about 12 seconds for 100 meters. That's a guess. However, if I were to ever try that, my groin would pull probably within the first few strides coming out of the blocks and certainly both hamstrings would give way anywhere near top speed. So how do I get my muscles to catch up to my nervous system or is this just the way it goes, you get old, the muscles go first, the nerves go later and you can't go back? Any old sprinters know what I'm talking about?

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