Older Runners : At what age did you break 20, 40 & 90 the last time ?

Aside from having 20 seconds on you in the 10, mine are near identical and all set/equalled in my early-mid 30's.

Broke 90 on my 50th birthday last year, under 20 a couple of times this year, haven't given a straight 10K a shake in a long while but I split 38:59 as part of a 15K race in my mid 40's.

I'm 59 and getting slower, but my last races were 18:01, 36:51, 1:23. Hoping to hold it off for another 8 years...

i think it was 52, 53 and 55 for me. 58 now. running-wise, it's been a tough three years. my springs are broken. trying to learn to enjoy slow jogging. even then, several things hurt all time.

Agree, it's not easy. I eat less, drink less alcohol, and try and keep the calorie burning activities up. Now 67, and a couple of pounds lighter than when I ran my best 800m at 27.

Not sure what counts as tiny, but ran 19:45 at age 65, at 5' 8 1/2" and 148 lbs.

A - 52

B - 50

C - 48

I was mainly a 800m runner but also competed seriously in the 400m and the 1500m.

I also occasionally ran 100m and 200m AND on the road 5k, 7.5k, 10k and 13.3k.

My last 5000m was in just over 19 when I was 51 but 14 days later I ran 7.5k in 27:20 with a 5000m split in just around 18. I was still in good shape at 55 so I assume I could have run sub 20 also at that age. I ran 4:35 in the 1500m at age 55.

My last 10k was just under 39 at 50 but the 7.5k in 27:20 at age 51 indicates a 10k in 37 so I could possibly still have gone sub 40 at age 55.

I have only run one HM in my life. 97 on a hilly route in my late 50ies when I didn´t train so hard anymore. But it was also long away from my 800m. Some of my team mates who were more focused on longer distances ran around 84 in their late 50ies.

My weight was 65-66kg when I was 25 and now 48 years later it is the same.

I do nothing other than living a healthy life. I have been drinking very little alcohol after age 25 and haven´t been drinking at all for almost 9 years.

I ran low 2:10 in the 800m at age 55. I think i was around 2:24 at age 60.

I turn 67 in March. I stopped competitive training at 36 after deciding I'd flogged myself enough. I woke up on a Sunday morning intending to go for a 18-mile run, realised that training had become like putting on the same wet swimsuit every day, and quit on the spot.

Last sub-20 for 5K was at age 45 (PR is 15:53 at age 35).

Last sub-40 for 10K was at age 43 (PR is 32:18 at age 35).

Last sub-90 for 22.1K was at age 37 (PR is 69:54 at age 34).

"We are not now that strength which in old days moved Earth and Heaven.
That which we are, we are - one equal temper of heroic hearts.
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will.
To strive, to seek, to find - and not to yield."

M66 now. 5K PR is 15:42. Went 19:24 at age 53. Frequent injuries soon followed.

I don't care for the 10k and half, on a competitive level. i find the training to be good at them is antithetical to ideal health and just feeling physically good in general.

but I hope to be able to pull off a sub 20k 5k at least until 50. mid 40s now.

the year I can't do it will probably be kind of a relief though. At that point, my running will probably transition to 2 mile slow jogs, ONLY WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT. And moderate effort sprinting for general health and function.

I ran 19:53 at almost age 51 and I also broke 90 in the Half at age 50 (1:29:05, hilly course)

I don't remember the last time I broke 40.

57, 57, 57... and when I turn 58 in a few months, I'll aim to keep "running under"... with good luck and good health.

Now at 85, I've been running for 70 some years, and injuries recur and are abated on elliptical machines. Although I don't think I ever did a 15:42, I spent some 20 years doing trail and hill races through the NorthEast, with no memorable times but a first in a national masters hill race over 70. I recall times in my twenties, though, 17 minutes for 5K in the Marines with a pack, 27:31 for 5 miles over hills (with about a 16:30 5K en route) behind Spike Paranya, 60 minutes for 10 miles behind Ed Duchini in Washington, and 3 hours and a few seconds in an early Central Park marathon, which persuaded me to give up the marathon. Now I approach World Masters in Gainesville, and everything gets harder and slows down and I can cherish the passing scenery and the damsels running by me in my dotage, and maybe, if I'm lucky can win a world fogey medal, as all of us compete against the ever steepening climb of age, and wonder how Roger Whitworth did it.

5K - 54

10K - 46 but didn't run one again for 5 years or a flat one for 13 years

1/2 - 53

a: 49 (never ran it competitively afterwards)

b: 47 (never ran it competitively afterwards )

c: n/a

43 15:57 -- 63 19:05

39 34:44 -- 44 35:02

never raced anything longer than 10k

More of a mid d runner

Started a sub 6 mile streak 8 years ago when I turned 60

Hope to extend the streak past 70

When 5:xx turns into 6:xx, I will set a goal of breaking 7. Why? Because it seems to work for me. I took a page out of the sub 5 streakers adjusted to my slower times. Those guys could run 10ks at sub 5 pace then over time it gets harder and harder. What a great long term motivator.

Ed Whitlock ran 18:33 when he was over 70. HA! Not bad Ed.

I managed an 18:49 at 50, off 20mpw with a few intervals thrown in.

I was more of a half-miler/miler, but did run 16:22 in high school XC over 5k. Hats off to Ed Whitlock!