Running is for YOUNG People NOT OLDER People

I qualified for the US Olympic Trials in the marathon at 37. Didn't run due to a stress fracture, was that pathetic?

Do not go gentle into that good night

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Nickyy wrote:

SeattleSilver wrote:

I had a choice of deciding whether you were inconsistent or couldn't express yourself well. I guessed the former, and you have now demonstrated that it was the latter.

Nickyy has an opinion, an opinion that he can kind of express. And why should anyone other than Nickyy care? I think I've fed the troll enough for one evening.

Why are you so upset? You whimper as if you cannot reconcile the obvious fact that there are many of us who think that older people desperately trying to play a young person’s sport like competitive running look ridiculous. Why are you so upset? I sense that you feel I am scrutinizing your trivial efforts. Get some pride.

Nikyy is correct in this thread.

There is something oddly wrong with Older people desperately trying to compete and "win" races. Kinda like a 75 year old single woman trying to date and settle down.

I would add that its also people who broadcast their competitiveness via Strava. That behavior is up there in terms of deplorable behavior.

Mid 40s guys bragging about their half marathon time. Its like, dude, I ran faster than that time when I was a sophomore in college.

Armstronglivs wrote:

5y25y3 wrote:

LMAO

Thank you brother. You owned the New Zealand monkey.

Another lower-order primate coprophiliac speaks.

You are like that poster, Harambe, calling others fear mongers.

You got called first and then you think you can just turn it around, poo flinger?

You are the poo flinging monkey. Like Harambe.

You got owned.

Stoppit Smith wrote:

No. I don't take meds.

AND, as long as you and your friends post with reckless abandon here, you are not guaranteed the safety nor security for the drivel you post.

You post and get what cards dealt you get.

You don't get Carte Blanche.

Nickyy wrote:

Take your meds and stop physically threatening others.

It must be that time of the month for Stoppit Smith

Bullet_Proof wrote:

Nikyy is correct in this thread.

There is something oddly wrong with Older people desperately trying to compete and "win" races. Kinda like a 75 year old single woman trying to date and settle down.

I would add that its also people who broadcast their competitiveness via Strava. That behavior is up there in terms of deplorable behavior.

Mid 40s guys bragging about their half marathon time. Its like, dude, I ran faster than that time when I was a sophomore in college.

But what are Nickyy's times?

Until we know them, it's just talk.

"I enjoy the knowledge that I can still cover, say 10 miles, comfortably to get home if I do something like drop a car off for service"

I am pleased to hear that I am not the only one who does the drop off for service and run thing.

Nickyy wrote:

When older people take running seriously it appears pathetic. This sport is for younger people. For older people it should just be a recreational hobby.

I don't get this post or thread. Well, I get that it's a troll thread, but it's just inane. How many "older" runners are actually professional runners? I'd say zero. So it is recreation. Then the question becomes really, what do you enjoy. If you enjoy working hard and pushing themselves, trying to be the best they can be at any age - they should 100% do that. People should do what makes them happy. That's just a simple truth.

Taking a step back and just talking about running - the number one reason I run is that I love to run. I also do love being on a team, competing, etc., but fundamentally I love running. I love how I feel when I'm running. I love how I feel after a run. When I see an "older" runner going hard, it is the exact opposite of pathetic for me - I think it's inspirational as I truly hope in 20, 30, 40 etc. years from now I find the same joy in my running.

It takes a small person to try and belittle others doing what they enjoy. OP is a true troll.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Nickyy wrote:

I have purposely avoided wanting this to be about me.

Of course. You want to hide the fact that you, yourself, despite presumably being young, don't take the sport seriously enough to even run a sub 60 400.

What do you know about running seriously if you've never done it yourself? Stop pretending that's not relevant - it's the heart of the matter, you know it, everyone reading this thread knows it.

Things suddenly became very diffucult for Nickyy when everybody understood he/she doesn´t have any results to back up his/her cockiness.

A group about 15 high school age kids were hanging out in the front yard of house in my neighborhood back in July as I was nearing the end of my 11+ mile run. One yelled out to me asking if they could run with me. I thought he was joking so I replied yes thinking they would just laugh and leave me to finish my run. But no, about 8 or so starting chasing behind me. They were closer than I wanted so I picked up the pace. Most hung just behind me for about 100 meters before giving up. A few held on for longer so I went into a sprint. One yelled out something in dismay about me going faster. I eventually dropped all of them after about a quarter mile. There were girls in the front yard with them which they may have been trying to impress. I was caring for my elderly father at the time so I was trying to be extra cautious to not catch and then spread Covid to my father. I'm sure given their youth they could have stayed with me if they had done any running training. But I think in this case the embarrassment was all theirs given they got dropped by an old man who had just run over 11 miles. My PRs are 3:11 marathon and 1:30 HM. I run almost every day because I enjoy running and the break it gives me during my day. I am not trying to prove anything to anyone else other than it is possible to stay fit and active as one ages. I am trying to stay off cholesterol and blood pressure medication that I once was prescribed. 6 years ago I was obese. I weighed 60 lbs more than I weigh now. I am back to about what I weighed in high school when I ran on the track and cross country teams. I typically only race a few times a year to challenge myself and to see where my fitness level may be. I really stopped worrying about what others thought of me after high school. I only care about what loved ones and friends think.

Steffen wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Of course. You want to hide the fact that you, yourself, despite presumably being young, don't take the sport seriously enough to even run a sub 60 400.

What do you know about running seriously if you've never done it yourself? Stop pretending that's not relevant - it's the heart of the matter, you know it, everyone reading this thread knows it.

Things suddenly became very diffucult for Nickyy when everybody understood he/she doesn´t have any results to back up his/her cockiness.

This thread was never about me. Many of you are so palpably insecure. My “results” are irrelevant. However, if you want to be in the conversation of my running level, let us first begin with a floor: Olympic Trials. However, this is not what this is about. Please understand that ability is what it is. This is about the obvious fact that this is a sport to do when you are young. It is interesting how so many of you think my opinion reflects on my ability as a runner. Older runners often look ridiculous when they are investing so much but it is the way of the world perhaps. I think most runners who did run well when young have little interest in trying to do so when older. Why would they? Again I ask do you think you look ridiculous when racing hard in middle age? Do you think Mike Tyson looks ridiculous boxing in his 50s? And of course the unstable clowns like Stoppit Smith will then want to fight me or ask me to step in the ring with Tyson. This is irrelevant just as if I had been a lousy runner it wouldn’t detract from the soundness of my point here.

I see your logic as inconsistent

In the context of your ability, you say "ability is what it is." but in the context of age, you say it looks ridiculous to run hard for older runners.

So genetics is not a consideration, you run with what you are given. But age is a consideration, and if you are no longer young, you shouldn't run hard.

I call BS.

So do a lot of others here.

Maybe we should all just do the best with what we are, and ideally encourage others to do the same (or at least not denigrate them and their efforts).

Genetics are not the issue. Surely you are smart enough to grasp this? When older runners post in a thread like this, most of you appear ridiculous also. How is it you want to brag about outrunning a few younger punks? Please tell me this is not so important to you.

you sound like a troll to me. Enjoy the rest of your day.

What age will you stop having sex because you accept that young people find the thought of older people having sex to be repulsive? 40? 50? Sex is for the young, right?

The "logic" of your troll thread is idiotic. We get it. Your troll point is that old people running hard looks silly (to you). That's obviously just ageism. A lot of people think anybody running looks silly/gay - and you can get beat up for it if the right truck load of hillbillies drive by. If you think that at a certain age people should not work out hard, science is against you. Exercise is the only effective way to reduce the signs of aging and stay young ( increase the length of your telomeres). If you want to stop exercising hard because you think it looks stupid, you should do that. I'm sorry you care so much what others think, grow a pair and stop being so insecure.

Again, I hope as I get older a I keep running, and keep having sex, until the day I die. I don't give a rats azz how it looks to others. Who would care what others think anyway? Stay healthy, stay happy - be a little more secure OP.

iamconfused wrote:

Former full scholarship athlete, competed at nationals in college and had some good times post collegiate. I agree with this. My grinning bow is 2-5 mile runs for exercise with mountain biking thrown in for fun. Haven’t run a race since my last Marathon attempting to make the trials.

(Though I did try to break 36 at 36 at a local 10k a decade ago).

This gentleman gets it. This is how many of us feel about this subject. Some of you apparently struggle with this notion or are offended that we might express our viewpoint. There is no intention to belittle those who disagree.

Why is it ageism? Is it ageism if you choose not to have children with a 55 year old woman? Some of you are profoundly stupid.

Sham 69 wrote:

Running is for YOUNG People NOT OLDER People

Got beaten by on old guy again, huh?

When old dudes can run you into the ground anyday of the week why not?