Distance running doesn't speed up the aging process. Activating sirt1 protects you from aging, and endurance exercise is the ideal way to increase sirt1 levels throughout your body. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4113516/
Distance running doesn't speed up the aging process. Activating sirt1 protects you from aging, and endurance exercise is the ideal way to increase sirt1 levels throughout your body.
Dude, you're not a Funko Pop. You won't remain in "mint condition" by never opening your box. That's the whole point of life - not to maintain your highest resale value.
First problem: you charted your last 21 years of training based on advice at an "anti-aging" clinic.
What was the test they gave you? A "how much are you recovering from your hard efforts" test? Or did the doc (it was a doc, right?) run some bloodwork and offer a recommendation he wasn't qualified to make?
Regardless of your success in the 400/800...the willingness to take running advice from an anti-aging clinic shows where your priorities were. The fact that you constantly talk about supplements and brag about the effects of your anti-aging routine (posting pics????) shows your priorities never shifted.
Look at interviews with those Turpin kids, who were stuck in their rooms their rooms their whole lives ... they all look half their actual age. I noticed a similar phenomenon that acquaintenences I had who sat around and smoked weed their entire 20s usually aged well.
On the other hand, I notice that distance runners always look way older than their actual age. Probably distance running combined with the fact that distance runners are type-A personalities and so they live high-octane lives that include stressful careers, getting up early in the morning, drinking lots of coffee and taking supplements, etc.
Aging of your skin due to more exposure to the elements but not aging of your internals...
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I quit "distance" running in 2000 when medical tests at an anti-aging clinic showed that I was not recovering from my hard training efforts and that over time, it would age me faster than a more moderate approach to running.
First problem: you charted your last 21 years of training based on advice at an "anti-aging" clinic.
What was the test they gave you? A "how much are you recovering from your hard efforts" test? Or did the doc (it was a doc, right?) run some bloodwork and offer a recommendation he wasn't qualified to make?
Regardless of your success in the 400/800...the willingness to take running advice from an anti-aging clinic shows where your priorities were. The fact that you constantly talk about supplements and brag about the effects of your anti-aging routine (posting pics????) shows your priorities never shifted.
IIRC, the doctor, an MD, compared my blood chemistry to a database of a large number of people. The long term markers in my blood compared to people who were younger than me in this database. Note that at that time I was in my early 50s and had been an active runner for about 20 years and active in sports prior to that. However, the short term markers indicated that I was 70 years old.
Now, was this a valid test? I honestly don't know. The doctor is a very long term friend and he believes it. He's in his 80s and still plays tennis.
After the test, I started researching aging. What made sense to me was that very hard long distance running (14 miles the previous day), created a lot of byproducts that my body wasn't able to eliminate in 24 hours. Maybe it could when I was 30, but it wasn't doing the trick at 50. My body was recovering fast enough.
I'm not a doctor, but I reasoned that over time, this chronically elevated cortisol and whatever else was being measured wouldn't be healthy. Healthy aging and running were both very important to me... so what should I do?
I love running, but I hate the marathon and I'm not good at it so I made two changes. 1. I would keep running, but I would no longer train to competitively race the half or full marathon. I would focus shorter distances. 2. I would find supplements to counter these negative effects of intense training.
Subsequent research over the years, training for years with Jim Spivey (great coach!), and attending a virtual camp with Nick Willis, have confirmed (to me) that my body doesn't respond well to competitive distance training.
tl;dr
Running is very healthy. It is FAR better than a sedentary (ie, typical) lifestyle. As we age, it takes longer to recover from hard, long runs. Chronic lack of recovery doesn't eliminate running benefits, but it reduces them. Chronic lack of recovery can be treated by supplements and with training changes.
How does Scott Peterson look so young at age 48 (the age he was when pictured below)? Probably because no sun exposure or stress if you live in prison? Am I on to something here?
In my experience it is the opposite. At our HS reunion we took photos of our state champion XC team. There were six of us there. The lone soph wasn't in our class so just us six seniors. Comparing other photos those of us that were still active doing cardio type training we looked much better and younger than our other classmates.
Dermatologists: wear sunscreen every day, and avoid the sun as much as possible. Sun damage causes aging of the skin. Apply retinol every day to reverse aging, use a high quality facial cleanser and moisturizer.
Runners: I'ma run in the sun for 1-2 hours per day for a few decades with no sunscreen, wash my face with whatever soap is on sale at the grocery store, then wonder why it looks like I'm aging faster.
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