Thanks, CM, for reminding about this event. Pity that you do not attend it. Hope you regain your fitness by the fall.
Surprised that UK representation is not relevant to capabilities of top ladies and gents there. Looks strange as Finland is quite close.
In particular, I do not see ATP in the list for today's M70 5000. He would definitely be on the podium if not a winner (though a 18:08 PB from an Australian competitor looks fantastic).
I enjoy reading of your respective weekly training/racing. At 63-1/2, I am reminded my pace has slowed, that I am not alone on that fact, and that I’ve a long way to go. Keep at it. M: 8M - perfect summer weather for here (70deg, dry, overcast) - LT @ 5(5:30/1:15 rec) @ 8:20/10:40 pace - nice respite from oppressive temperatures and humidity
T: 40:00 treadmill @ 13:05 pace
W: 8.25M @ 9:45 pace - good summer result for me - 6x:20 strides
Th: 45:00 treadmill @ 12:50 pace
F: 4.5M with 8(:30/1:25) @ 7:45/11:30 pace - hot/humid at 6 am
Sat: 5km @ 8:20 pace. One minute slower overall than five years ago when I raced here. Not a big race with less than 100 entered. Typical small town race atmosphere: pin #, line up, go, race 1.55M out along the shaded running path, turn around, grind back to the finish, grab an ice cold water, gun time only, pass the old guy with huge mop of gray hair, and three of the four women ahead at the turn, place first in the old guy division, collect medal and Starbucks gift card (given only to first guy and gal over 60 cuz we need coffee). Good news is I had a really good out on the course. Not so good news . . . none. Continuing the training to improve the speed. Enjoy the week
USA Outdoor Nats Masters M60+ and W50+ 800m was pretty cool. Stevenson's Track at Hayward Field is ALWAYS special. They treated us like Kings & Queens. For me it was a lot of emotional energy in that it was a homecoming of twenty years after catching the fever for Competitive Masters Middle-Distance Racing when we raced a Master's Mile. I thought the crowd would throw rotten tomatoes at us. Boy was I wrong. They roared with approval and understanding. Who knew I would be invited back for the 800m. My fave event. The audience was slim this time around but they sure cheered for all of us. In particular Mike F's booming voice!
My 2-lapper went as planned (patience in 5th until a chance to strike around the final turn) with an almost 3rd only to get 'seabisquited' to finish 4th in 2:22-low. None of us hit our seasonal best. I felt that was due to the pomp and circumstances of the arena and TV and the high heat (hard to warm-up) and travel.
All in all a terrific experience with big bonus connecting with old friends-for-life. Including lots from this thread.
CM: Congrats on the 19:06! Three 60+ ers under 19:10! Wow! Magic Shoes: Congrats on the 5K. Our slowdown in the last decade is real…but beats the alternative…. KP: Thanks for sharing the experience. That’s as good as it gets.
Mon = 70 min easy flat Tue = 63 min medium, with some walking with group on gravel trail Wed = 30 min easy Thr = 70 min, easy flat, hot Fri = 70 min easy flat, hot Sat = 40 min easy, flat, hot Sun = Off, race Mon
Felt like an easy week. Since starting this “just run more, stupid” quest after my retirement in March it’s been quite a journey. It’s been more of a mental challenge than physical. It’s gone from incredibly boring to actually dreading that runs have to end; leaving me hungry for more running.
Just chipping away trying to get a bit fit and hold the injuries at bay.
Mon. Easy 5 km forest run 30 mins. 35 min mtn bike spin. 30 min kayak session. 10 min elliptical.
Tue. Fast 13 km undulating gravel mtn bike ride 34 mins. 3.6 km steep singletrack run 205 m elevation gain 34 mins.
Wed. 32 min kayaking session then 37 min mountain bike ride in the dark. Finished with 5 kms of jog/walk in 43 mins. 0°C by then.
Thu. Walked 3 kms to breakfast then jogged home over the hills with the newspaper. 3.9 kms 160m elevation gain 33 mins. 53 mins mtn bike ride.
Fri. 60 min mountain bike ride before a long drive. 4 kms steep hiking out the back of our friend's place.
Sat. 6 kms steep hiking with my wife in the morning. 9 km run with 560 m elevation gain first climb on very tricky singletrack 80 mins.
Sun. Long drive home (5 hours) then 3.6 kms 205 m elevation gain singletrack run 34 mins. Straight out for a 34 min mountain bike, dark by then. Icy cold winds.
Well done Michelle Rohl at World Masters.
The Aussie 70 plus 5 k guy is John Bermingham, 13.36ish pb for 5 kms.
GREAT fun in Eugene last week...hangin' out with SoCalCush and watching Dan King and KP race the exhibition 800...both running awesomely.
Will be back up for Worlds week after next.
Been heading to Eugene regularly for the past 47 years.
Track & Field news has just gone to print with a historical piece that I wrote about TrackTown's first big meet, the 1972 Olympic Trials...which were held 50 years ago this week, while lending provenance to their upcoming hosting of the biggest track meet not named the Olympics.
Managed 30 miles for this week (673 miles for first half of 2022) with a nice 4 mile progression run on the track on Wednesday and a hard tempo 8 miler yesterday.
Good morning. As usual I enjoyed reading the week’s training and racing summaries. KP reminded me how Hayward Field holds special significance. As a wild eyed 21 year old Trials qualifier 50 years ago, a personal masters best 16 years ago, and several other racing and coaching experiences in between and after. Life flys by when you are engaged. Like other posters I dropped into the World Masters site to marvel at the performances.
I added a tad more in volume this week, mostly on the cross training side. The totals are 42 Igy miles with breakdown as follows: 6 miles running, 16 miles walking, 2 hours spin biking, and 3,000 yards swimming. Next week I hope to convert some of the walking miles to running miles, and add a bit in the pool. If I can do this successfully, intensity can be increased in subsequent weeks.
Happy Independence Day for those State side. My wife has given me the task of stopping by Walmart after the Monday morning track workout for the traditional hamburger, hot dog and watermelon fixings. I heard that this year’s meal will be at least $10 more. Lately my shopping experience would say that understates the real cost.
Happy to read the reports. Happy to see you and other people of any age being enthusiastic about our sport. Like it! Good part of life and world.
My full week:
Mo 7 miles easy
Tu 30 min drills and jjmps uphill, 6x60m flat
We 7 miles easy
Th 2.5 miles tempo at 6:40 mpm, 5x150m cut down with slow walk back
Fr 7 miles recovery
Sa 4x100m buildups/walk, 3x (300m, 100m, 100m, 100m) all with slow 100m walk, idea was 60s, 16.0, 15.x, 15.0s
Su 95 min recovery in the hills
From next week, I will change my weekly sequence a bit and try to focus more on aerob power and lactate tolerance (if health, time and energy allows...)
Enjoy the good times, speedy recovery to all injured. BR
Btw: I have great respect for national masters championships. In my country, the club usually pays for fuel and the fee. Distances are not so long. Leaves on night accomodation which you can endure at "low" cost/level. We are not a poor country. Nearly all high level masters attend. It is a real championship, when everybody can attend. That is different with international masters championships. Those are touristic industry for the rich only. Great athletes without sufficient money are excluded. Guess, there are many on our planet. Sad.
Below are a few marathon results over the years (of 26 total). As a low mileage guy, the marathon has not been my strongest event, but it's my favorite. Alas, the latest is almost certainly my last.
Age 23 -- 2:40:30 Age 32 -- 3:20:47 Age 39 -- 3:12:46 Age 43 -- 2:56:03 Age 58 -- 3:07:23 Age 62 -- 3:44:06
I've been following the posts, here: inspiring training and race results!
After losing consciousness at the marathon finish line (brain injury, broken facial bones, many stitches, etc), I've had continued setbacks on my road to recovery.
My prostate symptoms worsened tremendously, resulting in an emergency visit to the urologist office. Urine had been backed up into my kidneys for a long while. They inserted a catheter and immediately drained more than TWO GALLONS. That was 9 days ago. The catheter remains in place, and the pain is so debilitating, I've been essentially bedridden.
Friday I had a follow-up CT of brain, but still need an MRI of brain, and a stress test for my heart. And I need to have ENT specialist check my broken facial bones (half my face is still numb). The next urologist appt is Tueday -- putting a scope up into my bladder. I am hoping the catheter comes out permanently, but have no idea.
Going forward, I am determined to work on my overall fitness -- upper body, core, balance, bicycle endurance. Also need to work paid construction jobs 50 hours a week and home projects at least 20 hours a week, so we'll see!
Best to you Allen1959. Sport and health are not synonymous. Same could be said for sport versus personal and professional responsibilities. We all seem to balance that well. I am sure my wife appreciates the morning help vacuuming the house far more than my compulsion to exercise. From the soon to be married wife of 48 years “ you ought to be good at running, you spend enough time doing it.” Couple that with a career as a track coach, some may question why she is still around. Must be love.
From the soon to be married wife of 48 years “ you ought to be good at running, you spend enough time doing it.”
Ha! Spouses are indeed special people. My dear wife has been wonderful through this latest ordeal (18th anniversary yesterday -- and together since 1997). For several hours after the marathon, she fantically searched for me and got no help from any of the staff and volunteers. She finally got a call from the hospital. And now, she's using her few vacation days to shuttle me around to all the specialists. We're in the "boonies," so everything is an hour or more away!
11th, July 4th race as a volunteer coming up. Same volunteers and we are getting old and that worries me.
I’ll have to get up at 2am, and make the long drive. Get the tables out, two big tubs where we have to put 3 bags of loose and one bag of block ice in the bottom before the bottles go in, put as many bottles in as we can then top it off with two more loose bags of ice and another block.
Grilling burgers. A lot of trash. Probably a thousand runners. Well 700 pre-entered anyway.
Then we get in the truck and set up the aid stations..then make it back to try and jump in and run. Which is sort of a joke. For me there has always been something about volunteering AND trying to race. It just doesn’t work.
Afterwards, we have to be ready to clean up everything and load the trucks back up. The other fellows are in their 70’s. I’m one of the youngest volunteers at 67. So, you gotta save yourself for volunteering.
There are other races to run best efforts I guess. I also ran 30 miles this week and lifted.
From the soon to be married wife of 48 years “ you ought to be good at running, you spend enough time doing it.”
Ha! Spouses are indeed special people. My dear wife has been wonderful through this latest ordeal (18th anniversary yesterday -- and together since 1997). For several hours after the marathon, she fantically searched for me and got no help from any of the staff and volunteers. She finally got a call from the hospital. And now, she's using her few vacation days to shuttle me around to all the specialists. We're in the "boonies," so everything is an hour or more away!
Yes we are lucky, and glad you have that kind of devotion.
Greetings, fellow 50+ers! Happy Independence Day to the USA citizens among us. Also, a sorrowful RIP to the great Bill Squires. He was truly one of the greats in so many ways.
I did not report last Sunday as I was on the road visiting the grandkids and helping my son and his family move to their new home. I did no running on that trip, but worked my tail off for three days going up and down the stairs to my son’s apartment (no elevator) lugging boxes and various other furniture paraphernalia. Ouch!
So, put me down for just shy of 18 miles of actual running for the fortnight and innumerable stairs climbed carrying boxes, etc. It’s good to be back to my regular routine.
I decided not to go to Finland for several reasons - cost, potential travel problems and risk of infection. As an alternative I ran a 1mile road race Friday evening (5:36) and a 5km race (19:29 with a steep hill at the end) today as part of an England Masters team running against a Welsh Masters team. Now it is all about recovery and preparation for next weekend.
I am finding it difficult to combine both distance and speed workouts at the moment and distance is losing out to speed. Hopefully that will change later in the summer.
Th- 3mi of heart rate run until 135bpm, then walk until 120bpm, repeat
Su- 6mi of walk with a ~60m stride every 400
Hello
First, let me introduce myself: male, 60yo, French. Been up and down (much more down than up over the last years) with my running, with many little but disabling injuries (hips, low back, ...). So mixing running and brisk walking (at around 4 to 4.5 mph) to work around these but still far from the expected fitness. Been reading this post for years finding good advice here and there.
Old Guy II, if you could share your experience, I would be delighted : I always read your posts because I am interested in the way you are mixing walking and running. If you could elaborate on the following points
1- when you are doing walk with strides how do you manage the transition from walking to strides, how do you manage transitioning from low to high intensity and still stay loose, relaxed and with good form ?
2- I see you do workouts of 400 m running / 400 m walking almost every week. At first glance, the length of the "reps" look low. How did you converge to these 400 m bouts (rather than, say, 800 or whatever). What benefits do you feel you get from these.
3- in general, I either run or walk. What do you think you get by mixing both in one session ?
Thanks in advance if you can take a few minutes to share this, I am sure I could get a lot from your answers and they may also be beneficials for other folks
Has anyone +50 had a meniscectomy and been able to return to running?
I’m 11 weeks out from a medial meniscectomy. My Ortho took about 20% and stated I had some diffuse mild to moderate OA. Overall it’s feeling pretty good- I can spin and ride a bike but still feel “ something “ when I go down stairs. I had some tibial bone edema on presurgical MRI which was where the majority of my pain was. I tried a couple of brief jogs every other day 5 weeks post surgery but felt it in the same tibial area.
reluctant to go backwards so I haven’t wanted to test it out till it’s absolutely feeling 100%
