Denizens of LetsRunDotCom, my thirtieth trip around this burning ball of gas draws near. For more than half this life, I have been running with a desire for speed. Alas, I have never tasted the sweet milk of this sport that is joining the ranks of the elite, nay even the sub elite sect. But please, tell me hope is not lost! Regale me with tales of those who have ascended the running ranks beyond their 30th annum. I decree also that the mention of that longest of distances, stretching from distant Marathon to the mighty acropolis atop Athens, be kept in your lips as much as possible, as my primary interest be in the distances of 800, 1600 and 9, and 5000 metric units. Come now, surely some among us have had such a renaissance after many years of toil?
TLDR: any scrubs go super saiyan and become elite/sub-elite post 30? No thons tho.