My dad just ran a 1:47 half at 73!

Getting a good stretch of injury-free training at our age is the path to success at our age. Almost every one of us over 70 has some joint, or tendon, or cartilage, or bone or something that has gotten fragile with age and has to be carefully managed to avoid injury. Great time by your dad!

Amazing!

He's faster than me 😬 (female, 40's, run three times less, no weight training, tropical climate).

Congratulations. May he keep running into his 80’s.

Can you briefly describe his weight training regimen?

For a moment I thought you were talking about a half-mile.

I'm very impressed. Congratulations to him.

In most major races when something like this really happens there is a news story to report about it. Do you have a link?

Huh?? A really nice effort but hardly newsworthy. Casting aspersions doesn't suit you.

Human interest stories are about the only thing that makes the news today. I just don't see the need for keeping the major race a secret.

Age graded results are around 76% which is decent. The better thing is you made a thread dedicated to your old man.

1:47 for 2 laps at 73! Amazing!

When the time is doubled, it's slower than a 3:07 marathon, which is the standard of excellence for any age. So I'm not impressed.

Quite inspiring. What can the old SOB manage for 5k? Around 23 minutes?

Ed Whitlock ran 1:29 and Libby James ran 1:46 at age 76.

Congrats to the Dad!

But what distance for this 1:47?

Congrats for your pop good time. Sounds like he found a training regimen that works for him to avoid injury.

I think he might become the next Ed Whitlock (a slightly slower version) haha