Can an ex elite runner make a serious comeback

The simple answer is yes, it can be done.

Give it a go and good luck.

Provided your hamstring is OK and you don't have any other new physical problems you certainly should be able to return to at least near your previous level. It will take years to get there, of course, but you presumably already know this.

It will comeback soon enough. 27 is still very young.

Do it. sounds like you’ll regret it otherwise. Plus it will be fun!

It’s certainly possible. Ben St. Lawrence did it:

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Watching Olympic athletes compete it’s hard to imagine a time when they weren’t in peak condition. They seem born to...

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Quentin Cassidy did it

How fast did you run?

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Google "Tommy Hughes". He's a 60+ runner that was a 2:13 marathoner in the 90s. He's overcome some very serious setbacks and should provide you with a lot of inspiration.

Yes with the right spiritual focus you can recover. God is great and Christ is king.

I think yes but I think it's more likely in long distance than middle distance.

The company’s vice chair told the story of a young man who had asked Mozart about how he could begin composing symphonies

Mozart told the man that at 22 years old, he was too young.

“You were writing symphonies when you were 10 years old,” the man protested.

“Yes, but I wasn’t running around asking other people how to do it,” Mozart responded according to Munger.

Whether you believe you can, or believe you cannot, you’re right!

How bad do you want it?

Go way back in history to the 1980's of the last century- Carlos Lopes. Yes, it can be done.

Go for it!!!

Yes just look at Ben Blankenship

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Ben Blankenship

Ben Blankenship (born December 15, 1888) is an American middle distance runner. He is a world record holder as a member of the 2015 USA Distance medley relay team, of which he ran the 1600-meter anchor leg. Running career Ele...

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What are your PRs?

Yes, it is possible. As others have shown in their replies to you, there have been several outstanding runners who stopped running for several years but then made very impressive comebacks. Here's another example: There was a great HS runner who broke the national high school sophomore class record in the 5,000 back in 2001, but didn't run at all after graduating HS. But then 7 years after graduating HS (after not running a single mile during that time), and at the age of 25, he decided to try to make a comeback. And believe it or not, after just running for about 6 months and averaging only 20 miles per week for that 6-month period, he ran an 8,000 all by himself in a workout, on a track, in 23:14 (and he ran barefoot). And then about 2 weeks later, he ran in the Warf-to-Warf 6-mile road race near Santa Cruz (CA) in 28:12.