Older Runners : At what age did you break 20, 40 & 90 the last time ?

A) 53

b) 49

c) 51, but hardly ever do the half

I stopped caring at 29. So probably around then. Just moved onto the next phase in life. Still exercise regularly, but that is where I stopped training.

58, 53, 57

I’m 70

19:10 at 53 yrs old

38:49 at 48 yrs old

Barely walk now !

a) 61, my most recent race. Probably can still do it now at 62 if I can put together a decent training block.

b) 56, haven't run any since but probably can't.

c) Never (or haven't yet, if I'm being unrealistically optimistic). Was 14 seconds over at 56.

M66.5 here. As of the Fall '24 was still under all 3 bars. The goal for the upcoming season is the same. However, these 3 are of different difficulty. 20/5k seems the easiest to make and 40/10k - the hardest (IMHO).

Age 39.

Of course I ran no races in my 40s or 50s

M63 now

Probably late 40s for all three. The only one I really am sure of is the half, that was 47.

I always said I'd pack it in when I couldn't break 40 mins for 10 km. Still going, but rarely race any more, and nothing longer than 10 km.

The 60 year olds I know who can still break 20 are tiny little men.

19:56 at 55

never broke 40 past 50 , closest I could get was 40;18

was never able to work up to do a half-marathon.

multiple injuries in late 50's and early 60's prevented any effective training.

It might help if you got all-time PRs along with the ages because the age will vary based on how fast the respondent was to begin with.

5K: PR - 16:04 last broke 20 at 48.

10K: PR - 32:50 last broke 40 at 42 (I didn't run another for about 8 years so 46 or 47 is probably a better estimate).

Half: PR - 1:14:47 last broke 1:30 at 44.

5k PR 16:37. last sub-20 TBD (19:29 on fairly hilly course age 62 last summer)

10k PR 33:31 (net downhill, probably 34-low record-eligible) last sub-40 a 39:43 on fast course last spring at 62. might be done with that one

1/2 marathon PR 1:15:27 -- last sub-90 1:26:08 in September at 63. With luck on injuries should be able to do this again for another year or two?

--Dave

(5k) At 55 ran 18:53, at 56 ran 18:56 then 19:20ish at 57. 61 now and hope to do it this summer.

(10k) no recent 10k's (since my early 40's I would guess)

(half) at 49 I ran 1:20:06. That was the last time I trained and/or ran a half.

I got two out three last year before I voluntarily walked away from competitive racing last June. My last race was an 18:01 5k at age 64. Two weeks before that I ran a HM in 1:25:38 also at age 64. Didn't quite get the sub 40 at last falls Turkey Trot 10k with a 40:37 with my new training plan of about 20 mpw running, 60 of biking and about 10 mpw of walking.

I'm running a 10k this June so maybe I'll get my sub 40 there, or not. Only because I won a free entry at last year's race!

Dave

My PRs were on the track at age 21.

Did run a 5.2 mi Xcountry course in 27:55 at that time.

WE did not do 5k and 10k's back then

You ran 18:01 and 1:25 and did not break 40 minutes? You must have been near 40 minutes for some 10k stretch in your HM

Ahhh... Good point. I'll have to go back and check my splits to see if I did break 40 during the race!

After my last race in June, I dropped my mileage from 55 to 20 mi a week, no speed work, and no long runs. Which probably attributed to only running 40:37 in November. But I was okay with that because I vowed to never train hard to race fast ever again!...50 years of this was enough.

Dave

I'm 61 and have run 18:35 for 5K and a hilly 1:28:44 HM this past year. No 10Ks recently; but at 58 I ran a HM in 1:20:59 and was 38:30 at 10K.

PRs are 16:11, 34:03 and 1:15:18, all at age 44/45. I did not road race seriously in my younger years.

How old are you now? Some guys stop mid- late-20s for a decade and then have a decade of hard running/racing.