At what age did you stop feeling young?

I am 53 and I will let you know when it happens.

I don't think the OP, and me personally, "feel" old. More like we are becoming aware of the aging process for the first time. I feel plenty young. But my body is slowly becoming a different body it was when I was 17 or 20.

Speaking of aging, this is kind of cool.

http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/

53 and I can still bust out a sub 5:00 mile. You might think it would problematic in that it's about a minute slower than my PR, but it's not because the perceived effort and the satisfaction of reaching a goal feel exactly the same.

I'm 25. I feel quite young until I hang out with college kids. It makes me feel a little bit nostalgic, and a little bit embarrassed about how I probably used to act. I first realized this when I visited my college campus about a year after finishing grad school. It seemed like an entirely different atmosphere.

For all those moaning about feeling older in their twenties or thirties you will look back in 10 yrs time and want to kick your younger self

An elderly friend of my mum recently had her 88th birthday party

As she was struggling to get up from her chair to blow out the candles on her cake she sighed and said 'ooh I wish I was eighty again'!

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Self Deluded wrote:

I'm 49 and I'm still feeling young.

Yes but your age means that you really can't remember what it feels like to be young.

You've just got used to feeling this way, and you thought you always felt this way.

If you were any sort of athlete - as I was - you feel like shit now. I creep out of bed every day and have been getting therapy for my back for the last 6 monhts. There isn't a muscle that wasn't torn, or tendon not strained that doesn't hurt every minute of the day. My back is twisted.

If you're 49 and feeling young, you must have stayed inside as a kid.

Now while I feel like shit, I can still kick ass. None of that changed,

tomorrow!

Ive seen men and women in my hospital in their 70's and 80's, come in that have that "it" factor. Forever young. You can see it a mile away.

Ed Smallwood wrote:

53 and I can still bust out a sub 5:00 mile.

49 and I've just run my first sub 6 minute mile.

For me, in terms of running, I feel stronger at 30 in my day to day running, including speed work, but especially general aerobic runs and tempos, than I ever did at 18. But I do have more very minor things that crop up now and then, ie nagging hamstring issue, sore calves that I never ever experienced in my early/mid 20s.

38 or 39. I was really excited about racing masters, but then my body sort of fell apart (after being basically 100% health and injury free) and now at 42, I have yet to really run a race as a master.

Pass the bong, now I wanna be your dog .

I'm 26 and have no idea how some of you that are my age feel old.

Physically I feel great, run between 120 and 130 miles a week and can crush tempo runs and long runs.

I can also date a 20 year old OR a 30 year old and not feel weird about either.

48, and feel young. This is partially due to the fact that I was out of shape in my 30's. I am theoretically capable of hitting PR's (if I put in the time). That said, several extremely active friends confide that the mid-50's is when they found it really difficult to come back from injuries and setbacks.

The moment I opened the farting is funny thread. I realized I my sense of humor is not nearly as juvenile as most who post here.

i'm 30 and feel/look as young as I did in high school. Have all my hair, have yet to get hair in unwanted places, weigh what i did sr yr of high school, faster than ever (compared to all american in college), have more money than ever, have a good job resume, have more free time than ever, am more independent than ever, & ultimately 1000 times happier than ever.

Not getting married has helped. While I don't spend much time watching tv (many of the old people I know have "their" shows), when I do it's usually MTV, ESPN, & E!. I can't think of much that is more annoying than my friends/family who don't know hit songs or how times change when it comes to dressing/grooming/etc. I don't spend an hour commuting in the car everyday to work. That's huge too. And finally, I run twice a day & have comparable running goals that I had in college. I expect the times to be the same or faster, the abs to be as strong, etc. Having the same goals as I did when I was younger (and the goals still being realistic) has made 28, 29, and 30 yrs old feel very similar to 20, 21, and 22 yrs old. No reason to have a plateau at 30 or earlier when Lagat is out there doing his thing at his age.

that's my opinion.

"I can't think of much that is more annoying than my friends/family who don't know hit songs or how times change when it comes to dressing/grooming/etc."/ quote

Do you have a blog I can folllow ?

im 26 and i still feel like im 18 on the physical aspect. im faster than i've ever been. im stronger, still look young.

i'm always mistaken for being way younger than i am which is kinda cool now. i use to hate that when i was 18 ppl thought i was 15

not everyone develops late but it def helped me with my youthful appearance

i only feel old on the mental aspect. wiser, more experienced in life tho i feel there is still a lot for me to learn

i dont think i'll truely feel old til im about 35 or so. when i have kids and have retired from running.

43. When I stopped all running and lifting. After 6 months I felt old from the time I got up to the time I went to bed.