At what age did you stop feeling young?

depressed guy thread

This thread is enjoyable to say the least . . .

I am almost 30 and I could probably go back to undergrad as a junior or senior. I have always looked young and matured late. I felt like in high school I was just a child and even in college I probably looked like a high schooler. It wasn't until grad school that I started to feel like a man, stacking on some serious muscle and shaving everyday.

I will probably be one of those guys who can live to 100 because my biological clock just runs slower than everyone else.

Although, as some have pointed out, recovery from working out is a be-otch as you start to getting older.

I'm almost thirty. This is a well-timed thread, because I just realized this week that my tired legs and slow recovery are most likely due to my age.

I'm hoping it'll get better as I build up my base. If not, then I'll probably just pick up gardening or knitting or something nice like that.

I'm 52 and I don't feel old, but I can't stay out drinking all night and get up 2 hours later and run 15 miles like I could when I was in my 30's.

Things like that.

I have more energy than the 30+ people I work with- they comment on that and think of me as being their age.

I've had a few women in their 20's/early 30's express some interest in me, despite the fact that they know I'm married and one female friend told me I can have ANY woman who works with us (according to the women when they talk).

So, that makes me feel young.

I'm 51, and still kick-ass on most 20-40 year old's. My Dad, 76, still runs, cycles, ski's, hikes and just got a new girlfriend (my Mom passed years ago). Stay fit and you feel young!

I am turning 40 in two weeks. I feel like a teenager mostly because I've stayed in great shape by running and light weight-lifting non-stop for over 27 years. I

see young people's eyes go wide when they hear my age, but admittedly, I do have some "old" moments.

Aging is really nice when you stay in really good shape. The trick is to train with younger guys and hang out socially with older people (or even my own age), I find. It makes you feel ageless. The young runners make you forget completely your age and then, when you engage real world people, you are the youngest looking guy in the room and everyone reinforces it passing you some envy and nice commentary.

Plus, every woman over forty looking like Jennifer Aniston will bat eyes at you.

Running is a very reliable formula for attracting women as you age. The playing field really begins to tilt in your favor after college, and the advantage of fitness compounds with each passing year, as your male contemporaries (i.e., competition) become fat slobs.

Good to hear i'm not the only one,,i too started at 38 yrs old and been loving it ever since..My kids are grown up as well,and sometimes the freedom feels strange,but allows me to focus in at just how good can i become at 49? Or 50?

Many local runners here in thier 50's very competitive--

and take it seriously,which is a challange that will keep me going age or not.

You feel old when you know in your heart that you can't possibly break your personal best from last year.

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i started feeling old at age 6. i remember watching my peers play stupid games like 4 square and butts up. i thought to myself, god what is going to happen when my generation takes control of the government and industry!

I stopped feeling young between about 12 to 17, when I felt like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders ... and started feeling young again around 24-25 when I realised the weight of world doesn't need burden your youth.

35 After my 1st kid was born, it wasn't about me anymore

I competed in the olympic trials in track at 35 and even ran a personal best in the qualifying rounds (didn't quite recover for the final). I must say that I had been feeling "old" for a few years before that. As I was training during my last years, I felt like my flexibility was leaving me, my stomach always hurt, my feet were always achy and I was very inconsistent. It was totally worth it though. I would do it again.

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37 - Had a stroke 55 minutes into a 1 hour run. Happened as I was running past a hospital at 5:30 in the morning. Was able to get myself to the parking lot before it went bad. Nurse going into work found me (of course I had no ID). Live in a small town and after about 40 minutes someone in the hospital recognized me. I run with ID now. Scared the shit out of me. Life long runner - about 50 miles a week, no high cholesterol, great medical check ups. To this day no one is sure why it happened. Back to running now, turning 40 this year sometimes still get a little nervous on early morning runs.

when my grandchildren were born.

When I was 35 and into power-lifting, it felt like my body was falling apart. Then I came back to running and eventually started running ultras. I hit a number of PR's when I was 50. Now I'm 55 and have been steadily struggling for a couple of years. I guess it all depends what you mean by feeling young. If you are talking about having a bulletproof body, that feeling comes and goes. If you are talking about optimism about the future and continuing to push yourself, that feeling may never go away - I hope it doesn't for me. There are plenty of examples of what can still be accomplished. I'm not just thinking of Ed Whitlock. Paul Reese ran across the country at the age of 73. Even my neighbor is jogging 100 miles per week at the age of 70. So for me, feeling young is continuing to push and have goals and trying to learn.

Forty. This is how forty feels.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/openminded-man-grimly-realizes-how-much-life-hes-w,19273/