David Letterman - "runners face" is REAL

too bad he seems to be immune to runners body

"Runner's face" is in fact "Shoulda used sunscreen face"

He is almost 70

Why is Dave wearing those sony headphones from like 1986? Does he have a discman tucked in the back of those board shorts?

He looks happy, like he's having fun. Yeah, that's a runner's face all right.

50 Shades Of Gray Area wrote:

"Runner's face" is in fact "Shoulda used sunscreen face"

+++1

I've had a friend that said something about how running makes you look old due to the free radicals that are a product of increased oxygen use. My reply was 'Or, it could be from spending so much time in the sun".

Big Dummy.

You innocent lambs wrote:

He looks happy, like he's having fun. Yeah, that's a runner's face all right.

Correct - Serious runners are not enjoying their runs. They are obsessing about the pace and the conditions.

Also, runner's face is not due to exposure to elements, it is due to emaciation and destruction of the boy's ability to rejuvenate in any area other than training adaptation. Real runners look older than they are for a reason - they are aging faster.

Beeeno Cookie wrote:

Also, runner's face is not due to exposure to elements, it is due to emaciation and destruction of the boy's ability to rejuvenate in any area other than training adaptation. Real runners look older than they are for a reason - they are aging faster.

Speak for yourself. Some of us got the sunscreen memo even in the late '70's and have the youthful countenances to show for it (living in a cloudy climate helps as well). I routinely get guesses at 20 years younger than my current age.

Flours wrote:

Why is Dave wearing those sony headphones from like 1986? Does he have a discman tucked in the back of those board shorts?

I wear similar ones, vertical-in-the-ear headband-style, lightweight headphones (from 2016 not 1986). I wear ear buds at work, but for running, I prefer the other style. They stay on my head and allow for a lot of outside road noise.

This is what I'm wearing these days:

Unsure what the problem is, he seems happy.

How come guys like Bekele, Kiprop, Gbreselassie, Tergat, etc. never got runners face? Were they not running in the sun?

Kiprop is young and mid-distance. But the others—Bekele, Gbreselassie and Tergat—have it. The look is kind of hollowing out as you age. Maybe you don't get that if you're not skinny. I actually think Letterman looks more like he has an alcoholic's nose. But he looks happy and ruddy--just without professional lighting and makeup.

runners face wrote:

How come guys like Bekele, Kiprop, Gbreselassie, Tergat, etc. never got runners face? Were they not running in the sun?

50 Shades Of Gray Area wrote:

Beeeno Cookie wrote:

Also, runner's face is not due to exposure to elements, it is due to emaciation and destruction of the boy's ability to rejuvenate in any area other than training adaptation. Real runners look older than they are for a reason - they are aging faster.

Speak for yourself. Some of us got the sunscreen memo even in the late '70's and have the youthful countenances to show for it (living in a cloudy climate helps as well). I routinely get guesses at 20 years younger than my current age.

So is 8 years of running an average of like 40ish miles a week going to mess me up for life?

Random Dude Bro wrote:

Much has been argued if "runners face" is a real thing. I.e. repetitive damage to the skin/cells due to the pounding on the pavement.

Look at this picture of David Letterman jogging:

https://pmchollywoodlife.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/david-letterman-unrecognizable-beard-gsi-lead.jpg?w=600

There is no denying.

That looks more like "letting yourself go to pot face" than runners face.

I'm not convinced this a thing. All the runners I know look younger than everyone else their age.

I've done 40-ish miles/week average (up to 100-110 for short stints) for the better part of 40+ years of running. But I use sunscreen diligently. It isn't "natural" so a lot of health-conscious people don't buy in, but I argue that looking 40 at age 60 isn't "natural" and it is one of the few things that works over the long-term. I lost a half-brother to skin cancer 30 years ago so that was a big motivator.

college sophomore wrote:

50 Shades Of Gray Area wrote:

Speak for yourself. Some of us got the sunscreen memo even in the late '70's and have the youthful countenances to show for it (living in a cloudy climate helps as well). I routinely get guesses at 20 years younger than my current age.

So is 8 years of running an average of like 40ish miles a week going to mess me up for life?

I'm still adjusting to the fact that Letterman must have donned a progressively balding wig for the last 20 years or so.

Seinfeld is bald now too. Somewhere George Costanza is laughing.

Damn Letterman is looking rough