Aging & getting old

Don't forget the non-Cat millennial forerunner Chatsworth Osborne Jr.

You are 35 and don't own a home and I'm the loser?

amkelley wrote:

[quote]Ghost of Igloi wrote:

No TRT for me either--it might help my running but it would be no good for my marriage.

No good for a marriage? I thought it would be the other way around, lol. And the "low-T" centers are cropping up everywhere in this country...it must be a lucrative business.

if you think 40 is settled, you are going to be going to work, coming home and watching tv until bedtime the rest of your sad little life. honestly, get rid of your television

But, without a TV, how am I going to watch Chloe? I also like watching baseball and college basketball so gotta have my TV.

Caffeine Charlie wrote:

No good for a marriage? I thought it would be the other way around, lol. And the "low-T" centers are cropping up everywhere in this country...it must be a lucrative business.

Uh, I don't think my husband would appreciate his wife growing facial hair and suddenly dropping her voice an octave...

Bored& aging wrote:

You are 35 and don't own a home and I'm the loser?

I didn't own my first home until I was 41. Are you calling me a loser?

Bored& aging wrote:

I admire the heck out of guys that can keep hitting it hard as Master's runners. But it's not JUST desire and diet, aging is real. There are injuries (and illnesses) that occur that can take you out of the game, no matter how much "want to" you have, no matter what your diet.

I have huge respect for elite Master's runners but there is some degree of luck involved just to still be able to lace em up every day.

It's mostly genetics & biomechanics...no surprises there. Good biomechanics equals a low injury rate and older runners will able to handle the high mileage, regular speed workouts, etc., that's needed to be competitive & stay fast. A lot of us less fortunate in the area of biomechanics, simply can't handle the mileage & speed workouts necessary to stay fast & competitive. We simply breakdown at a certain level and develop a pattern of debilitating chronic injuries whlie the biomechanically blessed stay consistent with their injury-free training.

There's no way 60 & 70 year olds can run 5 - 6 days week, high mileage, regular speed sessions & year round racing without superb biomechanics. Anyone who thinks otherwise has no clue how biomechanics fit into injury-free training & racing for competitive older runners. There also may be a degree of testosterone replacement therapy & even HGH use with the older demographics. Low T centers are an emerging business in the U.S. and some anti-aging specialists are using HGH with their clients. Dietary principles & supplements can only go so far with aging runners who want to run times that they accomplished in their prime, lol.