Originally posted by PTI (pti):
* 45 isn't old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-iGZPtWXzE
If you watch this Ted Talk, the author of
Born to Run talks about a study that was done of the average marathon time of everyone in America from age 19 to 80. Approximately the 8:00 mark.
19 = start
27 = peak
But on average, you dont get back to your age 19 time until.........64 years old. So you only get very gradually slower for approximately 40 years. I know lots of 40 and 50-somethings that are fantastic runners.
* I'm in, Voin.