Believe it or not, I am an athlete. In Spring of 1972 I quit my high school track team because -- well actually, because I was in no way any kind of athlete.
Then in 2004 it seemed to be a good idea to get some aerobic exercise, and after some fits and starts I found the Couch to 5K plan. Which works! It works so well I've done the C25K four or five times now, after injuries and downtimes of one kind or another.
Anyway, I sort of got into the running. More for mental health than cardio health, as it turned out.
Long story short, in October of 2006 I ran a half marathon in an hour and 57 minutes (and some seconds). I'm proud of that, to be honest: 13.1 miles at a sustained pace just under nine minutes per mile. Photo above. There were fewer pixels to reality in 2006 apparently.
But here we are 20 years later. Seems impossible it's 20 years. My glory days seem to be over. New personal records are a thing of the past.
That was THEN. What about NOW?
I walk quite a bit. I'm back to running (I call it running) once or twice a week. Pace per mile? Um, about 15 minutes per mile. Just trying to get the body used to faster-than-walking bipedal locomotion. Getting stronger. Who knows? Maybe I can set some new personal Seniors Running records!
