One of those day's when you realise you are getting old

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swittle Dec 2021 9:50pm, 4 Dec 2021 81,623 posts	0 swittle Is that over 55kg, DT?
Derby Tup Dec 2021 9:53pm, 4 Dec 2021 52,978 posts	0 Derby Tup I certainly qualify for that switts 🐽
swittle Dec 2021 9:54pm, 4 Dec 2021 81,624 posts	0 swittle Me too, DT - and some!
TROSaracen Dec 2021 10:04pm, 4 Dec 2021 24,346 posts	0 TROSaracen I get a profound feeling of frailty, stiffness, weakness and uncoordinated these days. I remember feeling bomb proof, robust, unstoppable - but that’s long gone. Still reckon I could go near 10 hours for an Ironman, 4 hours for 100 miles TT, but reckon the stand alone marathon performance is deteriorating fast. I’ll find out Boston (Lincs) in April, be delighted with 3:20-3:25, used to knock out <3:10 with no specific training. Fighting hard to hold into what I can though!
swittle Dec 2021 10:07pm, 4 Dec 2021 81,627 posts	0 swittle Such sparse laurels as I possess are very thinly spread these days.
stilldreamingofawhitechristmas Dec 2021 9:25am, 5 Dec 2021 796 posts	0 stilldreamingofawhitechristmas I will be the oldest person from our club running at today's XC!
LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Dec 2021 2:41pm, 5 Dec 2021 396 posts	0 LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 When you think of something that qualifies for this thread, and then can't remember it (and the "something" definitely wasn't memory-related...)
Nord SledRunner Dec 2021 3:07pm, 5 Dec 2021 914 posts	0 Nord SledRunner I've given in and started wearing longs not shorts in runs when it's minus degrees. Long socks and 2-in-1 shorts do quite nicely, but it's more the thought that, if I had a fall in the forest and had to call for help, people would say, what was that old man thinking, running in shorts in the depth of winter. So it's more a case of acting old because people expect it and give me leeway for it. If people are giving away free leeway, why argue.
Cerrertonia Dec 2021 3:10pm, 5 Dec 2021 15,148 posts	0 Cerrertonia Going with my son to watch the James Bond film this evening, and working out that it's 40 years since I last saw one.
Velocirappingpaper Dec 2021 4:14pm, 5 Dec 2021 55,284 posts	0 Velocirappingpaper Pointing out to my daughter that she's only half a generation younger than job advertisements offering 5' an hour for men and 3'6d an hour for women for the same job being normal.