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Jul 2019
1:22pm, 8 Jul 2019
28,517 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Also age 58, 10k = 91.18, 5k = 88.15
Sharkie you are right, I cannot race short distances, useless on the track, your abilities are naturally track and field, complete opposites as you stated.
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Jul 2019
2:10pm, 8 Jul 2019
28,449 posts
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LindsD
MrsJ is a hero of mine, too 
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Jul 2019
2:16pm, 8 Jul 2019
28,518 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
You guys make me blush, I am just lucky enough to have found something I have a natural ability for, the opportunity to be able to commit to training and the support of a wonderful husband and training partner.
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Jul 2019
2:21pm, 8 Jul 2019
14,940 posts
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Sharkie
Yeah and it's that sort of comment that makes you the wonderful person you are. Now shut up and take it! xx
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Jul 2019
2:27pm, 8 Jul 2019
28,519 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Thank you xx
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Jul 2019
2:52pm, 8 Jul 2019
10,693 posts
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Garfield
That's more like it! I seem to have run my best just before I turned 50 (2013,2014). Everything went to pot in 2015 for a few years and now I'm just trying to rebuild endurance, stamina and speed (very slowly!)!
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Jul 2019
2:55pm, 8 Jul 2019
32,001 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Oh, I wish!
Mrs J is amazing. And Mother Duck and all those other 90% WAVA Fetchies. Fantastic.
No reason why we shouldn't keep improving our WAVAs. That's the whole point, surely. Unless you know you peaked and have now got some serious long term injury or something, if you make same level of training commitment, you should be able to get the same WAVAs or even better.
I'm not achieving my 2013 WAVAs, but that's only because I know I'm not training well enough at the moment. If I could reach 30s per mile slower than my 2013 self, I'd be hitting same WAVAs. But I'm more than a min slower per mile, and that ain't good enough! Need to up the mileage and actually get along to some of the club speedwork sessions! G
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Jul 2019
4:59pm, 8 Jul 2019
9,258 posts
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Markymarkmark
Yes, pushing WAVA up is def what it's about beyond a certain point!
My current target is to get my WAVA at >65% for 3 weeks on the trot at parkrun.
After all, if I can do it once or twice it's just a matter of trying more, isn't it?
Not at all coincidentally that pushes my average running pace up too!
(Is there a point at which my WAVA will continue to go up but my actual times start to come down? Need to look at the graphs and see where the lines cross...)
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Jul 2019
5:06pm, 8 Jul 2019
11,557 posts
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UltraDunc
I’ll come back to this in the future when I’ve trained a bit more.
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Jul 2019
9:32pm, 8 Jul 2019
77 posts
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Runningfoxx
My WAVA's were fairly consistent in my early 60's: 90.33 for 10 miles: 90.37 for ½ marathon: 90.28 for marathon.
I've heard it said that most athletes will peak in their first 8 - 10 years of running regardless of what age they start. That was certainly the case with me having started at the tender age of 54.
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