Over 50's club

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John Bach Oct 2019 11:00am, 10 Oct 2019 238 posts	0 John Bach I was really looking forward to turning 50 (& joining the club!) - it gave my running a new lease of life earlier on this year and I did more races in the first 6 months of the year than I'd done in the previous 3 years combined. However after the last event I did back in July I've only run (uncomfortably!) a couple of times - the last time on my 50th just over 2 weeks ago (probably not a sensible decision but I wanted to run on my birthday!!)
jda Oct 2019 11:18am, 10 Oct 2019 5,454 posts	0 jda That's sad JB I hope you can get back to running fitness eventually.
um Oct 2019 11:43am, 10 Oct 2019 1,285 posts	0 um Beginning to feel my age - on holiday in Oz ... - most tourist places start by asking 'if I want the senior rate' (which I happily take, as I never object to a cheaper price) - more than 1 person has offered me their seat on a bus (to which I feel like responding ending in 'koff', but need to be a little more polite) I guess I'm officially old - or worse, looking it ! (even older than the pooh sticks, old age home invites in UK, funeral plan mails etc etc)
LazyDaisy Oct 2019 11:53am, 10 Oct 2019 28,010 posts	0 LazyDaisy Um - not sure if you're already an habitué, but there's an over 60s thread for those of us who have left behind the foothills of middle age and are even now toiling up the north face
Runningfoxx Oct 2019 12:11pm, 10 Oct 2019 80 posts	0 Runningfoxx Nil Desperandum JB, hopefully you have many more years to come. I hadn't even thought about running when I was 50 years old but made up for lost time when eventually starting at 54. Only once did I run on my actual birthday, the Great East Anglia Run (10K) when I reached the grand old age of 75. I was in the mountains of La Palma for my 80th but ran the Ilkley Trail Run as soon as I got home. As I said - nil desperandum, Make it happen...
John Bach Oct 2019 12:16pm, 10 Oct 2019 239 posts	0 John Bach Thank you. I shouldn't complain as it's the first "injury" I've had since I took up this running lark back in 2008. I'm kicking myself for not making arrangements to see my GP/a specialist sooner - I had hoped that rest, icing etc would do the trick, but deep down I knew something wasn't right (& still isn't)
GregP Oct 2019 1:09pm, 10 Oct 2019 115,378 posts	0 GregP Top post Runners-Foxxers. I enjoyed reading that very much. Meanwhile, this: https://youtu.be/f4qZooX1x-k
Runningfoxx Oct 2019 1:43pm, 10 Oct 2019 81 posts	0 Runningfoxx Yeah, I was coming to my best at 60, but at running, not surfing
Velociraptor Oct 2019 1:55pm, 10 Oct 2019 43,436 posts	0 Velociraptor What's injured, JB?
John Bach Oct 2019 2:31pm, 10 Oct 2019 241 posts	0 John Bach Hi V'rap. Just around/above my right ankle - started a few days after a hilly 10k (the last 2 miles contained 1000ft of descending) - no swelling or tenderness, just discomfort IF I tried to run on it (walking ok). Saw physio a couple of times, but despite rest, icing, ibuprofen etc it didn't appear to get better - when it would feel fine an impromptu run to cross the road would tell me something wasn't right. 2 months on, have seen GP who referred me to orthopaedic consultant - just waiting to see him again after an mri scan