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60 plus - still stormin' (and/or struggling)

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Nord SledRunner Dec 2021 10:53am, 30 Dec 2021 1,014 posts	Quote Pin Nord SledRunner Sorry, hit return a bit early. Fetch has some nice WAVA calculators. fetcheveryone.com/training-calculators-reversewava.php?wava=70&age=65 which can be to find, for example, what times you need to hit wava 70 at age 65. I think it is good to have some speed targets. Since last December I have gone for quantity rather than quality and now my speed has dropped a lot in in just one year duh.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Dec 2021 11:07am, 30 Dec 2021 32,643 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) If only I were half as good! But thank you Sharkie x
at the end of the day Dec 2021 11:25am, 30 Dec 2021 104 posts	Quote Pin at the end of the day Thanks Ally C, yeah i noticed the incredible standards of the V65 Cat at the Tilly 10k. Thanks Shark, think i.m gonna go for Troon Parkrun as soon as i turn 65 and hoping to do The Nigel Barge 10k late January and mibee a Track 10k at East Kilbride a week later... Hi Nord, yeah my target is to keep my 5ks around the 70 per cent mark,I need a bit of work done to get my 10ks around that figure tho..lol..
Nord SledRunner Dec 2021 1:52pm, 30 Dec 2021 1,015 posts	Quote Pin Nord SledRunner I think my own targets need to be similar, then, but I need to wait for the snow and ice to go
Shark the Herald Angel Dec 2021 3:27pm, 30 Dec 2021 19,089 posts	Quote Pin Shark the Herald Angel Mrs. Jigs is far too modest. There are not many Fetchies who can claim a genuine 90% WAVA. And I'm not sure there are any others who have topped the UK age group for the marathon distance. She did, age 61 with a 3:25 in Hamburg. She is a superb marathon runner and only slightly less good at shorter distances. Interestingly as athletes (we are friends) we are diametric opposites. Her wava scores go up and up on the way to the marathon - mine get better the shorter the distance right down to 60m. That's metres not miles!
Dibble Dec 2021 5:51pm, 30 Dec 2021 884 posts	Quote Pin Dibble ooh a 60 plus thread, I must follow this! I see that way back on Page 3 chunkywizard wrote that Has Dibble stuck his head in yet? He still regularly beats me at races... Well 31 months and 350 posts later I've finally found it, so I had better think up some targets to share for 2022. I should acknowledge that CW finished well ahead of me at parkrun last month (though I just beat him at VMLM).
chunkywizmas Dec 2021 5:54pm, 30 Dec 2021 13,210 posts	Quote Pin chunkywizmas
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Dec 2021 6:17pm, 30 Dec 2021 32,647 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Thank you Sharkie, those days are behind me now, I will still strive to do the best I can. You are clearly built for speed whilst I am built for endurance
Columba Dec 2021 7:15pm, 30 Dec 2021 21,485 posts	Quote Pin Columba I remember Ceal. And I remember Forest Plodder. Both encountered initially on Runners World. While I'm certainly old enough for this thread, my running definitely can't be described as "storming". "Just keep it going", more like.
forest plodder Dec 2021 8:21pm, 30 Dec 2021 883 posts	Quote Pin forest plodder Me too Columba. I did manage to achieve 70% WAVA a few times, bit never reached the giddy heights of Mrs. Jiggs or Ceal