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

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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Oct 2022 11:22am, 30 Oct 2022 35,519 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) I am still here, struggling with an injury but following C25K, ran for a full 20 minutes yesterday, it was good, hoping I get the treatment I need soon so I can get back to serious training
jennywren Oct 2022 12:24pm, 30 Oct 2022 17,528 posts	Quote Pin jennywren I am still here. Struggling a lot less these days than I was! Happily strength training several times a week, including an hour’s PT with my body building trainer at the Big Boys’ Gym. Running three times a week including a longer run (up to 7 miles now) and a parkrun. I’m 72 tomorrow!
Sharkie Oct 2022 12:49pm, 30 Oct 2022 20,533 posts	Quote Pin Sharkie Sorry that Mrs. J is struggling at the moment. But better things on the horizon. You will be BACK! Brilliant news Jenny! Just the sort of post we all want to read.
jennywren Oct 2022 4:06pm, 30 Oct 2022 17,529 posts	Quote Pin jennywren Thank you. I’m sorry you’re still struggling though Mrs J. I’m sure you’ll be back to your speedy self soon x
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Oct 2022 4:53pm, 30 Oct 2022 35,522 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Thank you both, 2023 is going to be a better year, I am sure. I am really impressed with your strength training Jenny 💪🏻
Schnecke Nov 2022 1:01pm, 2 Nov 2022 7,609 posts	Quote Pin Schnecke How fabulous to see that Mrs Jigs and Jenny are still going strong! Jenny - your regime sounds absolutely excellent, great to see you fully back in the groove again. Mrs J, sorry to hear you have had some struggles recently - I do feel your pain as I have had a year of very slow but steady return to running after almost a year out with knee arthritis. You are such a brilliant and inspirational runner, I wish you all the very best with your return to form - I hope 2023 will be a better year for you. I thought my running career was well and truly over, but the knee did finally recover and I was able to come back, very slowly, via C25K and a very slow and cautious build up from that. Now running a lot less (3 or sometimes 4 times a week), not running such long distances (up to just over 10 miles last Sunday, which is my longest run this year) and definitely running a lot slower than I once did. I am learning to adjust my expectations and, as my cousin (who is also a running coach) said to me recently - 'comparison is the thief of joy' Aint that a fact!! I still cant stop myself feeling envious of people who are just better runners than me, and comparing myself unfavourably to them, but I consciously try to be kinder to myself these days, and remember how far I've come since I had to stop running altogether. Big love to all you 60+ superstars!
MaltDrinker Nov 2022 1:12pm, 2 Nov 2022 69 posts	Quote Pin MaltDrinker Pushing 70 and going from strength to strength fetcheveryone.com/blog-view.php?id=53823
jennywren Nov 2022 1:26pm, 2 Nov 2022 17,534 posts	Quote Pin jennywren Schnecke! How lovely to see a post from you The comparison thing is an ongoing struggle for me too. But struggle we must because your cousin is right. We’re still here and doing our best to storm!
Sharkie Nov 2022 1:43pm, 2 Nov 2022 20,549 posts	Quote Pin Sharkie Smashing, storming blog, Malt Drinker. And lovely to hear from Schnecke… whose cousin is very wise. I’m still on course for my ‘Seven at 70’ … complete a real heptathlon next summer. I’m 70 in January.
macca 53 Nov 2022 8:46pm, 2 Nov 2022 30,677 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 I have a ‘two at seventy’ challenge to myself. A sub-30 Parkrun (requires me to maintain my current standard for another 11 months) and a sub-60 10k (requires an improvement of about 3% on my WAVA).