It’s well known that, at some point, we all will get slower as we age. Even for non-competitive runners or non-runners at all, we all know we will lose fitness as we age.
But why does this happen? What is the mechanism that makes it happen? If we know this, maybe we can do something about it.
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Have you seen workouts on social media and thought “wow, that’s a great workout, I should try it”? Or watched one and thought “I’m not working hard enough”?
I’ve been watching recently how common this occurrence is. From “adult onset” runners who haven’t had the opportunity to have a good coach teach them how to build a training plan to younger runners who haven’t yet learned the lessons to people close to runners who want to see the best for their runners and think the answer is what they see on social media.
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Last week, I ran a little over 74 miles. That makes 2023 the 30th consecutive year that I’ve had at least one week of 70 or more miles.
Especially for someone who doesn’t like the idea of chasing numbers, why does this matter?
…Some people say it looks like Eliud Kipchoge is a “happy” runner. He seems to be smiling when he races, sometimes even when most of us would be grimacing. I can think of other runners who were similar. It at least looked like they were smiling, even during very difficult points in races.
Is Kipchoge really smiling? Somewhere along the line, I recall reading that he says he does intentionally smile because it helps him run better. Is he on to something?
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This winter has been interesting. It kind of feels like an interval workout. Short bursts of intense winter with rest periods of quite mild weather.
However, those short bursts of intense winter weather have probably affected your training to some extent. Also, at least here in Wisconsin, we can rest assured that winter isn’t done with us yet.
When winter is done with you or when you get a break in winter like we’ve received at least a couple times here in Wisconsin, I’d like to encourage you to not get too carried away right away.
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