In April 2025, I completed my first half marathon at age 44. It was a relatively small race, with just 91 finishers. While the racers skewed toward people in their 30s and 40s, there were nearly as many in their 50s and 60s. Distance running tends to suit older runners for a variety of reasons: more experience, greater consistency in training, stronger mental resilience for pacing, smarter injury-prevention strategies, and the ability to learn from past mistakes. In fact, the woman who finished just four minutes after me was 70 years old. The only two people in their 70s who…
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