longtrousers wrote:
Can add some to the bragging here:
I did 4,9k in 18:58 outside on a 3-lap course with a sharp turn and a small climb (maybe 5 or 10 metres) last year when I was 58 years old, with 85 kg.
This is not world-shocking, but I notice that I get better and better relatively compared to my generation, because I do not loose speed upto now, whereas the others get slower.
Now we are talking! I got into weight training for muscle gain over the past 5 years and it is amazing the direct relationship between body weight and run times. At 85kg and at 56 years old, your time is incredibly impressive. Well done!
My personal best in 5km is 16'05" when I was 25 years old and 76 kg. Now I have been loosing muscle mass from not being able to get into the gym for the past 8 months due to COVID. I am down to 93 kg now from 103 kg and I am thinking about briefly revisiting running to see what I can get my 5km down to in my 50th year next year. I really have no clue so I will have to do some baseline testing. I am thinking if I could get it to 18'45" and my body weight down to 88 kg, it may be doable...but not sure. Compared to pure solid runners and solid triathlete runners, I am like a sumo wrestler in size.
From a run weight to run time calculator, I should be about 30 seconds per km slower at 88kg compared to my PB time when I was 76kg, and I am also double the age! That would be 16'15" equivalent - so 18'45" may be a demoralizing goal.
F*&k it! I don't like running anyways.
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