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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I think his pace - 6:40 per mile - may have been the most important factor.

When I retired in my early 60s, I “jogged” 10 miles every day for almost two years at a 7:00 pace.

I had zero fatigue, and almost zero injuries.

Maybe once or twice a month I would close my last mile with a 6:20 pace. I still had zero fatigue at that pace, but usually with minor injuries, and once with a severe hamstring pull, which ended my almost two year streak.

Now that I'm almost 70, I have had to cut my mileage back to six miles a day and cut my pace back to 7:30 to limit injuries.

Currently, I usually have about one month of injury down time per year, plus chronic Achilles tendinitis, which I've had for 50 years!

9 posted on 02/18/2019 9:08:22 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

^-—— I’ll have what he’s having.


26 posted on 02/19/2019 1:54:57 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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