[VadeRetro]

During the peaks of the run I was getting down into some 5 minute miles, circa 1981 1982.

Out of my league. In my 30's (my best road races) I was doing very low 7s per mile. (44:13 10K at age 35.) Now 56 and being driven to distraction by foot problems, I'm lucky when I'm not doing 9 per mile. I was lucky in a road race today. 5K in 27:13 on a steambath of a morning.

[RunningWolf]

I am not saying the entire run would be there (I think you know that) but say 2 to 4 laps of it. This would have been late 20's for me and I was in extremely top physical condition 5'9" and 148lbs then, I was not bulked out but very well conditioned.

All of my runs were at nighttime in early-late spring of those years. During the parts of the runs where I got into the high speed cruise, your body is springing along like a gazelle, the breathing is aligned with the running. It became a flowing meditation.

But now my left knee hurts, and I just know my lungs and the rest of the body would 'say not' also. Even POTUS BUSH who is close to our age gave up the running a while back.

Well Take Care,

W.