Permanently crocked

[Danbert Nocurry]

As you get older (i'm 42) do you just have to accept that you are going to be permanently crocked?

It's not that i can't get out and run (i'm currently running 3 or 4 times a week) but i'm never able to do what i want to do, or run as much as i think i can.

If you want to carry on runing do you just have to accept your lot and get on with it accepting the limitations that are thrown at you with age?

[Chugger]

I fear that there is an inevitable increase in recovery time as we age and each outing seems to produce a new "niggle", "twinge" or pain of some sort.

I can't say that I will stop doing stuff, but I have had to diversify considerably: swimming, Pilates, whatever I can do without loosing a week's training due to side effects.

[Feet in the Cowclaps]

As you get older (i'm 42) do you just have to accept that you are going to be permanently crocked?

It's not that i can't get out and run (i'm currently running 3 or 4 times a week) but i'm never able to do what i want to do, or run as much as i think i can.

If you want to carry on runing do you just have to accept your lot and get on with it accepting the limitations that are thrown at you with age?

I'll be 40 this summer and I'm coming to the same conclusion Danbert. Recent injuries have helped me decide that if I still want to be running in say 10 or 20 years' time, I shouldn't run two days in a row any more. I am like a brick in water, so I won't be swimming like you, but I do intend to do more cycling on days when I'm not running.

[XRunner]

As you get older (i'm 42) do you just have to accept that you are going to be permanently crocked?

That is not a theory that I can accept.

I have found that it just takes longer* to get fit again and I cannot reach the same level of fitness I used to be able to obtain .

* At present I anticpate that the length of time to get fit again may exceed the rest of my natural life.

[XRunner]

As you get older (i'm 42) do you just have to accept that you are going to be permanently crocked?

That is not a theory that I can accept.

I have found that it just takes longer* to get fit again and I cannot reach the same level of fitness I used to be able to obtain .

* At present I anticipate that the length of time to get fit again may exceed the rest of my natural life.

[daz h]

im not quite there yet danbert, 40 i mean
only 36 but indeed after missing prob 5 years of running im hoping that this will stand me in good stead long term
i started back running 5 years ago after the break and ive not been injured since but my knees and back are chronic after 20yrs in heavy engineering

one thing ive noticed mind is that i can recover very quickly after a fell race but not after a 1/2 road marathon.
if you was a pretty good athlete in your early twenties its obvious that your never gonna be there again but not sure why you seem to be injured a lot.
ive not been injured once since i came back to running but then ive never really ever had owt wrong with me that way, lucky i suppose.

one thing i have always said and ive mentioned it on here is that lots of runners do lots of running in heavily cushioned road shoes then do the odd XC race of fell race then get injured, ive always said that going straight from cushioned shoes to spikes or fell shoes is a big NO NO, ive seen more club mates start the XC season and pull or strain something after the first off road race , im sure its a big factor

[molehill]

When I was your age I was indistructable and going well. But then a change of work to a more sedentary lifestile (having always been a manual worker) saw a fast decline - without me realising why.
Following a fast decline culminating in over 5 years of persistant injury, I virtually gave up 12 months ago, but decided to try 'specialist advice' to sort things out. Physio (can't be many who have been in their 50's before first physio visit ), learnt about stretching, done core strength stuff, bought a bike for cross training and just recently addressed the final problem, my back.
So yes, I'm 55 this year, it's taken me a full year to change things around. I'm very vulnerable to injury, but coping far better and spotting the signs. I suddenly feel that I can make it till I'm 60. I'll never be fast, but so long as I make to the top of mountain on a day like today - who gives a stuff.

[Tuffer]

I don't think you have to be permanently crocked, listen to your body and adjust and evolve your training. Cycling is very easy on the knees/body generally and if you get out in the hills you can enjoy the views and fresh air, plus a country cafe or two.

Daily stretching is good plus massage. An alternate to running to rest the body is of course walking, a good way to do abit of active recovery.

[Danbert Nocurry]

Thanks so much for the input everyone it's appreciated. I think there's some good advice in amongst those replies.

If i'm to become a wily old veteran and not an injury prone crock i think i'm definitely going to have to reassess what i do and how i do it.

[Joliver Jim]

42 is way too young to be giving up that easily.