Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post

After the second meeting I looked him up and, take note Graham Breeze, he is a reigning world cycling champion in one of the track disciplines. Yes, it's in a age category over M60, but cycling is less effected by age and illness than running so the standard is still high.
All medals are in age categories - but some are open.

I have run only 8 miles this year. Both were races. My knees then hurt.

Yesterday I walked 15 miles. My knees ached a bit.

Today I passed 2000 miles on my bike(s) this year. It would be nice to reach 3500 by Christmas.

The knee surgeon that did my operation told me that all fell runners, because of the hammer affect when running downhill, inevitably destroy some part of their body eventually - usually knees - if they don't stop fell running before they have to.

It is probably true that most fell runners leave it too late but those that don't, maybe like Graham Wright, can have decades of activity and success enjoying a less physically punishing sport.

Well I hope so!