I'm age 28 and after 8 years out of athletics decided to return to do road runs. I'd like to think that at age 40 plus i will still be running and going for PB'S I ran my first ever 10k race last year in 45:10 and if I don't beat it again this year i would be suprised. I hope that I don't peak at that and never improve because the feeling of success when it comes to physical fitness is non comparable to any other type of success e.g. a 70 thousand pound a year job interview success.

Daniel

Its a good feeling isn't it!  It just shows all is not lost at our age!  Good luck with the marathon - I've managed to get a 10K and a half marathon PB recently so its encouraged me to do another marathon while I've got a chance of getting a PB on that - not until October though so a lot of training to get through!

I have been running for approx 13 years now, averaging about 20 to 30 miles a week, and amazingly, after being stuck in a rut with my race times for about 8 years I seem to have suddenly become faster even though I've reached my mid 40's.  This certainly bucks the trend and proves it can be done!  The only difference I've made in the last couple of years is I've lost a bit of weight and kept this off (but not a significant amount) and started doing a circuit training class once a week (including quite a bit of core work).  I wouldn't say I have been training any harder particularly and I've always tried my best in races.  Has anybody else had the same experience?