Today at our Masters practice I mentioned that Dennis Baker, who recently aged up into my age group, trains 10K/day. A teammate of mine, a 31 year old woman, remarked, "That's a lot of yardage for someone your age."
I seriously knew I had to do something to cover my gray when a guy watching me do a track workout said to me, "Are you planning to run in the Senior Games?" Um.... do I look old enough? Well, as it happened, I was old enough, in fact, 5 years over the qualifying age, 50, but still....
On another occasion, I was talking with another runner after finishing a workout, and somehow the occasion came up for her to say, "you look good for your age." I was curious then what age she thought I was, and asked her. She studied me a moment and then said, "oh, maybe in your thirties?" I'd have bought her a beer if it were later in the day! :D
I seriously knew I had to do something to cover my gray when a guy watching me do a track workout said to me, "Are you planning to run in the Senior Games?" Um.... do I look old enough? Well, as it happened, I was old enough, in fact, 5 years over the qualifying age, 50, but still....
On another occasion, I was talking with another runner after finishing a workout, and somehow the occasion came up for her to say, "you look good for your age." I was curious then what age she thought I was, and asked her. She studied me a moment and then said, "oh, maybe in your thirties?" I'd have bought her a beer if it were later in the day! :D
