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Article #1501Re: Getting Old
From: john.c.schwebel
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 03:55
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 03:55
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In article <1993Jan8.010815.4066@cs.ucla.edu> page@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Thomas Page) writes: >Another piece of data. It is claimed that one turns in ones best performances >about 10 years after starting serious running,regardless of what age you start. >That means, if you sum the curves of increasing ability due to training, and >decreasing ability due to age, the resulting curve starts to turn downward >about 10 years after you start, whether you start training at 16 or 60. I reacted to this statement with a lot of skepticism. Then I thought about my case and discovered I'm one sample point which matches the 10 year theory. Started running with no previous running experience: 1966 - Age 24 Most of my PRs, including mile and marathon were in: 1976 - Age 34 Still running today but never have matched the 1976 times.
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Newsgroups: rec.running Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsk!cbnewsj!att-out!cbnewsh!jcs From: jcs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (john.c.schwebel) Subject: Re: Getting Old Organization: AT&T Distribution: na Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 03:55:14 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan8.035514.25259@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> Summary: One Sample Point - 10 year theory References: <1993Jan7.152811.1@iowa.physics.uiowa.edu> <1993Jan8.010815.4066@cs.ucla.edu> Lines: 14