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In article <1993Jan7.152811.1@iowa.physics.uiowa.edu>, theisen@iowa.physics.uiowa.edu writes:
|> 	
|> 	I just turned 30 and have a question for older runners, or anyone
|> who might know.
|> 
|> 	  At what age will my body start falling apart?
|> 	  (this is assuming i maintain a good level of fitness until i die)

I'm just about to turn 37, and I still believe I have my fastest times
ahead of me (though this is partly because I never trained very intensely
when young, e.g. never ran track in hs or college).  A friend who is
several years older than me continued improving til about age 38, running
several miles in the 4:11-4:12 range and one in 4:08 (outdoor course,
may have been slightly downhill??).  This is a guy who never broke 4:20
as a member of a college track team.  Now, he's in his early 40's, don't
know that you'd say his body is "falling apart" but he's slowed down to
times in the 4:20s.

-Rory