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In article <1993Jan25.044210.4599@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> sd007b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Sunil Dixit) writes:


   I don't know if I would agree with Paul here, Alison.  I'm 19, and have run
   a marathon, which I trained extensively for (50 miles per week or so).  The
   actual run wasn't too bad, it was the after effects.  Our bones, though
   fully developed, haven't peaked in their strength yet, and won't for about
   five or six years.  Besides, we're nowhere near our aerobic peak either,
   which usually occurs around 28 to 30 years of age.  There's no need to push,
   because we have plenty of time.  I've seen some really good middie runners
   wrecked by pushing to hard and too fast on a huge and *unnecessary* run. 
   One moron ran 30 miles in practice one day, and 20 miles the NEXT!  Tore all
   sorts of important things, and can't run more than a mile now without
   sweating from pain.  Anyway, I wouldn't recommend it.

   Sunil Dixit
   U of Rochester (sd007b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu)

Congratulations!
No joke, I'm really impressed by the wittness of an 19 years old !
When I was at your age (20 years ago) I was by no means so reasonably.
I know some runners who tried too much to early and now
are completele burned out. Most of the top marathoners of the former
GDR -except Czierpinski - made this fault, of course pushed by their
trainers.
BTW. I run marathons since 15 years, my PR is from 1990 (2:27 h) and
I hope to improve it this/next year at age of 40.



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