35

31 years training
5k PR = age 34
200/400 PR = 44

Ages 31-33
Years 4-6 (Does not include 3 years before that when I only ran rwice a week)

I started running about 27 ½ years ago when I was 32. Although I never stopped running altogether, there have been several periods where I didn?t run many miles. Almost all of my PR?s came at age 43. By the age of 45 I was not improving any more and my mileage also started to tail off considerably around then. Still I could run in 36?s for 10k when I?d put together a couple months of good training until about age 50. By age 51 (1998) until about 18 months ago I was hardly racing at all and ran only a few miles per week.

For the past year and a half I?ve been back running decent mileage again and racing. Although PR days are long gone, running and racing is as exciting now as it has ever been.

Age 12-18 (HS) - mostly in-season only. PRs mile 4:53, 3200m 10:32, 5k (CC) 17:01

Age 18-22 (College) - Year round but low (20-40) mileage. Little PR progression until age 20; 5K 16:13, 10K 34:18

Age 22-25 - Progressively higher milege, topping out with a 4000 mile year in 2003. 5K down to 15:37, 10K 31:45, HM 1:10:12, marathon 2:29:27

Age 25-27 - Suffered inability to recover, sometimes ran great and sometimes poorly. Diagnosed about5 months ago with low iron. Brought it back up, now training well...hope to break 2 year streak of no PRs very soon.

I'm sure my best years are still ahead of me.