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How much of a factor is aging in marathon performance?
More familiarity with the age-adjustment calculation might be extremely helpful for improving the perspective of many older runners. In this post I apply the “Age Standard Times” from USA Track & Field (USATF) to some Grandma’s marathon results. A lot of different aspects of human performance have clear patterns of change with aging. For example,…
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% of Grandma’s Marathon runners old enough to be Grandmas (or -pas) has been increasing
Friday was a happy one for Happy Aging Runner. Friday, I got the COVID-19 vaccine (the one-shot, Johnson & Johnson version)! Woo-hoo! This makes the idea of being a visitor to Duluth for the June 2021 Grandma’s participant no longer seem so personally reckless! I celebrated by getting back to trying to learn how to…
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Grandma’s Marathon in-person June 2021: Registered and hoping!
The in-person Grandmas Marathon (Duluth, Minnesota) is scheduled for June 21, 2021. Whether the event happens, of course, depends on public health assessments. I’m registered, hoping it takes place, and hoping I’m one of the in-person persons! I’m starting this blog to share the experience of training for this event and, if it happens and…
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