Research shows you can stay in the game and—contrary to popular belief—keep crushing it far longer than you may think.
Eighty-one? I shook my head and surreptitiously leaned over to get a better look at the number Sharpie’d on the calf of the tall, lean, and considerably older woman setting down her running shoes in the transition area next to mine. Yep, I’d read right. She was 81 years old. I was 26, at my very first triathlon. My primary goal was just to survive. The next: grow up to be that woman, still lacing up and toeing the line in her ninth decade of life.
Turns out, that’s not such a far-fetched goal. Research on aging runners shows that you can not only stay in the game but also—contrary to popular belief—keep crushing it far longer than you may think.We’ve all heard that athletes peak in their late 20s and early 30s, and then it’s all downhill. But that’s based on dated data collected decades ago when someone running a marathon in their 50s would make headlines, explains Iñigo San Millán, Ph.D.
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