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Before I started running at age 42....and after 42 years as a couch potato....my resting heart rate (RHR) was 70-75.

After just a couple of years of running, it dropped into the 40's at age 44.

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.....don't do windows or mornings. ;-)

I can't do anything before I have had breakfast, a pot of coffee, and read the morning paper. Except for races, my running is always in the afternoon and ev ...

Bethany's post said exactly what I would have said about myself. The trick is to keep your mind occupied by applying it to useful tasks while running. Serious runners find running-related ways to do ...

I live in Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay where snow and ice isn't as much of a problem as it is in Michigan or upstate New York. It's easy enough to simply go indoors to a treadmill or indoor track ...

....and 12 marathons. However, it was more difficult to Q 15-20 years ago when the Boston standards were higher than those of today.

I started running in mid-1982 at age 43 and racing in March 198 ...

Author	Message
Topic: resting heart rate
Jim2	Forum: Training and Racing Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:20 pm Subject: My Experience.
	Before I started running at age 42....and after 42 years as a couch potato....my resting heart rate (RHR) was 70-75. After just a couple of years of running, it dropped into the 40's at age 44. ...
Topic: getting ready to run in the morning
Jim2	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 7:24 pm Subject: I Simply.....
	.....don't do windows or mornings. ;-) I can't do anything before I have had breakfast, a pot of coffee, and read the morning paper. Except for races, my running is always in the afternoon and ev ...
Topic: dealing with boredom on long runs
Jim2	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 7:16 pm Subject: I Could Be Marathoner443.
	Bethany's post said exactly what I would have said about myself. The trick is to keep your mind occupied by applying it to useful tasks while running. Serious runners find running-related ways to do ...
Topic: winter running
Jim2	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:56 pm Subject: Re: winter running
	I live in Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay where snow and ice isn't as much of a problem as it is in Michigan or upstate New York. It's easy enough to simply go indoors to a treadmill or indoor track ...
Topic: How long did it take you to BQ?
Jim2	Forum: Training and Racing Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:39 pm Subject: Six Years....
	....and 12 marathons. However, it was more difficult to Q 15-20 years ago when the Boston standards were higher than those of today. I started running in mid-1982 at age 43 and racing in March 198 ...