@Youdon_tsay I did see that. I was a bit surprised/disappointed to see that a 12 minute run is goal for a woman my age (66) and that 13 minutes is not. I am currently in a “rebuilding” fitness stage and my pace is around 13min/mile but most women my age cannot/do not run at all!
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I’m not a WP subscriber and can’t see the link contents. But I probably like the chart here better…age 60-64 mile - 13:05.
I listen to my stats on MapMyRun in metric, and on a good day I can be under 8min/km, ie 40min 5k…. similar to the 13:05 mile.
Last week was dry and sunny, and I had two days where I did back-to-back timed 5k distances. (I always restart the clock if I go more than 5k). On Wednesday YAAAY, both were under 40min (37:52, break for a long phone call, 39:22). I did cut it a bit close on daylight. On the 2nd run I had to do decreasing distances out/back from the lake parking lot to stay close to the car and civilization.
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Thanks @Colorado_mom. That looks much more realistic. (though I fall in the “65-99” age group 
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So far since Monday I have done 3 yoga practices, 3 treadmill runs and 2 strength workouts. Also a 3.5 mile walk and a 20 minute cardio workout.
Did not have my Friday night glass of wine last night, but we are doing a zoom with some friends soon and I will have one then.
I don’t always do it, but since I am highly not competitive - even with myself - I was thinking of leaning more towards the Galloway method for more of my runs. There is no prize at the end of a run or camera reports of if or who takes walking breaks during a run - it’s still the same steps, same distance being covered!
I am running at age 64 - I can do it however I want! 
I don’t know how to do a gift link.
I went to the playground, and I could def hang for 10 seconds.
Agree, @FallGirl that I’m one of the most active people I know my age (61) and that 12-minute mile was a bit of a push. Almost no one I know could run a 12-minute mile. Also, everyone older than 60 is lumped in with 80±year-olds. How many 80yos and 90yos can even run for a mile, much less at 12 minutes? Still, I like seeing how I measure up in these kinds of things.
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Thanks for posting. I’m going to “test myself” soon.
ETA I am a Post subscriber and happy to gift link if someone tells me how to do it here. I’m assuming just posting the link?
That’s what I did, but it wasn’t a gift link.
Someone let me know if the above works pls.
I decided to read the comments, and they are almost unanimous that lumping 60 with 90 is ridiculous. I hope that WashPo comes back and rethinks this article.
I think our cc crowd knows better than to put a lot of stock in this kind of thing, but we also are a wee bit competitive, even if just with ourselves, so I thought a lot of people would enjoy it.
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THANKS - gift link worked!
So I did fine with my eyes open on one leg 90 seconds. But… I know from an experiment last year with friends that I am horrible with eyes closed. Even a “mountain goat” balance guy had trouble. We do think it would be good exercise to prep for getting older (eyesight might fade).
Burpees were a struggle. I was able to do 7 very ugly ones. Might try adding a few of those after my usual short fitness videos (Lower body stretch, ams).
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I’m guessing they lump everyone together because they just don’t have a lot of data for the older age groups.
Something I have noticed is how many more average people now run. My mom didn’t start exercising until she was 40 and then was an on again/off again for awhile. She ran a Turkey trot with me around 1990. It was an 8K and she ran it around 50:00 at age 45ish. She was around 825 out of 850 people! Today that would probably be mid pack.
She was always very good at running a 10:00 pace. Her 5K/ were usually 30 min with a PR in the upper 28s but at age 59 she ran a half in 2:15. Pre covid even in her early 70s she ran a 31 min 5K!
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I love that sentiment, that people can be mid, as the kids say, and keep on keeping on anyway. It’s about you, not satisfying others.
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I totally agree. When competing in lifting or running meets, the crowd thins out in the 50+ age group.
I also agree with the “pilates professional,” and say burpees (and your chest must hit the floor, not what the article mentioned 
) isn’t a great exercise or fitness test for a lot of older humans.
And I’m not sure a dead hang from a pull-up bar is the best way for an older human to test their grip strength. I’d use a loaded barbell, pick it up from the floor, deadlift, and see how long you can hold on to it.
I think I meet most of the metrics discussed in the article, but in terms of the burpees, I can do 16+ in a minute. 
Weird week.
I took Monday off to attend the Rose Bowl Parade and the Rose Bowl, which was sandwiched in between running a 10K (Sunday) and 5K (Tuesday). Wednesday and Thursday were typical workout days, though Wednesday’s workout was difficult since body and mind were not properly motivated.
I took yesterday (Friday) off, to give the body more rest, before ramping up, then down, for the meet. Today, I hit a bodyweight clean + hang clean complex, which was awesome for me. And the HIIT was a 10-minute AMRAP of rowing, burpee pull-ups and thrusters.
A run planned for tomorrow and core work.
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Fun update! Last Monday my husband and I watched part of the parade and commented that with all the traffic etc it must be hard to get to the Rose Bowl Parade or the game…. and really tough to get to both. Lucky you!
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We Uber’ed to a park about a mile from the parade. Many streets were blocked off, but we got there with some delay.
And from downtown Pasadena we walked the couple miles. After the game, we figured out there were free shuttles available. So we took one back to downtown.
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This is interesting:
A lot of us did not have sports available to us when we were younger and we are making up for lost time. I think it’s lazy reporting to lump 60 year olds together with people who are a generation older.
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Also… I think many of the men that ran at younger age have given it up due to bad knees etc. I think one of the perks to me starting running later in life is that I’ve not had too much wear and tear on the body parts.
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Not just men. I have over 70,000 miles on my legs. It shows. I often say it’s not the age as much as the mileage. Though of course age does matter some what.
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