I’m 53 and Saturday I’ll be running my third of seven ultramarathons this year (2 50K’s, 3 50 Milers, 2 100 Milers) which will put me around 50 for the last seven years. Call me almost any given day of the year and ask me if I’d like to go on a 30-50 mile run in the mountains the next day and, schedule permitting, I’ll say “sure”.
Over the course of a year I average about an hour a day of running (including the races, which can last well over 24 hours) which is hardly excessive. I’m healthier and fitter than 99% of the adults I know (not just my own age either) and get to spend an hour a day running on trails and decompressing. And I can eat whatever I want, as much as I want.
This isn’t abnormal behavior, the sedentary indoor life most people live is what’s weird.
