On Saturday, November 9, 1996 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Ralph Burns wrote:

I am a 67 year old runner but I have no idea whether my pace is good or average for someone my age. I run three days a week for 5 miles in 45 minutes. I'm not interested in races so that I have no benchmark to go
by. I did run a few 10K 10 years ago and finished them slightly under 50 minutes. I know that I am slower now but I know the excercise is good for
me but I still interested to know that I am on par with others my age.

I'm 68 now and started running about 10 years ago when I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. I now run to control my blood sugar. I decided on diet and exercise to control my blood sugar instead of prescription drugs, and it has worked great for me so
far. I now run the mile in about 8.5 minutes. I have been doing one 5K each year for the past 3 years and I have gotten below 28 minutes, with a goal to stay below thirty minutes. I usually run 1 1/2 miles 3 times per week with a goal to stay below 13:30
for my normal run. Since I re-started running 10 years ago, my time for the 1 & 1/2 mile slowly decreased over a about one year's time to where I am now, so it appears I have peaked. But once per year I try to do the 1 & 1/2 miles in less than 13:00
minutes, hopefully without a knee blowout. I do 2 things to prevent injury, #1 I don't run hard every day, every other day I walk. #2 I buy a good pair of running shows about ever 18 months. Since I started doing 1 & 2 my leg problems have virtually
dropped to zero.

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john.f.ekhoff@gmail.com wrote:

On Saturday, November 9, 1996 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Ralph Burns wrote:

I am a 67 year old runner but I have no idea whether my pace is good or
average for someone my age. I run three days a week for 5 miles in 45
minutes. I'm not interested in races so that I have no benchmark to go
by. I did run a few 10K 10 years ago and finished them slightly under 50
minutes. I know that I am slower now but I know the excercise is good for >> me but I still interested to know that I am on par with others my age.

I'm 68 now and started running about 10 years ago when I was diagnosed
with Type II Diabetes. I now run to control my blood sugar. I decided
on diet and exercise to control my blood sugar instead of prescription
drugs, and it has worked great for me so far. I now run the mile in
about 8.5 minutes. I have been doing one 5K each year for the past 3
years and I have gotten below 28 minutes, with a goal to stay below
thirty minutes. I usually run 1 1/2 miles 3 times per week with a goal
to stay below 13:30 for my normal run. Since I re-started running 10
years ago, my time for the 1 & 1/2 mile slowly decreased over a about
one year's time to where I am now, so it appears I have peaked. But
once per year I try to do the 1 & 1/2 miles in less than 13:00
minutes, hopefully without a knee blowout. I do 2 things to prevent
injury, #1 I don't run hard every day, every other day I walk. #2 I
buy a good pair of running shows about ever 18 months. Since I started
doing 1 & 2 my leg problems have virtually dropped to zero.

Wow! What an inspiration you 2 are! I'm only 42, in reasonably good
health, and these sound like pretty good times to me. I think my 5k is
only around 25-27 minutes right now and 9 minute miles for 5 miles is
really not bad at all.

I say keep it up and have fun because having fun with it is really the
most important part.

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9 minute pace for 5 miles is definitely above average for a 67 year old. I’m sorry I don’t have the stats, but I would surmise you’re most likely in the top 80 percentile for 67 year old males. Great job! Don’t ever quit. Just my opinion, but
you might want to start varying your runs. If you plan to continue running 3/week, do a long, slow run of 8-10 miles or whatever distance you feel like - just run it very slowly, this will build your stamina. Also integrate some track intervals and
hill runs which will increase your speed. Your 5 mile runs are probably excellent tempo runs which build endurance. Making these changes will help you improve. All the best!

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On Saturday, November 9, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Ralph Burns wrote:

I am a 67 year old runner but I have no idea whether my pace is good or average for someone my age. I run three days a week for 5 miles in 45 minutes. I'm not interested in races so that I have no benchmark to go
by. I did run a few 10K 10 years ago and finished them slightly under 50 minutes. I know that I am slower now but I know the excercise is good for
me but I still interested to know that I am on par with others my age.

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