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I can\u2019t run as fast as I used to. There, I said it. And it\u2019s OK. I\u2019m learning to accept slower running with age.<\/p>\n

Over the years, I\u2019ve written quite a few posts about my late start\u00a0<\/a>in running, and most of them have celebrated the improvements in speed and well-being I\u2019ve enjoyed along the way.<\/p>\n

The title of this post borrows the famous \u201cthese<\/em> go to eleven<\/a>\u201d joke from the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap<\/a><\/em>. Between 2023 and 2025, I regularly ran my hilly mile in about ten minutes.<\/a> In 2026, my typical time has drifted closer to eleven<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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A screenshot from the movie This Is Spinal Tap. Guitarist Nigel Tufnel\u2019s amplifier dials have \u201celeven\u201d as the highest volume setting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some of the change is simply because I\u2019m nearly 75. Some of it reflects how I\u2019ve been exercising this year. Together they\u2019ve added about a minute to my regular mile.<\/p>\n

Running is a smaller portion of my exercise schedule<\/h2>\n

For years, I have made sure to exercise at least thirty minutes each day (according to my Apple Watch). Until last year, much of this exercise involved running, with yoga, walking, and occasional vigorous dancing as the other components.<\/p>\n

Last winter, however, I used a new small electric chainsaw to cut a series of trails around my home and spent most of the winter happily snowshoeing through the woods. Snowshoeing and trail work have kept me active, but they don\u2019t train exactly the same muscles or movement patterns as running.<\/p>\n

And this spring, I spent a happy month cleaning up the edges of the woods surrounding my home. While bucking and dragging small trees and limbs into brush piles is also a good workout, it doesn\u2019t prepare me for running in the same way.<\/p>\n

So it wasn\u2019t surprising that when I laced up my running shoes again in June, I could tell almost immediately that something had changed. I felt a little stiffer, a little slower. When I finished my first familiar mile, my Apple Watch confirmed what my body had already been telling me: I was off my usual pace.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t alarmed, but I was concerned. Was this simply the result of several months away from regular running? Or was it a sign that age had finally caught up with me? I had no idea whether the change was temporary or permanent, but I was curious to find out.<\/p>\n

Increased knee aches<\/h2>\n

I\u2019ve never believed that every run should be an attempt to set a personal record. If something hurts, I slow down. If it hurts enough, I walk.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m touching wood<\/a>, but I haven\u2019t had any serious injuries\u2014or even a fall\u2014since I started running seven years ago.<\/p>\n

Unlike in the past, this year, my knees sometimes ache when I\u2019m running downhill, so I\u2019ll duly slow down. Naturally, that affects my pace.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m getting older<\/h2>\n

None of this is surprising. I\u2019ve known for years that eventually age would slow me down as aerobic capacity<\/a> and muscle mass<\/a> gradually decrease; I just didn\u2019t know when I\u2019d notice it.\u00a0The encouraging news is that, compared with published age-group data, I\u2019m still doing reasonably well.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not done yet<\/h2>\n

During the last few weeks, my times have already started creeping back toward ten minutes. That suggests some of this year\u2019s slowdown came from changing how I exercised, not just from getting older.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, I doubt I\u2019ll return to the days when I occasionally ran this hilly mile in well under ten minutes. That\u2019s a little sad, and I think I\u2019m entitled to a runner\u2019s lament. Getting older has a way of inviting us to recalibrate our expectations without giving up the things we love. I\u2019m still out there most mornings, enjoying the challenge of the same road I\u2019ve been running since 2019. If my new normal is closer to eleven minutes than ten, I\u2019m happy to accept that. After all, the real victory isn\u2019t hanging on to the pace I once had. It\u2019s still being able to head out each morning and run.<\/p>\n

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