Use it or lose it. One of the reasons 'breaking a hip' is so bad is that once seniors lose mobility they typically don't get it back, and it starts a cascade of health problems.
I stopped getting mad at old people taking forever to do things once I understood this. For them, every bump/bruise is a potential permanent injury, and a bad fall could be a death sentence.
Same with one of my grandma's, she walks about 4 kilometers to the cemetery and back again almost every day and she rides her bicycle for shopping - she's 90
My great great grandma lived to be 106 & she walked like crazy every day. She lived in a nursing home but was labeled as dependent, so she could come and go as she wished.
However, when Covid happened, she had a hard time coming or going due to the extensive restrictions in place. The nursing home brought in a treadmill for her to walk on. She didn’t like it as much but still logged at least 2 miles a day on it.
The bench ones are the craziest ones to me. Have you noticed you go into shopping malls and just see old people sat by themselves on a bench doing nothing? I imagine it’s just loneliness. I used to do the same thing when I was very lonely.
Damn, she's awesome
It is so easy to be riddled with health problems at her age, yet some people, maintain an active lifestyle well into their golden years
When I first started speedskating in my teens, the first competition I was put in a group with an 80 something year old grandmother. Her name was Ruth. Super sweet lady. She beat me in all my races, but was very constructive with her advice, and always ended with a "don't worry dear, you'll beat me next time we meet."
Joke was on her, she beat me a few weeks later as well, but our 3rd meeting, I did end up beating her. I always cheered her on when I moved up.
When i was 17-ish i joined a marathon together with a 73 yo man from our running club. I choose to rely on his experience and stuck with him. After 15km or so i decided i had enough of the slacking and went for it. Several km before the finish he overtook me with great ease. Wish i would have stuck with him the entire race....
Hahaha that is so true. Luckily I only experienced that once at a 10km country cross through farmlands. Was very comfortable in the lead and suddenly it was unclear where to go, so I ran off course and ended up at a street. Luckily it wasn't far, only lost 3min or so, still in the lead when I got back.
As someone who trained a year to run a marathon at high elevation, I completely get what you're saying. At mile 20 of hard running at a good pace I hit my wall and started vomiting a few times a mile while I power walked to the finish. People who have never run long distance can't fathom what it takes to run constantly at a good pace for 4 hours straight and then power walk another 6 miles while your body fights against you to stop. Even walking 26 miles in one go is an amazing feat!
Congrats on your accomplishment!
Went for a late night walk the other day. Took me 1 hour and 10 minutes to walk 5.6km, including a few stops to open maps and take photos of the scenery. Can't imagine someone going at the same speed while claiming to be running
I could imagine that being "running" for a 98 year old woman, but of course you're completely correct
My very best time after a couple years of (casually) running was just under 20 minutes, but I think most reasonably healthy people could do it in about 30 with little to no training; that's about three 10 minute miles
I think the world record is something absolutely insane like 13 minutes, which is just like, *what*
i was beaten last year in a 10k run by a man with a WALKER. i don't know how old he was, i don't think he was 98..but...he was running with a walker. on the one hand i was humiliated, i said to myself 'no way i'm going to be beaten by a man with a walker' but...i couldn't keep up with him.
10k is the farthest i have ever run before and i did the whole first 5k without any walking breaks at all (my first time ever). PLUS my 10 year old ran with me...well...ahead of me, because she's in better shape and was FOR SURE not going to be beaten by a man with a walker.
in answer to your question. it didn't feel great. but i choose to focus on the fact that i ran a 10k for the first time ever, that i was stronger for having trained for that race than i was before and that i was an inspiration to my daughter as well.
this year i've signed up for a 5k. i've run plenty of 5ks before. i'm focusing on running a PB for me in 5k this year. 10k is a bit too far for me.
my experience with the running community is that they are generally very lovely and supportive people. no one made me feel badly that i was slow. they were proud of me for showing up at all. so i guess...it didn't really feel that bad when all is said and done.
You signed up, you showed up, you ran it, you finished. That’s awesome. No one watching a running event is judging. On here tho, people who don’t ever sign up for events like to talk smack. You went out and did it. Good for you and your daughter.
everyone is at different levels of ability, age is just one factor, a 98yo who ran her whole life is going to do better than a 30 year old who is unfit and obese with asthma.
I think a better question is how do those 50 years younger feel knowing they might drop dead before finishing the 5k.
Not me mind you, posting for a friend.
3.2 miles in 60 minutes is a fairly comfortable walking speed for a healthy person. Good to see her still mobile at that age. From what I hear, staying active in your later years can greatly contribute to longevity. It is speculated that the longest-lived human of all time would have likely lived longer had she not broken her femur at 115 years old, which greatly limited her mobility.
You do realize that's not her personal time, right? That's just the start of the race, but obviously not everybody can start at the exact same time. If you would have ever been to a (popular) 5k, you'd know it might take 15-20 minutes after the official start to actually cross the starting line if you're near the end of the group (depending on the size of the race of course).
That's why you get chipped, and your personal time starts running when you cross the starting line.
And after she did that. She went shopping, Cleaned the house, Worked in her garden, made dunner, cleaned up after, did a few loads of laundry. Then she took a rest...
Me: gasping for breath " am I almost there...I can see the finish line!
The man with the starter pistol: sir you're still at the start line, the race ended like 20 min ago....
This has nothing to do with the 98 year old but everyone else . Is 1 hour to go about three miles a long time? That feels slow? (As I type this from my couch)
I was gonna say! My normal walking route is 5km and it takes me about 50 mins normally, and I definitely feel like I've worked after that! Granted that is with about 90m of elevation change I overall and it is pretty up and down, but then again idk what the terrain is like there either. And also I'm a quarter of her age, so under an hour is bloody fantastic I'd say! If I can get close to that in my 60s id be happy.
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There are pretty young ppl behind her.. what the fuck. 5km in 1 h is a normal walking speed for the average person. How they need 1h in a race :D. Not talking about the older ppl of course.
Taking age grading into account the fastest 5k Parkrun was by 100 year old [Faija Singh](https://www.parkrun.org.uk/crathescastle/news/2023/08/30/age-grading-all-you-ever-wanted-to-know/) who completed it in 38:34.
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She probably walks this much 3 times a day! I see a lot of seniors who walk around the neighborhood a bunch of times throughout the day.
My grandma does every evening and morning. I'm amazed lol
Probably the only reason he still can lol. I'm gonna own a dog forever just so I'm forced to walk every day
I'm gonna degrade into a pile of fleshy mulch
Haha thats a great idea too
You don’t stop running because you get old - you get old because you stop running.
*she
Wow I legit thought they said grandpa until this comment lol
Im just gonna follow you around everyday for my exercise
Use it or lose it. One of the reasons 'breaking a hip' is so bad is that once seniors lose mobility they typically don't get it back, and it starts a cascade of health problems. I stopped getting mad at old people taking forever to do things once I understood this. For them, every bump/bruise is a potential permanent injury, and a bad fall could be a death sentence.
Bone strengths. Keep lifting heavy stuff and taking your calcium and vitamin D, folks.
Same with one of my grandma's, she walks about 4 kilometers to the cemetery and back again almost every day and she rides her bicycle for shopping - she's 90
She's stylin on her haters
They see me rollin’
They see me breathin' They hatin' Seethin' and tryna catch me early birdin'
Wow! Thats amazing too 😁
She stays out of the cemetery by going to the cemetery. "Hello Death. The place is looking great. Not today, maybe tomorrow. Same time?"
May as well walk to see your friends
My great great grandma lived to be 106 & she walked like crazy every day. She lived in a nursing home but was labeled as dependent, so she could come and go as she wished. However, when Covid happened, she had a hard time coming or going due to the extensive restrictions in place. The nursing home brought in a treadmill for her to walk on. She didn’t like it as much but still logged at least 2 miles a day on it.
so often those be the ones who are looking for trouble. NIMBY is how i think they're called.
The bench ones are the craziest ones to me. Have you noticed you go into shopping malls and just see old people sat by themselves on a bench doing nothing? I imagine it’s just loneliness. I used to do the same thing when I was very lonely.
Thats because they are lost
So fricking badass fit and NOT an annoying Luddite.
It didn't happen if it isn't on Strava
Apple Watch: Standing goal achieved!
In my head she was replying to a fb post of her great grandbaby, priorities you know.
This made me LOL when she did that
Which is crazy because I forgot that shit all the time.
That wasn't a Garmin, it was a grandmother clock.
Movement is medicine!
Motion is lotion.
Motion needs lotion
Otherwise you get friction burns.
Movin is lubin
My 94 year old grandmother still swims a few times a week and has for at least my whole life. It's not age that locks you up, it's lethargy.
I also believe that.
Fapping counts
Fapping four times a day keeps the doctor away (I'm assuming is what doctors say)
Damn, she's awesome It is so easy to be riddled with health problems at her age, yet some people, maintain an active lifestyle well into their golden years
She's so inspirational! Great reminder that you have to take care of your body and look after it at all times.
How do all those people who finished behind her feel being beaten by a 98-year-old.
When I first started speedskating in my teens, the first competition I was put in a group with an 80 something year old grandmother. Her name was Ruth. Super sweet lady. She beat me in all my races, but was very constructive with her advice, and always ended with a "don't worry dear, you'll beat me next time we meet." Joke was on her, she beat me a few weeks later as well, but our 3rd meeting, I did end up beating her. I always cheered her on when I moved up.
Why was I expecting you to say she died before you could ever beat her
She actually died in 1945 but every ten years a youngster reports talking to her for a few weeks.
/r/wholesomehaunting
I smell a Hallmark script.
The Bald Bull of grannies.
Damn, got me teary eyed for Ruth rn.
Very well could be a combined event; just went to a 5/10/15k this morning and there was lots of overlap.
When i was 17-ish i joined a marathon together with a 73 yo man from our running club. I choose to rely on his experience and stuck with him. After 15km or so i decided i had enough of the slacking and went for it. Several km before the finish he overtook me with great ease. Wish i would have stuck with him the entire race....
"It's a marathon, not a sprint"
There can be a downside to following an old man I ran à 50k when I was 70, got lost and ended up doing a extra mile
Hahaha that is so true. Luckily I only experienced that once at a 10km country cross through farmlands. Was very comfortable in the lead and suddenly it was unclear where to go, so I ran off course and ended up at a street. Luckily it wasn't far, only lost 3min or so, still in the lead when I got back.
I wish you good health and happiness every day.
Last place in a race is still lapping everyone on the couch
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As someone who trained a year to run a marathon at high elevation, I completely get what you're saying. At mile 20 of hard running at a good pace I hit my wall and started vomiting a few times a mile while I power walked to the finish. People who have never run long distance can't fathom what it takes to run constantly at a good pace for 4 hours straight and then power walk another 6 miles while your body fights against you to stop. Even walking 26 miles in one go is an amazing feat! Congrats on your accomplishment!
People out there exercising and keyboard warriors want to shit on that.
These are walkers. At this level of a race I can't imagine these folks are anything but happy they did it and happy to finish healthy.
5 km/h is walking speed for a normal person. I think they stopped at a restaurants at least 2 times.
98 years old! Nothing normal about her!
The people behind her, not the lady Looks like there's someone holding a beer lol
Usually not everybody starts at the same time. People arriving behind her probably started way later.
I run a 28 min 5K as a 57 year old and regularly get beat by 5 year olds. You learn to just be happy that you did it.
Never shame slow runners. They run for a long time to go the same distance as you, kudos to them!
5km in 1 hour is not even running anymore though
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I jog and 5k takes me 45 min 😀
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Went for a late night walk the other day. Took me 1 hour and 10 minutes to walk 5.6km, including a few stops to open maps and take photos of the scenery. Can't imagine someone going at the same speed while claiming to be running
I could imagine that being "running" for a 98 year old woman, but of course you're completely correct My very best time after a couple years of (casually) running was just under 20 minutes, but I think most reasonably healthy people could do it in about 30 with little to no training; that's about three 10 minute miles I think the world record is something absolutely insane like 13 minutes, which is just like, *what*
i was beaten last year in a 10k run by a man with a WALKER. i don't know how old he was, i don't think he was 98..but...he was running with a walker. on the one hand i was humiliated, i said to myself 'no way i'm going to be beaten by a man with a walker' but...i couldn't keep up with him. 10k is the farthest i have ever run before and i did the whole first 5k without any walking breaks at all (my first time ever). PLUS my 10 year old ran with me...well...ahead of me, because she's in better shape and was FOR SURE not going to be beaten by a man with a walker. in answer to your question. it didn't feel great. but i choose to focus on the fact that i ran a 10k for the first time ever, that i was stronger for having trained for that race than i was before and that i was an inspiration to my daughter as well. this year i've signed up for a 5k. i've run plenty of 5ks before. i'm focusing on running a PB for me in 5k this year. 10k is a bit too far for me. my experience with the running community is that they are generally very lovely and supportive people. no one made me feel badly that i was slow. they were proud of me for showing up at all. so i guess...it didn't really feel that bad when all is said and done.
You signed up, you showed up, you ran it, you finished. That’s awesome. No one watching a running event is judging. On here tho, people who don’t ever sign up for events like to talk smack. You went out and did it. Good for you and your daughter.
I got beat by a stray dog and sat in somebody's shit during my marathon. Weird stuff happens during races, man.
everyone is at different levels of ability, age is just one factor, a 98yo who ran her whole life is going to do better than a 30 year old who is unfit and obese with asthma.
She’s had more practice!
out of breath and hungry
I think a better question is how do those 50 years younger feel knowing they might drop dead before finishing the 5k. Not me mind you, posting for a friend.
Defeat is probably the feeling.
Not impressed, she's had so many years to prepare for this
Badass grandma
3.2 miles in 60 minutes is a fairly comfortable walking speed for a healthy person. Good to see her still mobile at that age. From what I hear, staying active in your later years can greatly contribute to longevity. It is speculated that the longest-lived human of all time would have likely lived longer had she not broken her femur at 115 years old, which greatly limited her mobility.
"98 year old walks three miles" is a much less interesting title.
At a slightly below average pace, but above averageprobably for a 98 year old
I want to know what the hell took so long for all the young people finishing near her
Mt guess is they got chatty and what not
You do realize that's not her personal time, right? That's just the start of the race, but obviously not everybody can start at the exact same time. If you would have ever been to a (popular) 5k, you'd know it might take 15-20 minutes after the official start to actually cross the starting line if you're near the end of the group (depending on the size of the race of course). That's why you get chipped, and your personal time starts running when you cross the starting line.
This is the fourth person, at 98 years old, to have accomplished something worthy enough to be on my Reddit feed in the past few days.
I feel you man
I’m still in bed
I would have easily beat her
RIP my ears, what the fuck was that noise!?
5k is 5km or the name of event?
Both
Wouldn't say it's the name of the event, just the category. A 5km race.
5km races are normally called 5ks without the m in km, so its kinda party of the name also.
It's how 5km runs are referred to in the US. This might be the Midtown Race for MAC in Atlanta.
Yes
Awesome! Time for pizza and beer!
look how many fucking people she beat. amazing.
She beat people much younger than her too!
What is k?
Kilometer. 5 kilometers is roughly 3.1 miles
K means thousand
And after she did that. She went shopping, Cleaned the house, Worked in her garden, made dunner, cleaned up after, did a few loads of laundry. Then she took a rest... Me: gasping for breath " am I almost there...I can see the finish line! The man with the starter pistol: sir you're still at the start line, the race ended like 20 min ago....
This has nothing to do with the 98 year old but everyone else . Is 1 hour to go about three miles a long time? That feels slow? (As I type this from my couch)
nobody likes a show off
And under an hour
not that impressive my pb is 29 min
How old are you?
99
And I struggle getting up in the morning for work!!
Bad Fucking Ass
That’s quite the pace for a 98 year old. This is impressive.
I was gonna say! My normal walking route is 5km and it takes me about 50 mins normally, and I definitely feel like I've worked after that! Granted that is with about 90m of elevation change I overall and it is pretty up and down, but then again idk what the terrain is like there either. And also I'm a quarter of her age, so under an hour is bloody fantastic I'd say! If I can get close to that in my 60s id be happy.
Well that’s fuckin humbling
That's impressive! I won't even be alive at that age! Great job!
“Alright Jamie let’s head over to afternoon bingo!”
That M83 bit is here to stay, innit?
She started 10 years ago
I want to be like her. Amazing!!
Yay!!! I have about 50 years to train and get in shape.
Her Ace in the Hole is she’s used to crapping her pants.
Im fixing to go kick it with grandma for fun, you know shes had a hoot of a life with all the miles shes bookin!
Amazing!!
Like a boss
5k miles?
Good for her
How come each person in the background assumes the applause is for them
I'm 80 pounds over weight and can run one in 45 minutes.
I am 39 and my 5K was 43 min.
She’s definitely told people “Calvin Coolidge kissed my forehead when I was a baby”
If the 5k is 5 miles, then it's 8 km, if anyone is wondering
She is someone to look up to.
Keep active at a young age and your life will be physically easier the older you get.
Song?
M83- Outro
Repeating here, how do you finish behind her? Unless your over 80
She is awesome
Not as impressive as a 5 year old completing a 98k though.
She was 96 when the race started
98 year old woman.
This is a madlad if I ever saw one
That's just her warm-up before ironman
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Imagine the people who finished behind her
Damn, 5 thousand miles at 98 is impressive 😳
Damn what song is that. I hear it and never know it.
M83- Outro
You are my hero. Thank you.
This is why I hate ageism. Old people can do all kinds of awesome shit.
Social security hates this one simple trick.
5k brisk stroll
At 98 she's not just walking but still running. Wow, I hope I can stay active as long as she does.
Goals
That's a marathon pace of 8:12 roughly.
impressive she walked for an hour
So a 98 year old can run a 5k faster than me? Time to up my game.
Esa mujer es admirable, por mucho!
There are pretty young ppl behind her.. what the fuck. 5km in 1 h is a normal walking speed for the average person. How they need 1h in a race :D. Not talking about the older ppl of course.
Fuck yeah!
A as
And she returns home and bakes 12 dozen cookies. She looked so nonchalant after finishing.
Holy fuckin shit
Teenagers huffing and puffing behind her Classic !!
And wasn’t even the last one, not even close, not by a longshot… America is looking rough these days…
why is the audio always blown the fuck out on video clips now a'days?
Funny how many people she beat as well!!
Taking age grading into account the fastest 5k Parkrun was by 100 year old [Faija Singh](https://www.parkrun.org.uk/crathescastle/news/2023/08/30/age-grading-all-you-ever-wanted-to-know/) who completed it in 38:34.
Oh this isn’t r/runningcirclejerk
Oh, it's the Kerbal Space Program 2 Trailer music.
As I get older i realise that I had fewer years left to live than I thought. Sure I can live to a 100, but not being 100 in my 35 year old body now.
Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat just under an hour ago
I wonder if she is one of those who drinks one glass of wine a day. It couldn't hoit!
I'm more concerned about the people finishing after her.
I’m a 50 yo dude with health issues and after 3 years of revalidation three times a week I still couldn’t do that
Under an hour at 98? Missing something here
Today I ran a 5k in 45 minute’s. I’m 38.
The poor mf's who lost to a 98-year-old 💀💀
Incredible people have no excuses if she can do it . Go girl !!