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Postby VeloCarrie » Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:22 am

danziggirl wrote:I'm new to this forum - so please be gentle with me. I'm 55 - 56 in September.

Welcome! Are you the same "danziggirl" that is also on Its My Run?

I hope you enjoy it here! :D
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Postby danziggirl » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:12 am

Thanks Jacqui - I will add some info when I work out everything. Looking forward to chatting with you all!
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Postby danziggirl » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:15 am

Hi Carrie - yes I am. I'm into thoroughbred horses as well as running and Danzig is (or was) a very famous stallion (son of Northern Dancer) that's why I like the name danziggirl.
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Postby VeloCarrie » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:19 am

danziggirl wrote:Hi Carrie - yes I am. I'm into thoroughbred horses as well as running and Danzig is (or was) a very famous stallion (son of Northern Dancer) that's why I like the name danziggirl.

I figured you were into horses in some way. My mum (at 66 y/o) still competes in equestrian sports, but she has quarter horses. I personally don't ride at all.
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Postby danziggirl » Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:52 pm

Hi Carrie
Your mum must be amazing! I love horses - I can ride but just not obviously at that kind of level. I am more into the pedigree of thoroughbred horses.
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Postby Spirit Unleashed » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:25 am

Danzigirl, counting you, there are at least 3 in the 50 something age group (I didn't re-read all the posts to count). So we all get awards!
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Postby runlolarun » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:19 pm

I'm 51 and feeling every second of it today - doozy of a chest cold
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Postby danziggirl » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:19 pm

I think we are like fine wine - we get better with age......
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Postby La » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:00 pm

Has anyone here (men or women) ever lied about their age once they reached the age of (say) 30? If yes, did you lie to make it sound like you were younger or older?

For the record, I have never lied about my age. My weight, now that's a different story... :wink:
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Postby JacSprat » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:08 pm

La wrote:Has anyone here (men or women) ever lied about their age once they reached the age of (say) 30? If yes, did you lie to make it sound like you were younger or older?

For the record, I have never lied about my age. My weight, now that's a different story... :wink:


I haven't ever lied about my age but after I turned 50 or so (I'm 57 now) I seemed to become a lot more conscious of my age and more reluctant to say how old I am. I'm not sure why that is really.
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Postby danziggirl » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:07 pm

No, I can honestly say I have never lied about my age.
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Postby Jwolf » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:15 pm

La wrote:Has anyone here (men or women) ever lied about their age once they reached the age of (say) 30? If yes, did you lie to make it sound like you were younger or older?


Never.
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Postby Doonst » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:21 pm

I lie all the time. In fact I'm lying now.
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Postby lxiao » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:36 pm

runjanerun wrote:And to put it into perspective, when someone complained about "another birthday" coming up and getting older to my friend who was dying of cancer, she commented, "I WANT to have another birthday!" :(

I hope I have lots more birthdays! And I can put up with the aches and pains of aging -- you have to be alive to feel them!


Hear hear, thanks for the perspective Jane. I agree...

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Postby runnerman » Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:44 pm

I'm 44 but look 35.
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Postby Robinandamelia » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:19 pm

I'm 44.
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Postby seuss » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:45 pm

Robinandamelia wrote:I'm 44.


welcome aboard R&A. 'fessing up to your age as a first post. wow!
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Postby Robinandamelia » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:48 am

Thanks, I figured it was one of the easier things to discuss :)
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Postby a-slow-5 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:21 am

JacSprat wrote:
La wrote:Has anyone here (men or women) ever lied about their age once they reached the age of (say) 30? If yes, did you lie to make it sound like you were younger or older?

For the record, I have never lied about my age. My weight, now that's a different story... :wink:


I haven't ever lied about my age but after I turned 50 or so (I'm 57 now) I seemed to become a lot more conscious of my age and more reluctant to say how old I am. I'm not sure why that is really.


Jacqui, I think for us women, it was easy to say "forty-something"..... but saying "fifty-something" just sounds older.... hence, there is more reluctance to saying it.

We can deny silently all we want, but when the number is spoken aloud, it really bites!

I always feel younger than I actually am until I look in the mirror! (no lies from this gal either.... if you have to lie, why bother!)
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Postby DeltaTrev » Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:22 am

I'm 47....and this is my first post in the Masters thread, as I still don't get this internet thing....I might be lying about something, just can't remember what.....I'm just happy to know who I am (I think), but I do want to know what the H*** happened to my hair
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Postby RayMan » Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:11 am

DeltaTrev wrote:I'm just happy to know who I am (I think), but I do want to know what the H*** happened to my hair


I hear ya, Trev! I am 44 and sporting a sleek, aerodynamic head myself!
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Postby RonPerth » Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:48 pm

I'm getting so old, I'm starting to brag instead of lie!

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Re: So how old are you old people?

Postby Jo-Jo » Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:09 pm

Bumping this thread...oh heck...just for the fun of it.
Actually what inspired me was I was curious about when robinandamelida joined RM and saw her post way back when she joined...at age 44.

And so here I am at age 60. Still a member of RM...still running...but after a year of not much running just getting back into it with a Big Goal :D :D
Ummm....no...I'm not doing Iron Man :lol: :lol:

So I'm curious...just how old is everyone...for the oldster RM members...refresh my memory. For the newer ones...tell me! :D :D
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Re: So how old are you old people?

Postby Nicholas » Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:20 pm

...and Ron himself just ran 100K at the Sri Chinmoy event a couple of weeks ago.
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Re: So how old are you old people?

Postby Ken B » Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:27 pm

And I am a septuagenarian now. 70 years young and hoping to be running for many yrs to come. I am also pleased to be a member of the best online organization!! :)
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