Chasing A Sub 22 5k At 65 Years Young! 🏃♂️🔥
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Turning 65 has been such fun as I have new lines in the sand to aim for!
I love having a goal, and I have always enjoyed seeing how fast I can run,
right back to when it all began 53 years ago in my first race ( apart from sports days!) age 12, the Farnham and District Sports 800m on a grass track in my bare feet!
And despite my times being slower. the joy is in the stretching for an arbitrary goal set by me simply for the joy that striving for it brings me...
Without an attachment to the outcome!
I loved going to the Olympic Park this morning to race a RunThroughUK 5k
www.runthrough...
I had a secret idea I might be on for a sub 22...
Let's see what happened!
It was also fabulous to catch up with Vipul and Ed and see Dave, Lizzie and Kevan.
I also ran my race near Dave Mais from Haslemere Border AC, we ended uo meeting on the walk to the station and having a chat!
I was the first female member of the Club when i joined in 1974!
/ haslemereborderac
Run With Julia is an opportunity to talk about your own running journey with a lifetime runner and coach who understands the high and lows, the twists and turns of the running road…
It is also an opportunity to learn about running from a pro
I started competing when I was twelve years old. I loved finding what was possible…
I ran fast times in the 1980’s
5k 15.50
5m 26.22
10k 33.29
10m 55.10
1/2m 72.48
Marathon 2.36.31
In 1985 I had the wonderful experience of winning the Dublin City Marathon.
I also competed in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, but had to retire during the race at 20m due to injury.
The personal experience of the ups and downs has been growthful for me, and also given me a depth of awareness that helps me to coach others and help them return after disappointments and set backs…
All these years later I am still loving competing and finding out what is possible….
This is a link to my channel ‘Silence is Freedom’ - The truth of who you are…which comes from my work with people
/ @silenceisfreedom
This is my blog
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Crikey! Within a smidgeon of Goal A🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 watching this space❤❤❤
@jotaylor1684 Yes! 😀👍 watch this space 🏃🏼♀️☀️❤️
65 years YOUNG is an understatement. Simply amazing and inspirational. 22mins is an (sub) elite level time for your age group and a very good time for any age and even for men.
If I am not mistaken the women's world record in the 65-69 age category is 19:57. Just saying... 😁
@grgr6720 Thank you so much ! 😀 I didn't know that was the world record.... Hmm! Well... Who knows! Anything is possible 😀👍🏃🏼♀️☀️
THANKS DEAR LADY YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS WORLD MAKES EVERYONE LIFE GOOD. PLEASE.
Thank you so much 😀I am glad🙏
To still be running at 65 is commendable. you're fastest times are elite.
@sweetiemcgee Thank you! 😀Yes! There are many miles in these legs!! I was fast in the past and ran for GB and England, which were great experiences 🏃🏼♀️✨️it's fabulous to still be taking part in the sport I love!
Awesome running Julia! You are a big inspiration to us runners in our 60's.
@futtocksend8832 Thank you so much, Darryl 😊 I'm glad to inspire! it's so good to be loving the sport in our 60's ! ✨️✨️✨️
Well done Julia! I’m 45 next week and hope to be as good as you in 20 years
@@Nayz13 Happy 45th Birthday to you for next week!!! 🎂 ✨️💐
The algorithm brought me here Julia, and I'm happy it did! I'm 3 years younger than you & enjoying being retired as I have time to train properly and improve my 5k & 10k times. I'm a few minutes slower than you though. Thanks for a lovely video & congrats on the 22:02!
@geoffh2560 Thank you so much for your message, Geoff! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! I am planning to create a bit more time for training as I still love it all so much! My channel and joining in with you and everyone else has definitely been inspiational for me, too!
Top stuff. Stay fit and healthy and always have something to aim for. That is a stellar time for anyone.
@elta6241 Thank you so much! 😀Yes! Stay fit and healthy, and enjoy aiming for things! 😀🙏🏻
What she’s doing is amazing! To those watching who are younger, understand that almost all of you will notice significant changes in your fitness level in approximately 5 year increments starting at about age 45 (younger for some and older for a slight few). For me it was about age 50 (60 now), and the best advice I can pass along to those who are 40, 45, 50 & 55 is that “you don’t know what you don’t know.” I work very hard at “HIT” at least two days every week, and am seeing improvement. I’m not running much distance right now as it is just too hot where I reside (desert). I’m putting in the hard work now in preparation for cooler temps later in the year.
I’m a lifelong exerciser (runner, biker, walker, strength training etc) and Army Infantry Veteran as well as retired law enforcement officer. Unfortunately, I’ve been battling back from lingering respiratory issues related to my COVID shot (fortunately I only got one shot). My goal is to eventually compete in the Senior Olympics given I’m still a very fast sprinter, and more of an average runner distance wise. The COVID shot annihilated my endurance, so I’ve been trying for just over 2.5 years to get back to where I was. I’m not there yet, but I’m bound and determined to get there.
Thank you so much! I just love it that I am still doing the sport I have loved for the whole of my life - and I just put new lines in the sand for new goals to stretch for and have fun training for! Well done for all your training and your goals, that is excellent, I think that focusing on the source energy coursing through us can help cleanse and heal anything in our body we want to cleanse and heal. I wish you all good things with your ongoing training 🙏
What great racing and we totally get the ambition to be the best current version of yourself whilst never forgetting the younger version.
Thank you, John and Dawn 🙏🏻Yes yes ! I see you definitely understand that ❤it's wonderful to see!
My mind says yes…..my 35 years of playing football knees say NOOOOOOO! Well done to you.
I do understand 😀Well done you for the 35 years of playing football!
I love you as well, Julia!
Well done Julia! Being 63 myself, we know that age is just a number. I have ran that run through event a few times at the old Olympic park and is a great PB course. Keeeep running!
@PoetWithPace Hello 👋 Thank you so much for watching! I've just been over to your channel and met you! Fabulous channel 👏 I will now look out for you at RunThrough events, and I plan to go back to Olympic Park in about 6 weeks and see what I can do again 😀🏃🏼♀️And yes! 65 is just a number! A really fun one, though! And I've certainly easily lived 130 years in the 65 😂 yeeeesss! Keep on running!
@@RunWithJulia thank you for your kind words Julia. Will you be running longer distances? Would be fab to have you on as guest with my podcast also?
@@PoetWithPace Hi there! Yes, I will at some stage! I was a marathon runner back in the day! But these days prefer not to go further than a half ( but never say Never!) I've had a 'shorter year' mileage wise and distance wise due to being mega busy with my business - which I've been expanding this year!! Ha ha 😂just as I turn 65 ! But I plan to work less and train more from now on in! I have entered the Lisbon half - but. I'm not sure I'll get enough miles in - so it's a maybe at the moment! Would love to come on your podcast! 😀😀😀🏃🏼♀️
Well done Julia great running 🏃♀️💪🙂
@@TheGringo72 Thank you so much! 🙏🏻😀
Oooh so close! I reckon you will crack the sub 22 this year! I did a couple of sub 23 ParkRun's last year, well, one was a ParkRun at Market Rasen in Lincolnshire, flat, fast and not over popular and at Market Rasen Race Course minus horses! The other was on Trent Embankment at Holme Pierrepont running clubs grand prix, a mad flat dash along Nottingham's river Trent and 400 yards from my Flat! I ran about 17 for 5k when I was 32 but at 61 I'm a bit slower :)
@smitbar11 Hello Barry, that's great running! And fun to be still 'going for it' in our 60s. I love mixing it up between super flat, fast courses to see what I can do, and slow beach dune runs! And racing barefoot sometimes for fun!
I ran 15.50 at 25 years and was 17 something at 39 - and as I said , those beings are alive and well in me, which makes it fun, still chasing times 😀👍Albeit a bit slower! 😂
Wow Julia, that's an incredible time! 🤩
The first video I watched on your channel was 'Watch me aim for (and almost!) run sub 22 minutes for 5k...!'
You continue to be an inspiration!🏃♀🚀
Oh, wow, Steve 😀 How funny! That must have been over a year ago! 🎉 I am super keen to see if I can properly smash it!! 😅 that's the fun of running - having it there as a possibility! 😀
I am inspired by you, too!
I love this world 🌎 of technology where we can all band together and inspire one another!
Citius Altius Fortius! ✨️✨️✨️
Inspiring…. I only started running in 2021 aged 57 doing couch to 5k. Nearly killed me but loved it & I’m still running every other day. Done a few 10km runs…
@mitchh9111 Well done 👏 well done 👏 it's great that you have gone from couch to not only 5k but 10k too! I'm glad I've inspired you for ongoing runs 👍😄
Thats amazing to do 65 al the best in your running I started running at 58 I 65 week on frilday doing my 4 marathon in oct chester best thing I did meeting people
@@lorrainecowan7288 That's excellent 👍Good luck and good wishes for your marathon training!
Wow just found your videos! So happy!!
Thank you! 😀How lovely you found me, and now I have found you!!❤💚💙
QUEEN !!!!! love watching you thrive xxx
Ahhh darling Torzi! ❤🧡💙💜💕There you are! My number 1 fan!😀Lots of love to you!! 🥰xxxx
Amazing effort. You’re an inspiration
@@path2running Thank you so much! 🙏🏻😀
Brilliant video Julia, very inspirational. I'm 69 and still pushing hard, yes I'm much slower than I was but still have big goals to aim for. Running keeps you young!
@jonathantrotter715 Hi Jknathan , Thank you so much for your message . I'm always inspired by people a few years ahead who are loving running and setting goals! ✨️ Thank you 🙏🏻Yes ! Running keeps us young!
Great running Julia, your infectious smile and personality is a true inspiration to us all, I'm 68 and training hard, my target is to get back into the 22's, note to self, don't increase the workload to quickly 🤔, as I have done numerous times in the past, Good luck to you and everyone, enjoy your running and keep smiling ! 😀
@nicnak4475 Thank you so much 😀🙏🏻 Yes - not increasing workload too fast is key! I could cope with mega miles in the past - but my body is not so keen to do huge quantities now! It took me many years! But I've learnt to train optimally now 😀👍🏃🏼♀️Good luck for your return to the 22's ✨️👍
You are amazing!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@davidrogers5443 Ahhh 💛🙏🏻Thank you so much!
Marvelous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@ianclarke3627 Thank you 😊 🙏🏻
Goodness me what an inspiration. I’m 40 and was worried it was all downhill from here. Clearly not! Thank you so much.
Thank you! 🎉it's definitely not downhill ❤ I always love the James Dean quote! 'Dream as if you'll live forever - live as if you'll die today! ' ❤ With that in mind I am planning the next 10 years! 😅🏃🏼♀️lots of adventures and plans ! ♥️🙏🏻♥️
Great run - well done on your time.
What a very enjoyable morning - the Turkish breakfast was the cherry on the cake 🙂
It was a fabulous morning 🌄 Thank you for being cameraman extraordinaire!! 🎉 The Turkish breakfast was definitely the cherry 🍒 on the cake 🎂 xxxx
Awesome speedy you! Fab to see you running and meeting people. Love your video! Xxx ❤
@athenajane777 AHhh lovely Athena Jane ♥️♥️♥️I was there with you just 4 weeks ago! Xxxx
Well done on a great time for the 5k and here’s to enjoying getting to your next milestone 🎉. As a 48 year old female runner, you are such an inspiration. I just ran my 5k pb at the Cairns Marathon event in Australia and like you I enjoy having a goal to aim for.
Hello Anna 😀Thank you so much for your message! And congratulations on achieving your 5k PB! That is wonderful! 💕It is such fun to have a goal, I find! I love it that we can all connect and inspire one another!😍
Smashing it as always, Julia!! Rapid!! 💫
@@Emzfit Thank you 😊 Rosy 🌹
I'm chasing the same thing, but I'm only 46. After seven years of racing, 22:12 is the best I have managed.
@@Feanaro5503 Let's chase it together !! 👍✨️🕉
@@Feanaro5503 PS 22.12 is good 👍
Have you ever had any running injuries? I love running but so many people say that running is damaging to the body. But you look super fit and healthy and not damaged!
@Corrans Hello Louise - I have had loads and loads of injuries in the past - I have a twisted 4th lumbar vertebrae due to a riding accident age 8 and a car accident age 17 - it only came to light with lots of associated back injuries- hip knee achilies even shoulder - I also have a resultant slight scoliosis in the spine - but I have learnt to manage it by keeping super strong and doing some back care exercises every day and occassional trips to a chiropractor or osteopath...While I was working it all out I saw loads of people to help me - and, work it out I did and I never get injured now and my body feels good and X rays show very little wear and tear even though I have run 1000's of miles 😀 👍
Great run Julia. I'm sure you'll get that sub 22 5K very soon. My best 5K in recent years was 22.03 as Dulwich parkrunin February 2023. I've tried several carbon plated 'super shoes' but the Vapourfly is the only one I've got on with so my choice for race day. I'm 56 and love running though in recent years a painful Achilles has meant to a few missed races and much missed training frustratingly. Just interested, what kind of interval session you did which gave you confidence that a 22 minute 5K was possible? I hope your channel grows as always enjoy the content and your amazing enthusiasm for this wonderful sport.
Hello Geoff, Thank you for your message! I am sorry to hear about your achilles. I always go from the perspective that the body's natural state is to be healthy and there is a way to run free again... I have had every injury under the sun - including achilles trouble - and have found this attitude helpful😀When things hurt, i say to myself 'I'm not sure how, but i know there is a way to run free again...!'
I felt sub 22 was on the cards, because I ran 22.35 two weeks ago and on Tuesday I did a short interval session on the treadmill where I simply did 8 x 90 secs at 14.5kph with a 90 sec jog recovery- and I found them quite doable/ comfortable - so I reckoned i'd be able to hold a faster pace over 5k - and I did! 😀😃
New subscriber. I'm very glad your stream popped up.
I'm looking forward to watching content that may also inspire my inner 25 year old.
@katesmiles4208 Hello Kate, I'm so glad I popped up! Yes ! My inner 25 year old is very much alive and well, and she is enjoying the ride with the 65 year old! 😀😀
Great video! Definitely found this inspiring as an ‘older runner’ (though I’ll never get to 22 Min!!) 😅
Thank you, Steven 😊😊 And re the 22 ! You never know ....!!😅
Fantastic post , and great running!
@@JohnBirtchetSharpe Thank you so much! 😄
Another great run julia well done.
@paulanthony812 Thank you so much Paul! 😀
That's very impressive
@@rajmathew6220 Thank you so much!😊🙏🏻
I'm gunning to break 22 min at 56 years old. Last year rab 22.09 breaking a 7 year pb I think, with the right training and consistency can go below 21, I'd love to get close to 20 one day, which I think is still possible
@iancollinge1614 Hi Ian - well done 👏 Yes! That is definitely possible ! You have inspired me to aim for sub 20 again ! With the idea I'll hit sub 22 on the way 👍😀😂 I last ran sub 20 - 13 years ago age 52! Good luck with your training 💪 👍
Awesome running!
@@derekrunsagain Thank you so much! 🏃🏼♀️✨️
Absolutely brilliant time, well done. Very difficult to hear you though, especially when you're close to the person with the megaphone.
@Keeacer Thank you! 😊🏃🏼♀️And thank you for the sound! Microphone mission improvement underway! 👍
@@RunWithJulia 👍👍
Hi Julia, greetings from Australia, thanks for inspiring me to keep on running! How many kms do you run a week? I'm 58 and you're faster than me! Cheers Chris
@Crsmg Hello Chris, thank you so much for your message! I'm glad it's inspired you! Yes - let's keep on running ! At the moment, I'm running about 50k a week due to a very busy work schedule this year! 😄😄 But I have plans to put it up! 7 years ago I trained to run across Spain in bare feet! ( as you do! 😂) and I put it up to around 80 - 100k per week... I have thoughts to do more! But I do need to organise my time for it to happen 👍😄
@@RunWithJuliaI also do 50km a week but that's because I try to run 40 minutes every day and it just happens to come out at 50km. I heard that population studies show 40 minutes of vigorous exercise a day has maximum health benefits. Apparently more than that doesn't make much difference to longevity 😊
@Crsmg Hi there - that's very interesting 👍😀 we can live a long time rhen!! 😀🏃🏼♀️
I’d like to be sub 22 for half that distance! And I’m younger (only by 3 years)! Well done you ❤❤😊
@Louisejames23 Thank you so much 🙏🏻♥️♥️ I think it's so important to have our own lines in the sand to aim for ✨️💗 it, keeps it fun, and keeps us engaged with it all! ❤️ I've always loved seeing how fast I can run, right from when I was very young, and it hasn't mattered that the times have got faster faster than slower, slower!! 😂I still love finding out! ✨️
i always run thinking i will use my watch to inform my pace, but then during the race (ok parkrun) i end up just trying to manage the exhaustion and my position relative to others, particularly those that seem to be suffering. but then glance at watch for a sneaky idea of finish time with 1k to go. usually i am dissapointed at what i see. but i could never run without my watch, which is I know v sad and missing the point. any how.. great video and well done.
@eddycurrant1380 Hi David, it's not sad or missing the point 🙏🏻it is your choice - and your running journey! And may be a process where you're working it all out! I have had many processes with the watch and the tyranny of tine over distance versus the joy of finding out the time over distance.😀🏃🏼♀️
As a track runner 'back in the day', you couldn't escape the lap times being called ! So, I learnt to manage my responses! Then, through the 80's when I was at my fastest, I abandoned the watch as I put myself under a lot of pressure, and it added to it in a way that I did not enjoy at all! And I ran better 'Running free'.
Now I don't put my watch on for easy runs and only occasionally for outdoor intervals- and depending on how I feel I don't always time races- but just recently I'm enjoying seeing my k splits and trying to hold the pace!
My first k on Sat was 4.10- too fast! But also encouraging as I haven't run a 4.10 k for ages!!!
The watch does have a tendency to bring us face to face with ourselves!
I've worked decades to set goals, but let go of being attached to the outcome !
That has been a long journey 😀
@@RunWithJulia Yep I will look at the splits more I think, thanks again
I ran a 22:06. Last year at 63 yrs old
@johnwillard6198 That's excellent 👏we'd be close in a race together ! 😄
Well done on a fantastic time. How many miles a week do you run if you don’t mind me asking? I ran about 30 per week as a 55 year old, but now at 61 I seem to be courting injury once over the 20 mile per week mark.
Hi there, this year i have been running around 30 - 35, but that is because I have been very busy with my work! I intend to run more miles, but i need to create the space for it as it doesn't work for me without sufficient sleep! I think that strength training really helps with keeping injury free, and my easy running is super easy!, and has even been known to inclide coffee shop stops! 😀 And I only do two faster sessions per week. Even when I was super fast in the 80's I ran my easy running very easily and two or even one speed session a week was enough... I did do loads of volume then, up to 100 miles per week, but generally averaging 70 - 80! And I keep thinking more volume would help! But I super listen to my body and it hasn't suggested that this year😂
Great reply. Thanks so much for taking the time. I raced the Knowsley Harriers 4 miler last week (unusual distance I know) and had 27:41. So that’s sub 7:00 pace. By comparison my easy runs are slow at 9:15 to 10:00 pace (by feel) with one speed session a week. I think I just need a bit more volume to be competitive. Not used super shoes yet. I’m saving those until I get back over 80% age grade.
@@steveaye5427 Thats great to be running 6 something 👍I like 4 mile races... There used to be a Worthing Splash point 4 ( may still be!) and i once did The Yorkly gallop ( in the 80's) yes - i agree volume helps, but needs to be integrated slowly and fit in with lifestyle ? sleep /work etc! I love the Super shoes for racing! But i train mainly in barefoot shoes, or barefoot! 😀
@@steveaye5427 wait you train at 9-10 min per mile and race sub 7 min pace? Not likely!
9-10 min/mile is my easy pace. That’s most of my running including easy runs, long run and warm ups and cool downs. I ran with my daughter on Wednesday and averaged 10:00 pace for 45 easy minutes. 9:15 would be the fastest I run at easy, but I’ve no idea of pace as I go purely by effort as I feel like on the day. I only know my pace when I upload afterwards. Same in races and speedwork.
20-30 mins per week is the maximum faster running I do including track work, races and strides.
Today I clocked 21:07 at Croxteth Parkrun in UK, that’s 6:48/mile. Check me out I’ve got nothing to hide.
I’m guessing you used to be Julia Armstrong
@alanive2001 Hi Alan - I was Julia Armstrong til 1982 then I was Julia Gates 😄
@@RunWithJulia Running to Learn
@@alanive2001 oh wow!! Did we talk on my podcast back then? Or did you read the book! ? How fabulous to connect 🙏🏻😀
@@RunWithJulia I read the book. It was very interesting trying to identify the anonymised characters in it, although Nigel was obvious enough!
@alanive2001 Oh my goodness, me 😀👍yes, Nige is easy to identify 👍I actually wrote the first draft of that in 2002!! It is very definitely another life 🏃🏼♀️😂