I’m closer to 90 than 40… 
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As I don’t have chance to use my normal workday greeting as we are wfh I’ll drop it in here: another day nearer death
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eek
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eek indeed!
it kind of bothers us that having taken on a high demand, high exercise, dog recently we’re going to have to keep him active until we’re around 80, assuming he and we have continuing healthy lives. it’s an ask - but if it’s too big an ask we will find out! at least it will help keep us active and that has to be good.
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Keep on keep on mate. I find the older I get, the harder the ‘re-starts’ get.
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Someone who is 61 years old was born closer to the 1800’s than today
(Just visiting with that cheery thought from Tim Urban on waitbutwhy.com & Will sign up properly in 2023.)
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I’m happy in the knowledge I grew up in the pre-internet era.
And have seen some massive changes in my lifetime. Things like the Berlin Wall are a very distant memory.
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This is the tim urban link. Enjoyable and thought provoking stuff about the passage of time.
Eg. The Lion King and Forrest Gump were both released closer to The Moon Landing, than today (1994, 1969)
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likewise, but t’interweb has made a huge difference to modern life which is now so intertwined with it. eee - I remember when things like golfball typewriters and a fax machine were the things to aspire to!
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Probably on the cusp of seeing both sides of the story.
There have been a lot of moments of great significance in our lifetime Jeff… i’d add the end of Apartheid as another huge moment… the collapse of the USSR, and of course the emergence of Disco music! 
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Disco music 
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For years I have been trying to keep up with my son (now 26) having taken him running since he was a little fella - cross country mainly - ran cross country for Salford, school cross country team etc.
Tonight he knocked out a 38:43 10km which I know I could never have done even when I was 20/30 years younger.
Makes me feel older than joining this esteemed club in 2020.
While proud of his achievement, anyone else feel that the next generation has well and truly taken over (or about to do so)?
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definitely… but i’m keeping the little buggers honest, and making them work for their victories still!
Surely someone born yesterday was born closer to the 1800 than today?
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me too…
oh dear… 
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Good point!
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Any fellow v50s on here who have to creep up on core and strength exercises so that the temple doesn’t start to whinge? 
I am finding more and more as I am getting very close to 57, that I can’t seem to take a few weeks off and go to anywhere near the number of core and strength exercises when starting back. Well I can, but there’s always something, some part of the body not happy. I mean real creeping up starting with maybe just 3 reps, then perhaps 5 next time, 7, etc etc?
I am finding that I am merely managing all of the niggles and wear and tear, no talk here of some of the feats of core and strength from the young bucks!
Not a whinge, merely an observation that wisdom and maturity doesn’t come free 
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In my late 40s and yeah I can see that already. I guess that the reasoning behind consistent strength work. Our body’s are more inclined to deteriorate quickly.
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I started a proper structured weight training programme before lock down.
I asked a PT to help me devise it, I will continue this when we get going again.
I always avoided weights being an ex body builder, I felt “ stronger “ after a few sessions.
Been doing a few basic core exercises in the training thread the last few weeks, this is hotting up now.
Lots of stuff you can do with no equpt.
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