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I'm approaching my mid 40's and have noticed zero improvement in my running prowess over the last 6 months (bar one run over the weekend where I was running at a 4:59 mins per Km ). I seem to be stuck on a 5:30 min per km pace.
4 years ago, before a couple of injuries, I could run at 4:40 min per km pace over 10 km easily. I've had two 'serious' injuries hip bursitis and Achilles tendon rupture over the last 4 years (the first stopping me from running for almost 1 year).
Excluding the recent fluke , could this be down to age ? I read somewhere you can expect slow down over 40 , so should i lower my expectations ?
Any suggestions on what to try next? Currently I'm lowering my weight to see if that can help and I don't fancy sprint training , this is what caused my previous injuries. Blood sugar is always stable between 4.5 mmol and 5.5 mmol on these runs so I'm excluding this as a cause.
Any suggestions from experienced runners would be welcome.
4 years ago, before a couple of injuries, I could run at 4:40 min per km pace over 10 km easily. I've had two 'serious' injuries hip bursitis and Achilles tendon rupture over the last 4 years (the first stopping me from running for almost 1 year).
Excluding the recent fluke , could this be down to age ? I read somewhere you can expect slow down over 40 , so should i lower my expectations ?
Any suggestions on what to try next? Currently I'm lowering my weight to see if that can help and I don't fancy sprint training , this is what caused my previous injuries. Blood sugar is always stable between 4.5 mmol and 5.5 mmol on these runs so I'm excluding this as a cause.
Any suggestions from experienced runners would be welcome.
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