The boy’ll be all right

[HeavyFoot]

The “boy” in question is my friend Richard and he’s 72 ! About 6 months ago he announced that he was going to run the 10(.6)km version of the Ronde Ceretane run here in France. It’s next Sunday.

Although he’s a great walker, he hasn’t run since 2016. I couldn’t dissuade him, and he’s done no more since May than walking and some workouts.

So last Wednesday I jogged with him around the 5km version which I’ll be doing next weekend. He did okay : a decent 150 jogging cadence l reckon.

Today we tackled the full 10km. Last year it was my downfall: I wasn’t fit and wasn’t prepared for the nasty rough ascents at km 7 and 10. I came a magnificent last of 366 runners!

He did it! Shattered, but he finished. My final advice to him was to ignore the gazelles (it’s not a fun run) and choose his own pace.

I’ll still worry next week

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Very impressive both of you

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well done that boy! And you too of course. That course sounds steep with a capital S!

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Well-done..both..72 is a,really good age to be running...I can recommend it. 👍

[Cmoi Graduate10]

He'll be fine, he can just walk anything that he thinks is too tough to run. Just hope the weather proves reasonable!