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2nd poll this has not been my finest moment. How old were you when you grauated

Realfoodieclub profile imageRealfoodieclubGraduate465 Voters
174
50 -59
142
40 - 49
61
30 -39
54
60 -69
24
20 - 29
6
16 - 19
3
70 - 79
1
80 + or 70+ (if 70-79 dosent come up.)
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danzargo profile image
danzargoGraduate

Ta daaaaaaa!!! EXCELLENT!

MrsLis profile image
MrsLisGraduate

Top end of 50-59 at 58.5!

deekay64 profile image
deekay64Graduate

Hmmmm only just sneaked into my category since you reworded it πŸ˜‚

Jonesycat profile image
JonesycatGraduate

What about 70-79? OldPossum 's mum won't be happy! :)

Realfoodieclub profile image
RealfoodieclubGraduate in reply to Jonesycat

I don't understand on my poll I have that age bracket. My poll start at 16 -20 and that's no there either. ,!!

Originaltigger profile image
OriginaltiggerGraduate in reply to Realfoodieclub

I suspect if no one has yet voted in that category, it won't include it in the narrative for the results....

Realfoodieclub profile image
RealfoodieclubGraduate in reply to Originaltigger

Ah that might make sense. It will be interesting to see if it's a technical error or we have less members of that age group than I thought.

Jonesycat profile image
JonesycatGraduate in reply to Realfoodieclub

Yep, that might well be it, RFC. Good thinking Originaltigger !

Millsie-J profile image
Millsie-JGraduate in reply to Realfoodieclub

I could see those additional categories before i voted. Im guessing no one has used those other no-show categories yet.

nhs2015 profile image
nhs2015Graduate

Hahaha, just to stir the pot RFC, I am 69.5. Where do I stand? With the young 69 or with the old 70 (80) ........ I picked the 69 πŸ˜‡

Realfoodieclub profile image
RealfoodieclubGraduate in reply to nhs2015

I'm not sure what's happening when I looked at the poll 70 to 79 is there but I can't go in as a new user to check what's happening. Something is against me today

nhs2015 profile image
nhs2015Graduate in reply to Realfoodieclub

Maybe the gremlins are taking their revenge on us for being so good 😁 . Not to worry. It is a very interesting survey.

Flossie22 profile image
Flossie22Graduate in reply to nhs2015

Nice one! Whilst one usually rounds up, I totes agree with you to go for 60-69! πŸ˜€

Jase44 profile image
Jase44Graduate in reply to nhs2015

You look less than 69 for sure so go with the lower age πŸ‘

Susie29 profile image
Susie29Graduate

48 so only just sneaked in to my category.

I do like my mid crisis :-) and the fact I took up running and have never looked back, other than to reminisce

Patrick1942 profile image
Patrick1942Graduate

Best thing I ever did with my clothes on, I never thought I would ever run 5K , just completed my 25th Parkrun at 73

60Mouse profile image
60MouseGraduate

my 60th birthday year challenge was to try running! Enjoying it...

Really like this poll. There is a lot you can glean from it.

I think it might be fair to assume that our C25K was a representative cross section of the population who did some sort of exercise (excluding professional and semi-professional sports men/women) and it probably does. I guess most amateur Sports clubs such as football etc are made up of under 20's.

If the proportions were reversed of the take up by age which is ideally what it should be we wouldn't have half the health problems that the country has perhaps ?

I may be typical in that definitely I stopped playing sports or doing exercise outside of occasionally cycling to work after I turned 20. Only purposely done exercise when 60 for C25K ! If the tendency was for younger age groups to be more active then would be less need for us old uns to get out running.

I think after school the pressure of work family and combined with fast food and more sugar loaded products has been our downfall. Worth a discussion perhaps not for the scope of this site.

Are there any stats anywhere for what age groups do some sort of sport / exercise ? and analysis ?

Millsie-J profile image
Millsie-JGraduate in reply to

Brill analysis Joe! Just need to recognise that in the younger age groups it could be that many have no need to follow this programme as they have retained a level of fitness through maintaining an exercise regime and can run a bit already πŸ˜ƒ Great that us older folk are picking up on a healthy lifestyle, we can influence our younger family members πŸ‘πŸΌ

Flossie22 profile image
Flossie22Graduate

I think this is excellent Realfoodieclub You look as if you have people in each of your 8 categories now! What a great pie chart! Thank you for organising!

misswobble profile image
misswobbleGraduate

|Oooooooh the oldies have it! Go us! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeha!

DiogoC profile image
DiogoCGraduate

I haven't graduated yet. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I need to make sure I complete all the runs in one week before moving on. As a result, I've been doing week 3 for over a month now. Finally completed that last week and will now tackle week 4.

Wannaberoadrunner profile image
WannaberoadrunnerGraduate

I'm a bit confused by the poll. Is the green result for 40-49 or 80 - 70?