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					Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski  When I was in my 20s someone blows by me, I catch up and ask if they mind if I pace with them. Typically it was someone on State’s CC team and I’d get my hardest run of the week in. In my 30s, I think I still did that but no college CC guys around. 40s nah. And now I just remind myself I’m the only person my age still going (that I know, of course there are others). | 
	
 In 2014 I trained with a guy named Matt who was a 2:53 marathoner.  He asked me if I wanted to run with another group at lunch, so I said sure.  It turned out Matt was the slowest guy in that group (and my fastest time was 6 minutes slower than Matt's).  Out of the 6? guys, two of them were sub 2:30 and were trying to make the Olympic trials.
I almost died (and they were out for an easy run).