Reading this post makes me want to read more :-) I'm looking forward to getting your book.
For what it's worth, I experienced a big difference in performance from early 40s to late 40s. My early 40s, I was still rocking it ... I PR'ed at the marathon at 39 and then had five-plus solid years in my 40s of top ultramarathon performances (e.g. sub 24 at Western States 100, podium finishes at some 50Ks). It was in my late 40s everything turned "creaky" and slow as I entered perimenopause with erratic, strong periods and PMS symptoms. In any case, I'm 54 now, about 18 months fully past menopause, and still running, but so slowly and stiffly. I started HRT and haven't noticed any improvement or difference really. Long way of saying, I look back on when I was your age with nostalgia and tell other women who turn 40 that the forties are the best!
I'm turning 60 and I'm swimming the longest pool in Canada, faster and for longer, than I have in my entire life. Key advice from my 98 year old mother-in-law: use it or you lose it. Let the ebbs and flow of the female body not be the focus, but the ability to move be relished and sustained, however fast or slow. Thank you for the article. EW
Reading this post makes me want to read more :-) I'm looking forward to getting your book.
For what it's worth, I experienced a big difference in performance from early 40s to late 40s. My early 40s, I was still rocking it ... I PR'ed at the marathon at 39 and then had five-plus solid years in my 40s of top ultramarathon performances (e.g. sub 24 at Western States 100, podium finishes at some 50Ks). It was in my late 40s everything turned "creaky" and slow as I entered perimenopause with erratic, strong periods and PMS symptoms. In any case, I'm 54 now, about 18 months fully past menopause, and still running, but so slowly and stiffly. I started HRT and haven't noticed any improvement or difference really. Long way of saying, I look back on when I was your age with nostalgia and tell other women who turn 40 that the forties are the best!
I'm turning 60 and I'm swimming the longest pool in Canada, faster and for longer, than I have in my entire life. Key advice from my 98 year old mother-in-law: use it or you lose it. Let the ebbs and flow of the female body not be the focus, but the ability to move be relished and sustained, however fast or slow. Thank you for the article. EW