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WanderingEng · 2200 days ago · link · · parent · post: An Aging Marathoner Tries to Run Fast After Age 40
My opinion on stretching is it helps reduce injuries as muscles become tight from repeated heavy use. That's probably the same as your comment about balance, that stretching a tight muscle simply moves back to the middle. I think I'm still moving toward my peak, with improvements coming faster than my body is slowing down. Would I have been better if I'd started ten years earlier? Probably, but I was never going to be elite. I question if I have the physiology to qualify for Boston (I don't question if I have the determination or commitment to try to find out).