Damien Callahan, an assistant professor in human physiology at the University of Oregon, said those accumulating birthdays become less of a factor as the distance of a race increases. Researchers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond have studied how age affects peak athletic performance. Rupp achieved his personal best of 2:06:07 while winning the Prague Marathon in 2018. And I think that idea of constantly seeing how far I can take my body and my mind and putting it together in one performance is the biggest driving thing for me right now,” Rupp told CBS in March. “Especially as I’ve gotten older, I still believe that I can run a lot faster in a marathon than I have. And there’s four-time Olympian Galen Rupp of Portland, age 36. Hall’s teammates on the men’s side include Army lieutenant Elkanah Kibet. It takes a lot of time with gifted therapists.” To keep my body in one piece takes a lot of effort. “It hasn’t been without a ton of work to be able to keep improving at this age. “I think I’ve tried to just be really careful of that in my career - to just expect myself to keep improving and not expect myself to slow down,” Hall continued.
She remembered a pertinent line from a former coach: “Once you start saying you’re old, you start the clock.” Hall chatted during a cool down from a training run in Colorado ahead of her trip to Eugene. That has just led me to dream bigger for the races.”
“But through my training, I’ve continued to see a lot of improvement. “That was never the plan to do this career this long,” Hall said. She said she’s surprised she is “able to keep progressing” at this age. The oldest woman is 42-year-old Hanna Lindholm of Sweden.Īmerican contender Sara Hall clocks in at a spry 39.
The oldest man in the field is 43-year-old Brazilian Olympian Paulo Paula. But some of the top marathoners on Team USA and on foreign teams toeing the start line Eugene are surprisingly old, relatively speaking. Now, running at top speed for a long distance may seem like a pastime for the young - and it is. Some of the marathoners are trying to outrun both their rivals and Father Time. Competitors from 34 countries will race through the streets of Eugene and neighboring Springfield this coming Sunday morning for the men and Monday for the women. An elite field featuring most of the world’s best marathoners has arrived in Oregon for this year’s World Track and Field Championships.
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