Amazing Aws! Looks like the same person, but you the younger of the two pics! But that's just what happened. My Mum died at 57 and Dad at 72, and he thought he had a good "innings" Life was hard then. JJ - glad you survived the hide and seek - sounds like you had a lovely time. Regarding the over 70 or even over 60 grades, I think there is also a difference in those that have always run, and those that took up running when older. K2 - nice to see you back. Looks like you have been trying your hand at everything! Ceal - happy birthday to Stewart. I look differently on the aging thing. I started running when I was 10, and finished 2nd in the first unoffical NZ Women's xcountry in 1962. The winner - Milly (Mildred) Sampson. She was my hero. I was 12 and she was over 30 - I thought that was ancient! She would be now be 80? She stopped running years ago. She is listed in the progression of the world's women's marathon times. She lived just up the road from me. I've run when very few women ran, competed in the '80s when the standards were very high, and I'm still here. As a kid it was "go Peter Snell", then it was "John Walker" then "run Forest run". I've got no records but have lasted the distance. Most good runners don't seem to keep racing into their old age, I guess because they've already achieved their goals. I got a comment from one of the Rotorua marathon organisers when I became a survivor - 15 Rotorua marathons, that not one of the Rotorua marathon men winners was a survivor and only myself and Bernie Portenski who had been first women home in the event had become survivors. We all have different aims and goals in life. I was always the runner in the family, and I guess I will always try to keep running if not racing for as long as I can. Now I'd better "touch wood". | 
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