Tag Archives: Age-grading

Slowing down faster

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Jon Waldron

  A couple of days ago, I observed a milestone that I had been dreading for a while: I turned 59 ½.

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Watches that Run Slow

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Jon Waldron

It was good to be back on the track last night, attempting my first Tuesday night workout in many weeks. The afternoon was warm and pleasant. There was no sign yet of the showers that had been forecast for the … Continue reading →

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Ramble On, Thou Aged Runners

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Jon Waldron

On Sunday morning, on a gorgeous spring day of bright sun and an emerald blush of new leaves on ancient trees, a crowd of two hundred aged runners took to the streets of Dedham, Massachusetts to race in the venerable … Continue reading →

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The Guilty Pleasure of Age-Grading

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Jon Waldron

At the end of another long day of plodding, as a familiar melancholy descends and I contemplate how monumentally slow I have become in my late middle age, there grows in me a longing for a happier place, a fantasy … Continue reading →

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