True! When you get to be my age you’re practically guaranteed to finish top 3 because there are so few runners in the age group.

I run at the gym in the winter. It’s good for aerobic fitness and the treadmill is far more forgiving than pavement. I like to run, which is mainly why I do it. I can get the same workout without banging up my knees if I use the elliptical machines at the gym. I mix it up with rowing and do intervals on the stationary bikes. It’s all boring as can be, so the variety helps - and the rowing machine and intervals provide benefits running doesn’t. I could be wrong but its my understanding that it takes weight training to build muscle. I do free weights and kettle bells. Again, at my age I don’t think I’m building muscle so much as combatting the loss of it.