Originally Posted by
rydabent
Also witness all the joggers and runner that have had joint problems that changed over to cycling.
Thankfully, I only ran really hard for fewer than 10yrs, much of that mileage on softer surfaces. My knees thank me for that as well.
Miss it. But to this day I still don't have overt joint issues to deal with. Most of the runners my age who are still plugging away have any number of bone and joint problems.
Back I the day, I could run fairly hard for 3yrs and on a couple of occasions did a really hard bike ride for 3hrs. I'd be seized-up for days, after the hard ride, whereas with a day's recovery I'd be back at it with the running. Go figure.
These days, I can't imagine even attempting a run. Old injuries just won't allow it. Gettin' old sure is fun.