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Masters running - Glen - 29-10-2025
DOB 10 January 1960
I started running at UCT mainly to lose weight and get fit but very soon was passionate about running generally and did my first marathon and ultra(Two Oceans 56 km) in 1983. When I started teaching running took a bit of backsteo until I joined AAC in Cape Town . There I joined a sub 3 hour running program and subsequently achieved this sub 3 hr in 1992. I ran off and on for the next 10 years or so . Then my running decreased considerably and bad lifestyle caused considerable weight gain which ballooned to close to
100 kg .In 2011 at age 51 after elevated blood pressure reading during a doctors visit a ECG was done during which said doctor halted as she saw some disturbing signs . I was immediately sent to a cardiologist where I an angiogram was performed.
The cardiologist did not complete the angioplasty procedure as he found too many blockages to stent and I underwent a quadruple bypass two days later. Ten days later I was released from hospital and my rehab program (which included a very strict helathy eating plan) under the supervision of a biokineticist began . And I got back serious running again did my first post op marathon in 2013.My best times in my 50s were 3 36 marathon and 44 m 10 k.
RE: Masters running - TheEd - 30-10-2025
Hi Glen, thank you so much for becoming involved in the Masters Training project and thank you for providing the background detail. I am aware of your desire to train towards a sub 50 minute 10k. This is a grand goal. For now, what we shall do is I shall ask you what training you have been doing till now. Then, we shall provide a training session and you provide feedback, regarding pace and pulse. So, over to you and so begins our journey