The world’s oldest ultramarathon runner is racing against death
At 53 I am beginning to acknowledge that I will never run a sub 4 hour marathon again. That&#x27;s not just age; my priorities are different and I don&#x27;t want to put in the hours it would take. I want to keep doing a marathon per year, but I can see that there will be a day when I can&#x27;t.<p>I already skipped last year due to an injury. I think it&#x27;s better. I&#x27;m being careful about recovery.<p>I don&#x27;t mean to be maudlin. I have probably five decades left to live, and much to do that isn&#x27;t running. But there&#x27;s a loss of a part of identity that isn&#x27;t thrilling me.