It's great getting old(er)

So, I ran a 5K race last Saturday for the first time in well over a year.  Figured turning 70 was a good reason; not too much competition now.  Supposed to be a flat course, that's why I agree to it. Not.  But I finished in a shameful 38 something, I guess.  I felt like I was running pretty hard, actually.  Anyway, I got first place in my age group 70 to 98, since I was the only one in the entire race that old.  And what adulation I got when I went up to get my medal.  Just for being old. Never got that kind of respect when I was 69.