Is he because he did gymnastics as a young girl?It is perfectly normal for athletes in their early thirties to excel in running longer distances. As you age, you lose fast-twitch muscle fibers the ones that help with sprinting and and gain slow-twitch muscle fibers the ones that help you with endurance.
The likes of Richard Gough, Gareth Barry and currently Seamus Coleman show that age is no barrier to fitness or athletic ability.








