Retirement is inevitable though not always imminent

At 32, I’m considered to be in the prime of my professional life.

The people I went to college with have worked their way up the career ladder and are coming into their own in their chosen fields.

The only problem is the career I chose involves sprinting 100 metres while jumping over ten hurdles as fast as possible. Being 32 means I am in the twilight years of my running career and perhaps even considered finished by some people. I was out for lunch recently when a stranger turned to ask me: “Are you retired now?”. I was left wondering why that question always stings and in my head it sounds like “are you really bad at running now?”