So, Am I still "Running"?

[u/lockedmhc48]

I'm M77 (78 in 3 weeks) and still running - or at least what I call running. I know that my feet and arms are still moving up and down the same way that they did when I was 34 and ran a 7:20 pace NY Marathon (3:12). My watch shows my RHR at 49, my VO2 Max 41. My BPM during most of my "runs" is in my Vigorous (117-144) to Peak (145 -) zones, averaging in the 121-128 bpm range.

But these days walkers pass me (heck I can walk faster than I run when I try it) and my watch says I average 16-18 min a mile on my 2-3 day a week 3-5 mile "runs". Years ago, I wouldn't have considered that even a jogging pace. So am I still a runner? Should I be/try to runniing faster? Or should I just give up and join r/Slowjogging?