Welcome to The Senior Runner!
The Senior Runner aims to provide runners age 60 and over with:
- Current knowledge about the aging process and how that impacts senior runners
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Tips for maintaining/building a strong running foundation for the long haul
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Ideas for setting realistic goals and related training plans
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Both preventing and recovering from acute or chronic injuries
Introducing:
The Senior Distance Running Essentials Series
The Senior Runner (TSR) is a resource for those age 60 and older who are both able and continue to be motivated to run. Accepting that we are slowing down with age can be hard. Nevertheless, running can and should serve as an anchor, a dependable activity to look forward to and a means to attain and maintain good health. That is what TSR is about and in particular Senior Distance Running Essentials, a comprehensive presentation about senior running comprised of 14 chapters housed on a separate page of this site. Please check it out!
Recent Blog Posts
Negotiation
On a recent podcast of The Morning Shakeout, host Mario Fraioli converses with author Sebastian Junger. Junger was a solid collegiate runner at Wesleyan University with bests of 4:12 in the mile and 24:05 for 5 miles. In his mid-20s, he ran a 2:21 marathon. He discovered he had an ability to run at age 15 when […]
Consistency
In his book, The Little Red Book of Running, Scott Douglas suggests consistency is the runner’s holy grail, emphasizing that without it, we will never realize either our short-term or long-term potential. He says this makes running different from some other sports, such as golf, that can be set aside and then picked up more easily. […]
Travel and Training
When we plan a trip, we hope to leave behind regular responsibilities. Possibly thinking there will be time, maybe more time, to train. Of course, if we’re traveling to a destination race, we are likely tapering for the event. We are in the middle of a road trip to Florida aimed at escaping the winter cold, snow, […]
Against The Wind
The temperature this morning was 12 degrees. This is not uncommon in northern New England in January. I bundled up and in spite of some flurries and a light snow cover the footing was pretty good, though it required paying close attention the road. What was harder to navigate was the wind, gusting to 25 mph, making […]
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
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