Welcome to Senior Distance Running Essentials! This is a comprehensive A to Z consideration of training and racing topics pertinent to runners age 60 and older. Below are the chapters you will find in the drop-down menu under this page. Ideally, these are read in order, though there is nothing to keep readers from jumping to topics of the most interest to them. Enjoy!

Part 1. Context for Senior Running.  Chapters 1-8.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Senior Distance Running Essentials.

Chapter 2. Why we Run; Why we Stop.

Chapter 3. How Runners Age.  Gender Differences.

Chapter 4. Biomechanics: Fundamentals of Human Movement.

Chapter 5. Lower Extremity Biomechanics.

Chapter 6. The Human Highway: Cardiorespiratory System. 

Chapter 7. Our Control Systems: Nervous, Endocrine, and Immune. 

Chapter 8. Nutrition.  

Part 2 – Effective Training and Recovery/Rehab. Chapters 9-14.

Chapter 9. Strength Training, Part 1. 

Chapter 10. Strength Training, Part 2. Demonstrations.  

Chapter 11. Training and Racing Strategies for Senior Runners, Part 1.  

Chapter 12. Training and Racing Strategies for Senior Runners, Part 2.  

Chapter 13. Recovery Strategies for the Senior Runner.

Chapter 14. Rehab for the Senior Runner