Product Description

Former Runner’s World editor Rich Benyo explains how to make the years after 50 the best in your running career. Through his engaging writing style, Benyo will help you

• infuse your running program with new training ideas,

• set new goals,

• establish good nutrition and hydration habits,

• avoid injuries common in aging runners, and

• stay motivated.

Running Past 50 will show you that with a little imagination and effort, you can revitalize your workouts and make running more enjoyable than ever.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #545693 in Books
• Published on: 1998-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 242 pages

From the Publisher
"With wit and style, Benyo urges seasoned runners to evaluate, adjust, and reinvent their running to stay fit and motivated. Mostly, though, he inspires us to look ahead to new adventures and renewed enjoyment. There is great information in this book, but above all else it is entertaining and inspiring."

Don Kardong Senior Writer, Runner’s World President, Road Runners Club of America

"Running Past 50 isn’t only for the new 50-year-old runner; it’s also a very readable guidebook for those who’ve long since taken up residence in the second half of their century of fitness."

Kathrine Switzer Director, Avon Running Global Women’s Circuit Winner of 1974 New York City Marathon

"Running and Rich Benyo have grown up, and aged well, together. Now Rich is into his 50s, and never has this age been more crowded with runners. They’re redefining aging, and no one knows this better than the author of Running Past 50. Rich has lived it all as a runner and covered it all as a writer."

Joe Henderson West Coast Editor, Runner’s World

About the Author
Richard Benyo is the editor of Marathon & Beyond and race director of the Sutter Home Napa Valley Marathon. He’s also a serious long-distance runner who over the past 20 years has competed in practically every type of running event imaginable—from 400-meter runs to ultramarathons. This veteran of more than 35 marathons became the first person, along with Tom Crawford, to run from Death Valley to the peak of Mount Whitney and back in midsummer—a distance of 300 miles.

Rich was the executive editor of Runner’s World during the height of the running boom, from 1977 to 1984, and the fitness and running columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1985 to 1990. He is the author of Masters of the Marathon, The Exercise Fix, and Making the Marathon Your Event. A member of the Road Runners Club of America, Rich currently lives in Forestville, CA, with his wife Rhonda Provost.

Customer Reviews

OK part of a series.
As an over 50 multi-marathoner I found this text lacking in some areas. It seemed to address a target market but missed because it assumed that all runners are speed motivated and were fast runners in early years. Most of today's distance runners are neither.

For Seasoned Runners Only
This book is not helpful for people taking up the sport of running for the first time in their 50's. It's aimed at lifelong runners who need to reassess their approach. It doesn't fit will with other books in this series, such as Strength Training Past 50, which is perfect for beginners.