Lifetime Competitors

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In Lifetime Competitors, running journalist Jonathan Beverly interviews dozens of lifelong runners who are still racing fast and loving the sport decades after they got their start. Beverly discovers 9 keys from these veteran racers that let them keep running strong and staying hungry for competition.

Are they biomechanically gifted? Stubborn? Simply lucky to have avoided injury? Turns out, there's a lot more to it. In his comprehensive research, Beverly discovers that these runners all share very specific perspectives and habits that allow them to adapt to changing life circumstances, accept declining abilities, and rebound from setbacks. These keys not only keep them on their feet, but also allow them to continue to draw the same enjoyment from the sport whether they are winning championships or finishing in the middle of the pack, cranking out 100 mile weeks and doing blazing speed work on the track, or squeezing in just enough miles into a busy schedule to simply feel fit and fast and occasionally test that fitness in a race.

Beverly interviews nearly 50 runners including Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit-Samuelson, Deena Kastor, Benji Durden, Coleen De Reuck, Dave Dunham, Kathrine Switzer, and Roger Robinson. By adopting the practices of these lifetime competitors, you too can enjoy a lifelong, healthy running career as well as boost your enjoyment of running and your racing performance.