Run Strong, Stay Hungry: 9 Keys to Staying in the Race

by Jonathan Beverly

Overview

In Run Strong, Stay Hungry, running journalist Jonathan Beverly reveals the secrets of veteran racers who are still racing fast and loving the sport decades after they got their start. Beverly collects the habits and mindsets of more than 50 runners including Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Deena Kastor, Benji Durden, Colleen De Reuck, Dave Dunham, Kathrine Switzer, and Roger Robinson. Run Strong, Stay Hungry shares 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 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 over 50 runners including Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Deena Kastor, Benji Durden, Colleen De Reuck, Dave Dunham, Kathrine Switzer, and Roger Robinson. From training methods to mental attitudes to finding community among their fellow runners, there are specific keys that help these masters runners to adapt, accept, and rebound from the hurdles that life and aging put in their path. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937715694
Publisher:	VeloPress
Publication date:	11/21/2017
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jonathan Beverly is a journalist, runner, photographer, and consultant. The former editor in chief of Running Times and shoe editor for Runner's World and Running Times, Beverly draws on decades of experience in the sport and the industry. As editor, he wrote 150 columns, more than 35 feature stories and numerous training articles, athlete profiles, race reports, and shoe and gear reviews. Recent work has appeared in Competitor, Runner's World, Outside, V02Run, Fitbit.com and Running Insight. In 2006, Beverly received the Journalistic Excellence Award from the Road Runners Club of America.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Why They Stop

THE KEYS

Part One: Physiological Principles

2 Consistency: Making running a habit

3 Variety: Mixing things up

4 Training by Feel: Letting go of the watch and schedule

Part Two: Psychological Principles

5 Humility and Hunger: The promise of humble beginnings

6 Adaptability, Part 1: Setting goals

7 Adaptability, Part 2: Flexing with the times

8 Students of the Sport: Knowledge that directs and excites

9 Staying Connected: Nurturing the ties that bind and motivate

10 Hope: The power of optimism

11 Love: It makes the world go ’round

Afterword: Why be a lifetime competitor

Contributing Runners

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

"Sitting down with Run Strong, Stay Hungry is like going for a Sunday long run with multiple generations of running's wisest and most-experienced. Jonathan Beverly puts you smack in the middle of a wide-ranging discussion on the sport that conveys the passion, mindset, and training methods of lifelong runners. The only disappointment is that the conversation, like a great run, must eventually come to an end.

Pete Magill

Jonathan Beverly’s book, Run Strong, Stay Hungry, is fantastic for runners who want to continue runningand for runners who have been running for decades. I found myself nodding and saying ‘Yes!’ at each chapter.

Dave Dunham

In Run Strong, Stay Healthy, Jonathan Beverly interviews dozens of runners who have trained and raced hard through the decades. Their advice is clear, proven, and usefulexactly what all runners are looking for.

Amby Burfoot

Jonathan Beverly mines new material in Run Strong, Run Hungry. He focuses on the heroes of yesterday to learn their secretswhat contributed to their success and, perhaps equally interesting, how they failed and what they learned. A masterful read.

Hal Higdon

Running is so challenging it makes you wise. Running is such fun it keeps you young. Jonathan Beverly captures the wisdom and the fun in his masterly distillation of the thoughts of 50 lifelong runnersthat’s two thousand years’ experience in one fascinating book.

Roger Robinson

Jonathan Beverly has expertise, knowledge, and love of the sport of distance running. His book, Run Strong, Stay Hungry, is for runners who get that running is not about one race or rival. Running is about you, your path, and your lifetime of running.

Bill Rodgers

Sitting down with Run Strong, Stay Hungry is like going for a Sunday long run with multiple generations of running's wisest and most-experienced. Jonathan Beverly puts you smack in the middle of a wide-ranging discussion on the sport that conveys the passion, mindset, and training methods of lifelong runners. The only disappointment is that the conversation, like a great run, must eventually come to an end.” — Pete Magill

“In Run Strong, Stay Healthy, Jonathan Beverly interviews dozens of runners who have trained and raced hard through the decades. Their advice is clear, proven, and useful—exactly what all runners are looking for.” — Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon winner, Runner’s World editor at large

“Jonathan Beverly has expertise, knowledge, and love of the sport of distance running. His book, Run Strong, Stay Hungry, is for runners who get that running is not about one race or rival. Running is about you, your path, and your lifetime of running.” — Bill Rodgers, four-time Boston Marathon champion and Olympian

“Running is so challenging it makes you wise. Running is such fun it keeps you young. Jonathan Beverly captures the wisdom and the fun in his masterly distillation of the thoughts of 50 lifelong runners—that’s two thousand years’ experience in one fascinating book.” — Roger Robinson, PhD, author and masters runner

“Jonathan Beverly mines new material in Run Strong, Run Hungry. He focuses on the heroes of yesterday to learn their secrets—what contributed to their success and, perhaps equally interesting, how they failed and what they learned. A masterful read.” — Hal Higdon, Contributing Editor, Runner’s World

“Jonathan Beverly’s book, Run Strong, Stay Hungry, is fantastic for runners who want to continue running—and for runners who have been running for decades. I found myself nodding and saying ‘Yes!’ at each chapter.” — Dave Dunham, mountain running champion with over 135,000 lifetime miles

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