Run for Life: The Anti-Aging, Anti-Injury, Super-Fitness Plan to Keep You Running to 100

Book Synopsis: In Run for Life, Roy M. Wallack says, "Run to 100. Not just live to 100 and shuffle along when you get there, but do what few, if any, have ever done: Actually run a 5k, 10k, or even a marathon on your 100th birthday." That's the blueprint for super-fit running longevity laid out by Run for Life, which combines cutting-edge scientific research with old-school knowledge for a one-two punch that fights the natural deterioration of aging and the specific problems of running. The Run for Life plan includes many ground-breaking innovations, including:
·Soft Running: An easy bio-mechanical overhaul that reduces knee-shock by 50%;
·Barefoot Running: Why it works for everyone from Barefoot Ken Bob to Olympic athletes:
·A Call to Arms: How a vertical armswing makes you run faster and safer;
·HGH Strength Training: Why hitting the weights hard stokes growth hormone release and stops age-related muscle decline as it maintains speed, power, balance, and quick-reaction time;
·The Ultra Interval: Crazy-hard 20- and 30-second all-out sprints that leave you gasping--and actually make you younger;
·High-tech Water Running: New, simple pool tools that are making champion runners--and you--faster on land;
·Yoga on the Run: A just-for-runners flexibility/warmup program designed by famed fitness and yoga guru Steve Ilg; Bionic Hips and Knees: From the frontiers of science, operations that are restoring broken-down marathoners to their 30-year-old selves;
·Secrets of the Kenyans: The author travels to the Rift Valley to get tips from the Italian genius who guided them to greatness;
·Anti-Back-Pain Posture Poses: A renowned postural therapist explains how "standing like a kindergartener" makes runners faster and safer; Motivation Magic;
·Staying motivated: How rivalries, exotic running travel, far-out goals, crazy races, giving back, and groups like the New England 65+ Running Clubs keep the fires burning;
·Oral histories of the greats: Long-form interviews with running heros like Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, Helen Klein, Sally Edwards, Rod Dixon, Laszlo Tabori, who recount their fascinating life stories and offer personal tips on super-fit aging.