Running Past 50

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.

Part I: The MachineChapter 1. EvaluatingChapter 2. GoalingPart II: The Elements of TrainingChapter 3. EnduringChapter 4. StrengtheningChapter 5. SpeedingChapter 6. RestingChapter 7. PacingChapter 8. WalkingPart III: The Art and Science of IngestionChapter 9. HydratingChapter 10. FuelingChapter 11. Pre-Fueling/Re-FuelingChapter 12. DruggingPart IV: Training Alone and TogetherChapter 13. SharingChapter 14. AloningChapter 15. InspiringPart V: The Walking WoundedChapter 16. AvoidingChapter 17. InjuringChapter 18. RecoveringChapter 19. Crashing (Burnout)Chapter 20. SimplifyingPart VI: Head GamesChapter 21. RevertingChapter 22. ReinventingChapter 23. ReversingChapter 24. ImaginingChapter 25. Pioneering