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Older, Faster, Stronger: What Women Runners Can Teach Us All about Living Younger, Longer
Contributor(s): Webb, Margaret (Author)

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 ISBN: 1623361699     ISBN-13: 9781623361693
Publisher: Rodale Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Running & Jogging
- Self-help | Aging
- Sports & Recreation | Training
Dewey: 796.420
LCCN: 2014025236
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.75 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged
Features: Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/01/2014
Booklist 09/01/2014 pg. 36
Shelf Awareness 10/10/2014
 
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Publisher Description:
One part personal quest to discover running greatness after age 50, one part investigation into what the women's running boom can teach athletes about becoming fitter, stronger, and faster as we age, Older, Faster, Stronger is an engrossing narrative sure to inspire women of all ages. A former overweight smoker turned marathoner, Margaret Webb runs with elite older women, follows a high-performance training plan devised by experts, and examines research that shows how endurance training can stall aging. She then tests herself against the world's best older runners at the world masters games in Torino, Italy.

Millions of women have taken up running in recent decades--the first generation of women to train in great numbers. Women are qualifying for the Olympic marathon in their 50s, running 100-mile ultra marathons in their 60s, completing Ironmans in their 80s, competing for world masters records in their 90s. What are the secrets of these ageless wonders? How do they get stronger and faster long after their athletic prime? Is there an evolutionary reason women can maintain endurance into advanced years? Webb immerses herself in these questions as she as she trains to see just how fast she can get after 50.
 
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