Run to Win

What would you say if I told you that you could run faster as a 50 year old than you did as a 46 year old? How about if I told you that it’s possible to run within 1 minute of your 5k PR that you may have set in your 20’s when you are in your 50’s, and that that is a time that would make you competitive with guys half your age? What if I told you that those times could come after a 15 year layoff from the sport?

If I told you all of that, what you would you say? You might say that I was going to interview Tom Ryan again, except that this time you are going to make sure that you are on the call so that you could hear what he has to say!

A month and a half ago, Tom Ryan and I got on the phone with some of you readers and answered not only all of the questions that I wanted answered (as a late 20’s runner hoping to be half as good as he is when I’m in my 50’s) but also the questions that you wanted answered. We not only collected questions ahead of time, but we also answered questions live from callers who wanted help with their own training.

Tom is a great guy and a great resource, and he has agreed to do an encore call this Saturday, October 25^th at 2:00. If you want to be a part of the call, then I recommend going here to sign up right now: http://www.runtowin.com/ask/Tom-Ryan.html

We’ll be going over some of the original questions again, but we will also be answering new questions that you want to ask! You can’t afford to miss this call.

As John Ambold (of Boston, Mass) said, “I can tell you that I found that teleconference to be one of the most informative running discussions that I have been involved with, and I think I got more out of it than any in which I have been involved.”

So click here now and sign up so that you don’t miss out on this jam-packed call.

How old do you think that you will be before your race times start to go up significantly? Within a few years of graduating college? In your early to mid-30s? Do you think that you can still be competitive into your 40s? How about your 50s?

Tom Ryan is now in his 50s, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at his times. His 5k times are only a minute slower than when he was in his 20s, and he frequently finds himself on the podium in the senior division at races. He is one of the best cross country runners in the country.

How has he stayed so competitive as he has gotten older? More importantly, what can you do to stay competitive as you age, or to become more competitive now that you already are a little older than you used to be?

I had those same questions that you are probably asking yourself right now. Rather than wonder about it, though, I decided to go straight to the source. On Saturday, September 6^th, I will be interviewing Tom on a live conference call. If you would like to listen to the call, you can sign up now at: http://www.runtowin.com/ask/Tom-Ryan.html

The list of questions that I plan on asking Tom all come from the perspective of a young man in his late 20s with out any children yet. When you sign up for the call in details, you have the opportunity to ask your own questions that I might not think to ask.

Click here to go to the page where you can ask your own questions and sign up for the call in details, and both Tom and I look forward to speaking with you on Saturday.

“If it wasn’t for all of you, I wouldn’t be running around in circles wondering what I’ll be when I grow up.” –Joan Benoit Samuelson, November 15, 2007

Joan Benoit Samuelson spoke last night for about an hour at the Maine Running Company. She was the first women’s Olympic Marathon gold medalist in 1984, has won the Boston Marathon twice and the Chicago Marathon once. She is the founder of the Beach to Beacon 10k, which is one of the most popular races here in Maine and never fails to bring in world-class talent year after year.

Throughout the evening, Joanie told some stories about her training as she has aged and shared her thoughts and opinions on the modern state of running and our children.

She said that she finds it more difficult to speak at home than she does when she travels and talks to strangers, but you would not have been able to tell by listening to her tonight despite her soft tone.

She spent the majority of her time answering questions from the 30 or so people that had come out to see her last night.

There were 9 specific questions that the audience asked Joan:
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