The Gifts of Giving & Pain Free Running Over 50

Resource Roundup

What We Get By Giving

This article on Success.com explains the 3 things we get by giving which are:

1. A sense of joy and purpose in finding a cause that brings us joy and fulfillment and donating time or money to the cause.

2. Greater connection to your community by helping out individuals and families living in our community.

3. New ideas on how to solve problems the problems we care about. Contributing to a cause can open our minds up of ways to be more efficient or make a greater impact on the problems we hope to solve.

Tips for Runners Over 50

Coach Parry shares things runners over 50 must STOP doing. Some of the tips shared are:

• Running everyday. More recovery time is needed to get the benefits of training.
• Comparing yourself to the younger you. Instead, keep track of your season’s best times, and try to beat last year’s times.
• Skimping on sleep. We must make an effort to get good quality and quantity of sleep.
• Training harder to prevent natural declines in performance.
• Neglecting strength training. Strength training is critical as we get older to slow down the decline of muscle mass.
• Under-fueling for training.

Coach Parry also offers a Faster Beyond 50 Masterplan on their site and a strength training plan for runners.

Resources to Stay Active

Grays on Trays an online resources for grown up (those 40+) snowboarders.

Run Injury Free! Evidence Based Fitness Academy (EBFA) has a library of exercises on their YouTube channel to keep you running pain free.

Big toe exercises to improve strength and reduce injury. The strength and mobility of our big toe plays a key role in walking efficiently and pain free.