“In fact, when the researchers compared their older runners’ walking efficiency to that of young people, which had been measured in earlier experiments at the same lab, they found that 70-year-old runners had about the same walking efficiency as your typical sedentary college student. Old runners, it appeared, could walk with the pep of young people.”
Run until you must walk?
Personally, I hate walking, particularly in a race!
Running can also help prevent or delay onset of osteopenia and osteoporosis to which susceptibility rises as we age. I always encourage running for my clients if they have no restrictions to running.
Yes, and probably a host of other physiological improvements, e.g. lower resting heart rate, lower BP, reduced chance of diabetes, less anxiety, less body fat (hopefully!), more muscle…
“In fact, when the researchers compared their older runners’ walking efficiency to that of young people, which had been measured in earlier experiments at the same lab, they found that 70-year-old runners had about the same walking efficiency as your typical sedentary college student. Old runners, it appeared, could walk with the pep of young people.”
Run until you must walk?
Personally, I hate walking, particularly in a race!