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Aug 02
Ageing Runner Reads #04 – How to keep running in your 60s – and why it’s never to late to start
Welcome to the latest Ageing Runner Reading recommendation You can see a list of all my reading recommendations here and sign up for the Ageing Runner newsletter here to keep unto date with the latest research on running as we get older. – Chris An article in the Sunday Times from Richard Askwith. I read Richard’s …
Aug 02
Ageing Runner Diary 2nd August 2023
These diary entries are part of the CARP project. They capture my accounts of things that seem noteworthy as they come up. They are part of a data collection process which will revised at a later date to pick up on recurring themes. They are not a narrative and completely scattergun. They are part of …
Aug 01
Ageing Runner Reads #03 – Median 5k times of age group winners
Welcome to the latest Ageing Runner Reading recommendation You can see a list of all my reading recommendations here and sign up for the Ageing Runner newsletter here to keep unto date with the latest research on running as we get older. – Chris Another website that I am glad that I found. Fantastic that retired …
Aug 01
Ageing Runner Reads #02 – Can Running Reduce My Risk of Dementia?
Welcome to the latest Ageing Runner Reading recommendation You can see a list of all my reading recommendations here and sign up for the Ageing Runner newsletter here to keep unto date with the latest research on running as we get older. – Chris Like Happy Aging Runner, I have dementia in my family and want …
Jul 29
Ageing Runner – Learning is a messy process
The process of knowing and understanding more is such a messy process. At least it is for me. I have just heard from Happy Aging Runner. They describe their blog audience as themselves. They learn by writing. My doctoral supervisor said the same about me. Writing means that I have to crystallise the swirling mass of …
Jul 26
Ageing Running Diary 26th July 2023
This is my diary as an ageing runner over the last week or so. It aims to capture the things that I notice as I live alongside my hypothesis for a while. I am collecting data in the form of accounts without going into interpretation at this point. That may come later as part of …
Jul 25
Ageing Runner – The candle is burning both ends, what a lovely light.
My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light! (Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 –1950) I found myself reciting this poem in a meeting a couple of years ago. I love it. For me, it encapsulates the …
Jul 24
Introducing Chris’s Ageing Runner Project (CARP)
Let me introduce you to CARP (Chris’s Ageing Runner Project). I may not stick with that title but it seemed a good idea at the time ( 8:20am on Monday morning sitting at a set of traffic lights). In addition to being a regular blog about running and getting older, I want Ageing Runner to be …
Jul 23
Ageing Runners Reads # 01 – Listen up, there’s a link between hearing loss and dementia
Welcome to the latest Ageing Runner reading recommendation. You can see a full list here. To keep across the latest research on running and ageing subscribe to the Ageing Runner newsletter here. Happy running – Chris. Ageing Runner is just over a week old and my mind has been a whirl of ideas and ways forward. I have made …
Jul 22
Ageing Running Diary 17.07.23
These are the first three entries in the Ageing Runner journal. I am journalling for a purpose. The aim is capture the things that I notice about my running and create data which can be analysed later. I try to capture accounts of the things I notice without sliding into explanation at this point. Where …
