In this episode, Chris looks at research from the Huntsman Senior Games in Utah. It looks at the different levels of loneliness experienced by athletes who are described as shy, avoidant or unsocial. Can running in a group really make us feel m

Is all this running bad for my health?

Nov 19th, 2023 24m 49s

In the latest episode of the Ageing Runner Podcast, Chris looks at the evidence suggesting that long-term endurance exercise my be detrimental for some aspects of our health. He describes his first cross country race in nearly 20 years (mud ba

Who on earth should we believe?

Oct 15th, 2023 32m 43s

In this 3rd episode of the Ageing Runner podcast, Chris has just run both a Parkrun and a marathon pb. Something seems to be going right. We also look at the battle for the truth amongst all the experts out there and what that means for us as r

Loneliness of the Ageing Runner

Sep 19th, 2023 19m 24s

In this episode, Chris battles noisy rainstorm to pass on the wisdom of John, an 82 year old former national fell running champion who is still going strong. He picks up on the theme of loneliness from last time and delves into a post by academ

Welcome to Ageing Runner

Aug 17th, 2023 14m 15s

In this introductory episode, Dr Chris Fielding shares the ideas behind the ageing runner project and discusses a post from an ageing fell runner on feelings of becoming invisible as we age.References:Dixon, E. (2023). Listen up, there’s a

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