Episode #58: Bernd Heinrich on 'Racing The Clock' & his running life
We Run This
English - August 11, 2021 14:35 - 42 minutes - 79.8 MBFitness Health & Fitness Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Running is often thought of as a young person’s sport, but at the age of 39 Bernd Heinrich won his first marathon, as a complete unknown.
It was only the third marathon he had ever run and his first in five years.
Since then, the now 81-year-old has done everything from holding American records in four different distances – and the world records for those same distances in the masters category – at age 45, to outrunning a spitting cobra on the African plains.
Bernd joined the show to talk about running and his new book - Racing The Clock - an in-depth look at running, aging, and the body, exploring the unresolved relationship between metabolism, diet, exercise, and age.
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