Run Forever ― How to Start Smart, Get Fast, and Run Healthy for the Rest of Your Life

In RUN FOREVER, Boston Marathon winner and former Runner's World editor-in-chief Amby Burfoot shares practical advice and wisdom on how to run with greater joy and health for an entire lifetime.

Everyone learns how to run at an early age. It's naturally wired into your body. Yet in recent years, running has become complicated by trendy gadgets and doctrine. With a Boston Marathon win and over 100,000 miles run on his resume, Amby Burfoot steers the sport back to its simple roots in RUN FOREVER. From a warm and welcoming perspective, Burfoot provides clear, actionable guidance to runners of every age and ability level.

Whether you are a beginner runner or experienced marathoner, RUN FOREVER will show you how to motivate yourself, avoid injuries, increase speed and endurance, and reach your goals. Best of all, you'll enjoy optimal health throughout your life.

Amby Burfoot won the Boston Marathon in 1968, and joined Runner's World ten years later. He became editor-in-chief in 1985, and held the position for twenty years before retiring in 2013. Amby has run 105,000 miles in his lifetime, and owns the U.S.'s longest active "race road streak," having completed the Thanksgiving Day 5-Mile Run in Manchester, Connecticut, fifty-four years in a row. Currently a writer-at-large for Runner's World, he has been honored by numerous running organizations both as an athlete and a writer. He continues running up to thirty miles a week.