On today's Run to the Top Podcast.

Running is not an easy activity.

It takes time and effort and sweat and you can't keep at it unless you have trained your brain with enough

motivational techniques to keep going so train your brain first and the rest of your body will follow.

Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect,

where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport.

Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community.

Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood.

Welcome, this is Stephanie K. Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier, coach, and host for the Run to the Top podcast. Today we're talking with Boston

Marathon winner Amby Burfoot 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of Amby Burfoot's 1968 win at the Boston Marathon.

Burfoot is returning to run Boston in just a few days,

having logged over 100, thousand miles in his lifetime and

leading the National magazine Runners World as editor-in-chief for 20 years

Burfoot is the expert's expert with as much expertise as he has accumulated, he still maintains that running is a simple sport and deserves a simple book.

In Run Forever, his recently released book, Burfoot shares practical advice about the fundamentals of running

and how to run with greater joy and enhanced health. By following approachable guidelines, you'll learn how to motivate yourself,

center your mind, adapt techniques to increase your endurance,

and live everyday healthy, active, and engaged.

Run forever will lead you to becoming a faster, healthier

runner without injuries or burnout. We'll talk with Amby about what it feels like

to win Boston, what it will be like to run the course 50 years later and we will discuss

highlights from Run Forever his new book. We'll also be giving away three free

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