You know the main thing is really training smarter, follow a program that takes both your gender and age into account.

Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport

so you can train smarter, stay healthy and run faster now. And now your host, Tina Muir.

Hello this is Tina Muir. Hello, this is Tina Muir.

Thanks again for taking the time to tune in to listen to the latest episode of the

Ranners Connect Run to the Top Podcast.

So today I'm going to talk to Bennett Cohen.

Bennett is the president of the International Association of Women's Runners

and he's a running coach to women over 40,

and he's actually helped women over 40, 50, 60 and even into their 70s run personal best.

He's been an avid runner for 37 years and has been a women's running coach for 14 years. He's a great writer who's

put over 100 articles on women's running out and he actually sends a weekly newsletter for women over 40. So any males listening or

women under 40 although this does focus on women over 40 you will still get some

fantastic advice from this interview, including mental tips for racing, which we can all use.

Bennett gives the best advice I've ever heard of how to practice visualization.

I really would recommend checking that out and I think it's about the 25 minute mark so if you want to skip ahead to that part you can.

Today Bennett and I are going to talk about how women over 40 can still run their personal best and how to do it, why quality

over quantity is most important and why women over 40 need more rest and recovery than men and

women under 40 of course and how to dramatically reduce

your risk of injury are you ready to meet Bennett let's do it.

Welcome to the run to the top podcast Bennett.

Hey glad to be here with you, Gina.

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