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 and I would like to welcome you to another episode of the Run

is Connect Run to the Top Podcast. Inspiration, we can find it almost anywhere. The

running world is surrounded by it. However, there are some people that just give off

so much energy and passion that they inspire you just by being around them.

My guest today is definitely one of those people.

From not even knowing what a marathon was at age 35 to qualifying for the Olympic trials within a matter of years.

My guest today is the textbook example of chasing your dreams at any age.

My guest today is Susan Logan. Susan took up running at the age of 35 like I just mentioned after the birth of her third child.

She finished second in the 2004 Masters Marathon Championships and returned to win in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010.

How's that for an impressive turnaround? She qualified for the 2004, 2008, 2012 Olympic trials and is currently training to qualify for her fourth for 2016. She founded Believe Train Become Coaching to help runners and aspiring

athletes to achieve personal success. Today Susan and I are going to talk about how Susan started as a run walker and progressed to her

231, 241, marathon PR at age 45. The choice is Susan-Mates to reach her goals and how you can do the same to live the running lifestyle.

The importance of training partners to inspire one another,

while running is secondary to pre-hab or physical therapy,

and how her approach has changed to training as she has aged.

What to do is a female master's runner as your body changes and why you need to get hormones checked regularly?

And finally, Susan's advice for setting goals as you get older.

Enough of an intro. Let's meet Susan.

Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast, Susan.

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