Despite what some people think, you can start running at any age. In fact, more runners than ever are lacing up in their golden years. According to a survey, from 2015 to 2022, the number of ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Some of us slow down as we get older, but others are picking up the pace, recently lining up next to runners half their age at the starting line for the New York City Marathon.

If you're an avid runner, logging dozens of miles every week and you happen to be over 65, odds are you're burning oxygen at nearly the same rate as a runner in her 20s. Scientists call this rate of ...

On most weekends of the year, Joe Mullins laces up his running shoes and races a 5K in San Diego. Mullins ran 31 races last year and is on course to beat that number this year. The 53-year-old ...

“Age is no excuse” is a mantra frequently used by members of the Colonial Road Runners and Peninsula Track Club to opine that the supposed slow-down with age is much smaller than commonly thought.

According to 2018 study, runners' paces start to decline by a linear rate of one percent each year between the ages of 40 and 70 (and this number rises to a 1.5 percent decline when they hit their ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Runners over age 50 improve their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes and the benefits they get from ...

Runners 50-and-older dominated the fourth annual Night Owl 9K at Freedom Park last Saturday evening, not only sweeping the top three overall spots for the women, but also breaking three of the five ...

NEW HAVEN, CONN. - Runners older than 50 improve their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes and the benefits they get from ...

To reach a rapidly expanding demographic, companies are changing their tone. By Corinne Purtill According to company lore, the idea for Nike’s CruzrOne sneaker — a well-cushioned, thick-soled running ...