Let Healthy Older Adults Run
Robert E Johnstone, David L Rutlen, Amby Burfoot
Increases in physical activity promote good health, yet exercise and particularly running are underprescribed for adults over age 65. The authors call for more prescriptions, incentives, and recognition
for endurance exercise for older adults, which would increase healthy lifespans and inspire younger
adults to run. They describe how new run-walk programs and shoe technologies allow older adults to
succeed at endurance running, something not previously identified in the medical literature.
