The keys to running strong for a lifetime. Why do some runners burn out, hang up their shoes, and leave the sport behind, while others are still racing fast and finding passion in their running decades after they got their start? Running journalist Jonathan Beverly taps more than 50 lifetime runners—including champions Deena Kastor, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Bill Rodgers—to reveal the habits and mindsets that keep them going strong. From shrewd training methods to powerful mental attitudes, Beverly explores principles that help runners adapt, accept, and rebound to enjoy a lifetime of running. Learn the keys that keep runners in the game, running with purpose and passion, including achieving consistency throughout the season and over the years, sidestepping burnout and injury, discovering the joy of effort-based training, continually striving for new goals, and tapping into unrealized potential. Whether you are a new or dedicated runner, passionate about the sport or looking to rekindle the fire, the practices of these lifetime competitors will put you on the path to a thriving running career. Jonathan Beverly is an author, a coach, and the former editor-in-chief of Running Times. "Run Strong, Stay Hungry is like going for a Sunday long run with multiple generations of running's wisest and most experienced." - Pete Magill, coach, author, 5-time USA Masters XC Runner of the Year. "This book is for runners who get that running is not about one race or rival. Running is about you, your path, and your lifetime of running." - Bill Rodgers, 4-time winner of the Boston and NYC marathons.