Fitter as You Age with Carolee Walker

Carolee Belkin Walker is currently Chief of Staff in the office
of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the U.S.
Department of State. She’s a career professional at the
Department with previous assignments as a congressional advisor
in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, the Deputy Director of the
state.gov website, and a consular affairs officer and chief
serving on crisis task forces such as the earthquake in Haiti and
the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.


Since 2014, Carolee has enjoyed a successful side hustle as a
freelance wellness and fitness writer for such publications as
the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Women’s Running, and
others. She’s the author of her memoir Getting My Bounce Back and
she’s currently writing her second book, Keeping My Bounce in
Spite of What I’m Facing. She started running in her late 50s in
order to lose weight, but soon she began to embrace the overall
health benefits of running, and most importantly the mental
benefits.


As a marathon and triathlon finisher, Carolee is a proud member
of the back of the pack. She maintains that participating in
these events can play a major role in keeping fit and healthy as
you age as they help you set good habits and teach you
mindfulness skills that can have a positive impact on every
aspect of your life. It has in hers.


 
Questions Carolee is asked:

 


2:42 How are things at the moment in Washington D.C. with all
that’s going on?


4:23 How important is running right now?


6:20 We were first introduced when you interviewed me for an
article in the Washington Post about slowing down your runs so
you can eventually run faster.  Can you tell me what you
learned overall from researching that article?


9:29 You started running later in life.  Can you tell me
about why you started to run and how it's evolved?


11:50 Are people taking this situation as an opportunity to start
or restart running?


15:12 You've written a book called "Getting My Bounce Back" and
are currently working on "Keeping My Bounce."  Can you talk
about the core messages in those books and how they relate to age
and running?


20:47 What is the relationship between running and yoga?


26:24 What are the most important lessons you've learned about
health, running, and aging?


30:29 How important is surrounding yourself with supportive
people?


33:57 What advice would you give yourself back when you started
running?


34:24 What is the best gift running has given you?


31:43 How can people connect with you?
Quotes by Carolee:

 


“When you’re running slow, you’re really developing the energy
system that you need for the long haul. And the more you can
develop that system, the better you can do overall.”


 


“Especially now with Covid-19, this is the perfect time to become
part of an online running community or online training.”


 


“Doing some planks, maybe one plank on all sides, if possible;
two sides and then in the center before you go for a runcan sort
of activate your core which can hold you up a little higher so
you’re not putting pressure on your back.”


 


“The fact is, even in a perfect situation… you might tweak
something, but you don’t want to throw in the towel, so if I have
a labral tear on my hip… then I will go swimming in the pool or
I’ll do something else. There is no scenario where you should not
be moving around.”


 


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Mentioned in this podcast: 

Run To The Top Winners Circle Facebook Community


RunnersConnect Facebook page


Book: Getting My Bounce Back by Carolee Belkin Walker






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