Welcome to Forever Runner

Weekly insights for older runners wanting to enjoy the running lifestyle as they age.

Jul 15, 2024

What Forever Runner with Herb Reeves is…

Forever Runner is your resource for leveraging your running to increase your freedom, independence and vitality as you age.

I publish articles twice weekly on everything related to your running and health that will keep your running effortless, enjoyable, and injury free.

A bit about me…

I’m a life long runner who suffered a heart attack at the age of 50, resulting in triple bypass surgery. I went on to enjoy a successful ultra running career, winning age group awards and sponsorship from Hammer Nutrition. But at age 62, I had another heart attack. Something needed to change. That’s when I discovered Maffetone method training and all the benefits for us older runners. But it was hard to implement and it took many trials and tribulations to finally reach success. I was running faster without more effort and I finally lost that last 10 pounds! So I packaged my lessons learned into what I call the “Forever Runner Method” and began coaching older runners on my method. I’m now 70 years old and still enjoying effortless, injury free running and I’m planning on running till I am 100 years old!

Why I started Forever Runner on Substack…

I recently decided to retire from coaching runners. I just need more flexibility in my schedule for all the things I still want to do. But I have a passion for sharing my take on running in your 50’s, 60’s & 70’s, and providing some assistance for my followers. So Substack seemed to be the best platform to not only share my book, articles and videos, but also foster a community where we all could share our journeys as we age as runners. The internet is full of advice for runners, most of it not applicable to us older runners or just flashy headlines to draw in our attention. I want my community to have access to proven methods that actually work for us delivered by email and available on a phone app. So whether you like email, phone apps or podcasts, I hope I got you covered!

How Forever Runner works and the benefits of Membership…

The whole idea is to create a conversation about our running. The membership gives you direct access to me without having to hire me as a coach.

As a member, you get:

Every Forever Runner post (Two posts each week—all the good info, all the time).
Entry into the Forever Runner community through comments, chats, etc.
Access to the full archive of Forever Runner posts.
Answers to your personal questions in chats and posts.
Monthly, live video, Ask Me Anything sessions.