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Gina Little, 77, from London, England, likes to run about two marathons a month. She never has a time goal in mind but instead likes to “run as I feel”–although she tends to average about 9:00 to 10:00 minutes per mile, she says. Her marathon goals, instead, revolve around the number of marathons run—like running her 600th, which she did in Berlin in October, in an impressively quick 4:34, or ticking off all six World Marathon Majors, which she did just two weeks later when she crossed the finish line of the Chicago Marathon. That’s where Little collected her six-star finisher medal, becoming the oldest person ever to achieve the feat.
What is it that drives Little to run such an extraordinary number of marathons every year? What does her weekly training and recovery program entail? And what can she teach us about maintaining our running fitness–and speed–as we get older? Runner’s World UK sat down with Little to find out her secrets.  Gina Little, 77, from London, England, likes to run about two marathons a month. She never has a time goal in mind but instead likes to “run as I feel”–although she tends to average about 9:00 to 10:00 minutes per mile, she says. Her marathon goals, instead, revolve around the number of marathons run—like running her 600th, which she did in Berlin in October, in an impressively quick 4:34, or ticking off all six World Marathon Majors, which she did just two weeks later when she crossed the finish line of the Chicago Marathon. That’s where Little collected her six-star finisher medal, becoming the oldest person ever to achieve the feat.
What is it that drives Little to run such an extraordinary number of marathons every year? What does her weekly training and recovery program entail? And what can she teach us about maintaining our running fitness–and speed–as we get older? Runner’s World UK sat down with Little to find out her secrets. |
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