He was a guest on the second episode of this podcast, two years ago, when his first book was still a first draft. Backpack Jacket Surfboard went on to become Amazon’s best-selling travel humor book. Now, he’s back with his second book, Faster Than You at 60, distributed by Simon & Schuster.
The athletes in his book are people who didn’t get their shot in youth but found their way back to running decades later. They never lost the fire.
In This Episode You'll Learn:
→ Why Graham decided to take up running at 56
→ Why sprinting and jumping are a different skill set from distance running
→ What this kind of training does for a body in its sixties
→ The story of a two-time world athlete of the year who walked away from the Soviet Olympic program at 17, and what she does now
→ How a man who broke his spine got from a cane to a starting line
→ Why a Pittsburgh sprinter who lost two senior seasons has gone 27 years unbeaten in the 400 meters race
📖 About Graham Broyd
Graham Broyd is a British-American businessman, writer, and athlete. Born in Dorking, England, he went to school in Bedford and then Liverpool, before taking two gap years working and hitchhiking around Europe. In 1978, he went to Birmingham University to study International Relations. After his retirement, Graham found his writing voice. A lifetime storyteller, Graham wanted to write down the twenty hitchhiking stories he had told for more than forty years from his original trip to America in 1980.
📖 Resources Mentioned:
Read Graham’s new book Faster Than You At 60: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Faster-Than-You-at-60/Graham-Broyd/9798891886407
Read Graham’s first book, Backpack, Jacket, Surfboard: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Backpack-Jacket-Surfboard/Graham-Broyd/9798891882317
Watch my previous conversations with Graham here: