If you think senior athletes “take it easy,” think again.
In this powerful podcast episode, endurance coach Tracey Drews joins me to share how she’s helping athletes over 50 train smarter, recover better, and race stronger — all while honoring their lifestyle goals.
Tracey has been coaching for over 20 years and still competes.
Many of them didn’t even know they were “athletes” until she helped them become one.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
🔥 How to train VO2 max safely in your 60s & 70s
🥗 Why nutrition & macros matter more than ever
📉 Using HRV & wearables to prevent injury and overtraining
🏋️♀️ The role of strength training in protecting brain function
Whether you’re racing or just staying fit as you age— this is gold.
You don’t want to miss this one. Tune in now!
Guest – Tracey Drews is a dedicated coach whose passion for guiding athletes began early through the lessons of team sports. Inspired by how great coaches tailored strategies around individual strengths and weaknesses, now bring the same philosophy to her own coaching—treating every athlete as part of a team with a shared goal.
She specializes in creating personalized training plans that prepare athletes not just to race, but to thrive. While they coach athletes of all ages, they hold a special reverence for the “mature athlete,” emphasizing the belief that growing older doesn’t mean we have to stop playing. Their coaching goes beyond workouts—it’s about motivation, resilience, and building a lifestyle of health, performance, and longevity.
Most importantly, understanding what inspires each athlete and helping them stay empowered.
Tracey's personal journey is just as inspiring: once active in sports throughout school and college, they shed over 50 pounds after undergrad at Virginia Tech, which sparked their pursuit of a graduate degree in exercise science at Old Dominion University.
This gave her a deeper understanding of human performance, physiology, and nutrition—and a mission to share the benefits of endurance sports as lifetime activities that not only reduce illness but also help us age with grace.
Today, through coaching, she combines science, empathy and experience to help athletes at every level discover the joy of movement, the discipline of training, and the resilience to keep playing—no matter their age.
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