Life After Competitive Sport

Life After Competitive Sport – Embracing a New Passion for Running & Fit-walking

When the final whistle blows and competitive sport comes to an end, many former players feel a loss of identity, structure, and purpose. Life After Competitive Sport is your roadmap for what comes next. Written by holistic health coach Mark Lowry, this eBook helps you transition from the world of matches and training plans into a new chapter of health, happiness, and fulfilment. It shows how running and fit-walking can rebuild your fitness, protect your long–term health, and give you back a sense of direction in retirement.

Inside, you will discover how to maintain strength, mobility, and heart health, avoid the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, and use movement to support mental wellbeing, confidence, and motivation. Real case stories from retired players and everyday people bring the principles to life, showing how small, consistent steps can transform your health span – the years you live in good health, not just the years you live.

This eBook is perfect for former GAA players, runners, team sport athletes, and anyone entering retirement who wants to stay active, independent, and engaged with life. With practical guidance on running, fit-walking, mindset, routine, and lifestyle change, Life After Competitive Sport will help you turn retirement into a powerful new season rather than an ending.

Life After Sport – Reader feedback

Gave me a new story after football
“When my playing days ended, I felt lost and heavier in every sense. This book helped me see that my discipline and team habits were not gone; they just needed a new direction. I am now training for health, not trophies, and I actually enjoy it.”
— Former club footballer, Co. Meath, Ireland

Honest about the emotions as well as the body
“I expected tips about joints and fitness, but what really spoke to me was the part about identity and loss after sport. The reflections and gentle training plans helped me let go of guilt and start moving again in a kinder way.”
— Ex-runner returning to activity, Leeds, United Kingdom

Ideal for midlife athletes who feel stuck
“At 52, I was tired, stiff and living in the past. Life After Sport gave me practical ways to rebuild strength and mobility while also addressing sleep, stress and purpose. I feel like I have started a second, more sustainable career as an everyday athlete.”
— Former GAA player, Co. Kerry, Ireland