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Marathon Training for Dummies
by
Tere Drenth
In today's modern world, there's no need for anyone to run twenty-five miles to deliver a message, as Pheidippides did from Marathon to Athens around 500 B.C. However, hundreds of runners each year run 26.2 miles at hundreds of marathons worldwide. To conquer this mountainous challenge, you must know how to properly eat, stretch, identify and treat injuries, and develop a ...more
Paperback, 290 pages
Published
March 7th 2003
by John Wiley & Sons
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This was a good and informative book; however, I found some of her ideas and recommendations a bit crazy. (But she is a professional runner, and I am not.) She said she runs every day because it is a habit--like she brushes her teeth every day. I think the body needs some days of rest--at least mine does.
Maybe it was just my time to read a how to book about serious running but I found the whole thing fascinating. A little bizarre in parts- the whole running culture is new to me- but quite interesting.
All in all a good read with good info for a beginner like me.
All in all a good read with good info for a beginner like me.
I felt like the author of this book was too one-sided in her training advice and the book is quite out-dated.
It was a quick, fun, easy read. Probably would have been even more helpful if I wasn't already a marathon runner. I may try her circuit training suggestions.
ouch. i started training (slowly) for a marathon.
slowly being the key word.
but this book is great for 1st time runners. it covers a lot of bases.
you bookies are all like "boring"!
slowly being the key word.
but this book is great for 1st time runners. it covers a lot of bases.
you bookies are all like "boring"!
about 1/2 of the information in this book i had heard before and the other 1/2 i had not. i found it very useful and it definitely helped me prepare for my first 26.2 properly.
Pretty decent book. Got me through my marathon so well I didn't even have to run very fast or at all!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Marathon Training For Dummies!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Marathon Training For Dummies!!!!!!!!!!!!
My crazy sisters have convinced me to run a half marathon with them in October. I had better figure out how to train for one!
Training advise for distance running whether, marathons, half marathons and the like.
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