Running and Walking for Women Over 40 : The Road to Sanity and Vanity
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Running and Walking for Women Over 40 : The Road to Sanity and Vanity

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A consistent program of running or walking is the fastest, easiest, and least expensive road to overall fitness and well-being for women and men at any age. For women over forty it can be the key to the most fulfilling years life has in store.

Katherine Switzer, a pioneer in women's fitness since 1967, when she became the first woman to officially enter the Boston Mar...more
Paperback, 196 pages
Published March 15th 1998 by St. Martin's Griffin
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Gloria
This rather brief book is one of those where nothing is really wrong with it, but neither is there anything to really grab you. It is practical and sensible and provides sound advice. Switzer and her husband are both lifelong athletes and I think she falls short in motivating the non-lifelong athletes to join her.
Sherilyn
Was a great book to help get started and to increase the amount of running. I will probably buy this book as is is a great reference book
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Laufen Und Walking. Das Sanfte Programm Für Frauen Ab 40
Kathrine Switzer is the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry. She entered and completed the race in 1967, five years before women were officially allowed to compete in it.
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