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Provides an overview of the sport and experience of running, discussing a variety of topics including inertia, the equipment explosion, marathons, podiatrists, the literature of running, and running in faraway places.
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Very dated information and old fashioned newspaper style of writing but I found it enjoyable to read of what running was like in the seventies. I googled many of the Harvard professors and doctors mentioned and most are considered now as pioneers in their respective fields.
I never received or read his First book of running, so somehow this book seemed less than stellar, less than relevant. This was for total amateurs, and I was already a Runner and inspired by Bill Rodgers and Dave Wottle, not to mention Grandpa Mahoney across the street sitting in a lawn chair yelling, "Faster, faster!"
I enjoyed the book but not as much as his first book. Seemed to me that all of the information was still applicable.
If you want to start running this is the book to read. I read it in 1985 but my partner found it just as helpful and inspiring for her in 2005.
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