The Runner's Bible
1st Edition
Published on 5. January 2011
208 pages
978-0-307-76860-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book is great for those who want to start running and have no idea about their level of fitness, discipline, and basic training skills. It gives fundamental explanation with a great sense of humor.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Windows
File size
13,11 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-307-76860-5 (9780307768605)
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Marc Bloom
The Runner's Bible
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12/1985
Bantam Books
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Marc Bloom, was a senior writer for Runner's World and track-and-field features writer for the New York Times. He has been writing on health, fitness, and running for over 25 years. His articles have appeared in leading magazines nationwide. In addition to Olympic Gold, which he wrote with Frank Shorter, he is the author of Cross-Country Running and The Marathon. Bloom is the 1983 recipient of the Road Runners Club of America's Journalism Award.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 Why Run?
- Why people run.
- The benefits running provides.
- The different approaches to running success.
- 2 How to Start a Running Program
- Preparing to take the first steps.
- Determining your goals.
- Your first month of running.
- A graduated training schedule.
- 3 How You'll Change As a Runner
- Weight loss.
- Body consciousness.
- Muscular development.
- The perfect 10.
- Daily habits.
- Friends.
- Enemies.
- Food.
- Sex.
- "Negative addiction."
- 4 How to Select the Right Gear and Equipment
- What you need.
- Running-shoe considerations.
- The latest in running-shoe technology.
- Clothing.
- Running gadgets and high-tech equipment.
- 5 How to Develop Strength and Flexibility
- Flexibility through stretching.
- Do's and don'ts of proper stretching.
- Developing a stretching program.
- Strength through weight training.
- Types of weight training.
- Swimming.
- 6 Injuries, and What to Do About Them
- Why runners get injured.
- Injury prevention.
- When injury strikes.
- Treatment of injury.
- Staying fit while injured.
- 7 How to Cope with the Elements and Other Unpredictable Foes
- The heat.
- Warm-weather precautions.
- The cold.
- Surviving the winter.
- Hills.
- Running in the dark.
- Coping with traffic.
- Dealing with dogs.
- 8 Eat and Run: A Skeptic's Dilemma
- Nutrition as an element of training.
- How running will affect eating habits.
- Should you load up on carbohydrates? and other dietary issues.
- 9 How to Prepare for Racing
- Planning for competition.
- How to find a suitable race.
- Determining your goals.
- Before the race.
- Race strategy.
- Race recovery.
- Evaluating your performance.
- Training for future competition.
- Race pace chart.
- 10 How to Prepare For Your First Marathon
- Making the commitment.
- Choosing a race.
- Prerace preparation.
- Special nutritional considerations.
- How to run a marathon.
- The wall.
- The finish.
- Recovery.
- Your next marathon.
- Marathon training chart.
- 11 Special Running Considerations
- Children.
- Senior citizens.
- Women.
- 12 A Program for the Advanced Runner
- How the advanced runner should train
- Afterword
- Appendix I A Sampling of Leading American Road Races
- Appendix II For Further Reading
- About the Author
