Beginners Guide to Long-distance Running (Flowmotion S.) - Softcover

Fishpool, Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859061079 ISBN 13: 9781859061077

Publisher: Connections Book Publishing Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Running can be one of the most fulfilling experiences of your life. It can help you lose weight, reduce stress, and increase your confidence and well-being. Beginners Guide to Long Distance Running will prepare the beginner to run any distance from a 5 kilometer run to a full marathon. It provides a series of six graded training programmes that are easy to use and assume no previous knowledge of running. Each level includes a fitness schedule and one or more race schedules, so you can use this book to get and stay fit or train for a marathon from scratch. This handy guide is also full of tips on the right running shoes and clothing, what to eat before a run, special exercises for warming up before you run and cooling down after you've finished, how to beat injuries and how to stay motivated

About this title

About the Author

Sean Fishpool is a long-distance runner who specialises in training and motivating beginners. He has worked as an editor, feature writer, and product tester for Runners World for the last five years and for the last three years has paced Runners World readers round the London Marathon.

Edition details

• Publisher: Connections Book Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859061079
• ISBN 13: 9781859061077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96