Beginner's Running Guide

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Hal Higdon, a world-champion Master's distance runner with 30 years experience as coach and competitor, has written a comprehensive book for the beginning runner.
Included are chapters on:
Choosing a running course
Fitting running into your daily routine
Buying the right running shoes and other
equipment
increasing your spee^ and distance Finding a running coalh Training for races and marathons Preventing and treating injuries
And hundreds of professional tips to make your first running experiences safe and exhilarating.
"The real expert is a person who has been there and back. A man whose life has been running. Hear the word from the runner's mouth"
—George Sheehan, IVI.D. Author of Running and Being and Dr. Sheehan's Medical Advice for Runners
$10.00
Have you just started to run? Thinking seriously about it? Have you been «isking yourself these questions?
• Should I buy a pair of running shoes? Which brand? What about a warmup suit, stopwatch, or other equipment?
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Fülszöveg

Hal Higdon, a world-champion Master's distance runner with 30 years experience as coach and competitor, has written a comprehensive book for the beginning runner.
Included are chapters on:
Choosing a running course
Fitting running into your daily routine
Buying the right running shoes and other
equipment
increasing your spee^ and distance Finding a running coalh Training for races and marathons Preventing and treating injuries
And hundreds of professional tips to make your first running experiences safe and exhilarating.
"The real expert is a person who has been there and back. A man whose life has been running. Hear the word from the runner's mouth"
—George Sheehan, IVI.D. Author of Running and Being and Dr. Sheehan's Medical Advice for Runners
$10.00
Have you just started to run? Thinking seriously about it? Have you been «isking yourself these questions?
• Should I buy a pair of running shoes? Which brand? What about a warmup suit, stopwatch, or other equipment?
• Where should I run—on an indoor track? Outdoors? On the road? In the country?
• When is the best time of day to run? Early morning, lunch hour, after work? How far should I run?
• How do I run with the most efficiency —do I let my arms swing; plant my hee! first or my toes first? How long should my stride be?
• What can I do to prevent getting injured?
• Should I train for a race? A marathon? How many miles should I do?
In the Beginner's Running Guide, Hal Higdon provides the answers to these questions and offers hundreds of professional tips to make your running enjoyable and safe. The author draws on thirty years of experience as a runner to give you the most recent and comprehensive knowledge in a breezy, personal style. You will meet O. J. Dubie, Helen Molinaro, and Glorianne Mather —beginning runners like you whose joys and problems you will be able to share.
You will also get personal glimpses into the world's best runners and running experts: Dr. George Sheehan, Marty Liquori, Don Kardong, Joe Henderson, and Jim Fixx.
But the real value of the book is its wealth of practical information: daily schedules to increase your endurance, speed, and distance; the real story on running shoes and podiatrists; how to find a coach; the ins and outs of entering races; racing and marathon tactics; runner's diets.
Whatever your present level of running ability the Beginner's Running Guide will enhance your running experiences.
HAL HIGDON
Hal Higdon is Editor-at-Large with Runners World magazine. His 17 published books include The Business Healers (management consulting). The Crime of the Century (Leopold and Loeb case), On fhe Run from Dogs and People and Fitness After Forty (running and health). His thirty-year running career includes winning the National AAU titles at the junior, senior, and masters levels. In 1964, he was the first American finisher in the Boston Marathon, and in 1975 he won a gold medal in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the World Masters Track and Field Championships. His wife. Rose, and his three children (Kevin, David, and Laura) are also runners.
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