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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Running, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
by Bill Rodgers, Scott Douglas
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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Helped me establish a healthy, long-term habit
  Rodgers and Douglas do a fine job demystifying the sport of running. This book is very accessible and easy to read. Like other books in the series, it's structured so that you can read short portions and come back to it at a later time.
  One key principle in the book is that you need to build up your endurance slowly. If you push yourself too hard at the start, you'll be sore and miserable, and you run an increased chance for injury. Together, these are a major disincentive to ever run again! Building... more info

• Great book, but isn't for all runners
  This is yet another fantastic book in the "Idiot's Guides" series. Like all other Idiot's Guides, the book is written is a user-friendly style and format. Neatly divided into five parts, this book describes what running is, where and when to run, reasons for running, running apparel and equipment, injuries, training tips, and a lot more. Bill Rodgers, who himself was a runner who won the Boston Marathon multiple times, did a fairly great job presenting the sport of running. The tips that are given in this... more info

• This book turned out to be very useful
  I've been an endurance trial runner for many years but after a stress-related leg injury took me off the circuit a friend of mine bought this book for me as a joke. Common sense may be a luxury but at least we can buy it in the nearest bookstore. Technique was my problem...and probably shoes too. And I laughed while a learned. The marathon veteran that wrote the book gives a few antidotes as to the progression of Runner culture through the decades. (I'm so happy we runners have gotten past the leotard,... more info

• I May be an Idiot but this Book is About Running
  Wow, I was laid flat when I opened up this book. These pages are really serious about running. And they haven't returned yet.

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