Marathon training for dummies
Book - 2003
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- Published
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New York :
Wiley
2003.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 290 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780764525100
- Introduction
- Part I. Getting Started with Your Marathon Training
- Chapter 1. Realizing the Risks and Rewards of Running
- Chapter 2. Choosing Your Running Gear
- Chapter 3. Figuring Out Where and When to Run
- Chapter 4. Taking Your First Run
- Chapter 5. Stretching, Warming Up, and Cooling Down
- Part II. Taking Your Running a Stride Farther
- Chapter 6. Developing a Mileage Base
- Chapter 7. Adding Strength and Speed
- Chapter 8. Improving Your Running Technique
- Chapter 9. Eating and Running
- Part III. Dealing with Running Injuries
- Chapter 10. Pinpointing the Causes of Injuries
- Chapter 11. Treating Your Injuries
- Chapter 12. Cross-Training While You're Injured
- Part IV. Planning Racing Strategies
- Chapter 13. Easing Into Marathon Racing
- Chapter 14. Marathon Countdown: T Minus 24 Hours
- Chapter 15. After Your Marathon Is Over
- Chapter 16. Reducing Your Finish Time Next Time
- Part V. The Part of Tens
- Chapter 17. Ten Ways to Keep Running Fun
- Chapter 18. The Ten Biggest Marathons
- Chapter 19. Best Tune-Up Races in North America
- Appendix
- Running Web Sites and Other Resources
- Index