Be Your Best at Marathon Running: Teach Yourself

by TimRogers (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $3.75

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  Want to enter a marathon but don't know how to get a place? Be Your Best at Marathon Running doesn't just give you a complete set of training plans, fitness advice and nutritional guidance, it also shows you where and how to apply, which marathon to enter, and how to raise money for charity. It is written by the founder of the UK's leading running website, www.realrunners.co.uk, and also features a foreword from Dave Bedford, the London Marathon's international coordinator and former Race Director.

  Be Your Best at Marathon Running includes:
  Chapter 1: Are you up to it?
  Chapter 2: Choosing your first marathon and getting a place
  Chapter 3: You're in, now what?
  Chapter 4: The right gear
  Chapter 5: Training
  Chapter 6: Your marathon training plan
  Chapter 7: The importance of the gym Chapter 8: Eating and drinking
  Chapter 9: The injury and illness curse
  Chapter 10: Fundraising
  Chapter 11: The week before the race
  Chapter 12: The big day itself
  Chapter 13: A real-life experience - Sue Thearle, TV presenter
  Chapter 14: What next?