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How to Run...: Improve Your Speed, Stamina and Enjoyment

How to Run...: Improve Your Speed, Stamina and Enjoyment

by HughJones (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $13.05
Synopsis

No matter what your reason for doing it - personal fitness or an individual goal - the sheer high of finishing a long run takes some beating. In this fully illustrated book, running expert Hugh Jones (winner of London marathon) tells you all you need to know to get out there and experience the true joy of running. Filled with advice on how to assess your initial fitness and get started, plus details of how to warm-up properly to avoid injury, as well as helpful tips and information on overcoming common problems, the book even helps prepare you for the ultimate test - a full marathon, providing you with a 16-week programme to help you organize your training for the 26.2 mile event. In addition, "How to Run..." contains details of what to wear when out running in a variety of weather conditions and even features music play-lists for you to download and listen to when you are out running. Whether you are going for a jog in the park or aiming to complete a marathon, "How to Run..." provides all you need to tackle any distance with a smile.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Published: 07 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 1847324827
ISBN 13: 9781847324825

Author Bio
Hugh Jones is uniquely placed to write this book as he boasts a string a major distance running qualifications: The first British man to win the London Marathon - in 1982 (his winning margin of almost three minutes remains the record) Two wins in the Stockholm Marathon Winner of the Oslo Marathon Winner of the Reykjavik Marathon Winner of the Amateur Athletic Association Marathon Championship 12th in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Marathon Ran for England in the World Cross-Country Championship A graduate of the University of Liverpool, he now works as a freelance journalist and is Secretary for the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. The creator and first editor of the Association's Distance Running magazine and a regular contributor to PACE magazine, he lives in London with his wife and four children.