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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Heart of Marathon Running,
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This review is from: Marathon Running: From Beginner to Elite (Paperback)
This book is a uniquely practical guide to marathon running by one of Britain's best. It gets to the heart of the challenge of long distance running. While the book is full of expert tips which could help even the international runner, it is simple and straightforward enough to suit the ordinary person preparing for marathon of a lifetime. It should sell in thousands before every London Marathon - and save of its readers a great deal of grief! But the book is also a good read even for those who only dream of running. Richard Nerurkar interweaves his advice with illustrations from his long career at the top level of international running which sparkle with good humour and humility. I was fortunate enough to meet Richard Nerurkar at a pre-publication book signing in Teddington, West London and so I was able to write this review a full week before official publication. I remember him telling me that it is not the feet but the heart which matters in running the marathon. He has always been a big-hearted runner - and it shows through on every page of this book. Careful attention to its advice will get many an aspiring runner successfully from the start of their dream to the finish of their race.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best I've found so far.,
This review is from: Marathon Running: From Beginner to Elite (Paperback)
This is the best Marathon specific running book I've seen. I had already bought '4 Months to A 4 Hour Marathon', but was not particulaly impressed with it - it was maybe slightly too basic at times, and I found the training schedules were different from any others I'd seen in magazines or web-sites.This is a much better book, which gives more useful advice from fairly basic to the absolute extreme of international level (mostly Richard's own experiences). Whilst some of the elite advice won't be of much use to mere mortals, it is still quite interesting to read how the best train (150 miles a week?!). This almost makes it a cross between training advice and story telling of elite athlete's experiences. Richard Nerurkar has also got an easy to understand, relaxed style of writing which makes this very easy to read.
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Thorough but perhaps not the best option for a beginner,
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This review is from: Marathon Running: From Beginning to Elite (Paperback)
I bought this hoping to gain an insight into the fabled Marathon from one of GBs greatest.
Sadly, I found the book overly busy and seemed to cater more for the serious athlete than the overweight, infrequent runner like myself seeking inspiration and motivation. If you are a commited runner, perhaps at club level or better, I have no doubts this book will provide a valuable insight into training for and racing the Marathon. Regular recreational runners may be able to extract something out of it though you may need to augment the 12 week training plans to suit. If however you are an absolute beginner or a complete newbie to the distance (New Years resolution perhaps?!!) then perhaps THE NON-RUNNERS MARATHON TRAINER by David Whitsett may be a better option. To conclude, a lot of info crammed into this which I felt would be of more value to the serious types more so than the beginner.
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