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Title: Marathon: You Can Do It! by Jeff Galloway ISBN: 0-936070-25-0 Publisher: Shelter Publications Pub. Date: 09 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.95 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Quality Advice on Running Injury Free, Fun, & Respecting the
Comment: ...Respecting the Distance.
Jeff Galloway is an Olympian who has run 130 marathons. That's why I chose to use his training program for my first marathon, because I believe he must know something about running. I am in my seventh week of training and doing wonderfully. People need to realize that Galloway's program is intentionally designed to get you to the starting line and through the marathon injury free and enjoying yourself, not hurting and tortured (although it's still going to be hard). There is nothing second-rate about walk breaks; he even gives the history of marathoning as having included walk breaks in the early days, and examples of modern record setters who took walk breaks. So posh on the nay sayers. When I added walk breaks to my program, the fun immediately came back and I was able to run twice as far with a smile on my face the whole time, enjoying scenery, rather than plodding along like a mule. He backs up his advice with scientific reasoning that makes total sense: when you give the running muscles a brief rest from the beginning and throughout the race, your legs stay fresh. You don't lose time because of this, and then you get to pass people later on, all while minimizing the risk of injury. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would turn up their nose at that. Hopefully I'll be passing some of them on the course.
As for the reviewer below who said that Galloway doesn't mention goo, that is just inaccurate.
The important thing to remember (!) is that 26.2 miles is a LONG way. Anyone who crosses the finish line is a marathoner, period, whether you ran, walked or crawled. Galloway's training programs (there are 11 to choose from depending on your goals, even time goals for the competitive reviewer below...HELLO! CAN YOU RUN A 2:39?! Galloway has a program for that, did you try it?) are designed to get you trained and through the race safely and ready to keep running more races or at least running for life. Hopefully with a smile on your face. What more could you possibly want?
The other wonderful part are the mental tricks he suggests, such as "Anti-Gravity Fluid" and "Magic Words". This is a great book.
Includes chapters on: Long Run, Walk Breaks, Running Form, Cross Training, Training Programs (11), a whole section on inspiration and motivation, what race day is like, Running Faster (speed and hill work), section on food and fat burning, advice on getting older and running, gear, an Appendix and many tables and charts.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Guide for a 1st tme marathoner
Comment: I used this book as a guide to prepare for my first marathon. I couldn't have asked for better advice. I finished the marathon in a respectable time, pain free and ready for number #2. If you are thinking of running a marathon, buy this book. You will not go wrong.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good advice but not well written
Comment: I recently read this book beginning to end and have to say that the poor quality of the writing made it hard to follow at times. Galloway repeats the same sentence throughout the book in inappropriate or unexpected places. He is clearly a runner and not a writer.
I have to say though, that his advice and methods are sound and will work. I was relieved to find out that I would not be running all 26 miles, but taking short walk breaks to recover. Some of the book sounded a little dated (he never mentions goo as an alternative to Powerbars) but overall it is a good first step for people considering running their first marathon.
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Title: Galloway's Book on Running 2 Ed by Jeff Galloway, Richard Golueke, Edna Indritz, David Wills ISBN: 0936070277 Publisher: Shelter Publications Pub. Date: 09 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: 4 Months to A 4 Hour Marathon by Dave Kuehls ISBN: 0399524150 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer by David A. Whitsett, Tanjala Jo Kole, Tanjala Mabon Kole, Tanjalavo Kole, Forrest A. Dolgener ISBN: 1570281823 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Jeff Galloway's Training Journal by Jeff Galloway ISBN: 0964718723 Publisher: Phidippides Publication Pub. Date: 08 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide by Hal Higdon ISBN: 1579541712 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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