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Running Well | 
 enlarge | Authors: Sam Murphy, Sarah Connors
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1036064
Media: Paperback
Pages: 184
Number Of Items: 1
ISBN: 0736077456
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.42
EAN: 9780736077453
ASIN: 0736077456
Publication Date: December 5, 2008 (In 54 Days)
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 Not bad, but probably not great for a beginner. September 1, 2008
Lillie2374 (Ipswich)
This was the first running book I found and I bought it due to the good reviews. I have to say, it is a good book, but not as great as I'd hoped. I'd been running a month and felt like I was missing something and me being me, when I embark on something, I like to feel well armed with as much information as possible.
This book had lots of information but I think it is probably better suited to a slightly more experienced runner. Three months on, it is probably ok for me now, but at the time, it wasn't really helpful enough for my thirst for knowledge.
If you want a great first time running book for the complete beginner then try 'Zest: Running Made Easy'.
 I thought I knew about running... March 17, 2008
P. Danton De Rouffignac (France)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I thought I knew everything about running until I read this book. Clearly written with excellent diagrams, packed with sound advice and no-nonsense guidelines for joggers and serious runners. I found the sections on injury prevention and recovery particularly encouraging,having just had to come back after six weeks layoff and getting my recovery programme all wrong.
Running well January 15, 2008
Mrs. J. S. Davies (Hampshire, England)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
As an amateur runner who runs outside the realms of a running club, I have always had alot of questions and niggles that prevented me from pushing myself too hard.
This book provides alot of the answers and helped me to understand why my body feels and reacts the way it does and it has given me the confidence to now go the extra mile, without worrying that I am damaging myself.
This book is as good a support as any running club to get you going!
The most suitable running book I've read so far January 15, 2008
Little Lee (UK)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
After suffering a few annoying, and occasionally painful, injuries over the last 18 months, I've spent quite a while reading books and trying to correct a couple of faults in my running action. I have tried John Noakes Lore of Running (although there's not much mention to technique and is more a compilation of various training programmes and scientific studies), Romanov's POSE method, and Chi-Running. While they've all got their own merits, and I would recommend them all in their own right, I've found it difficult to throw myself into either of the techniques. You really need to buy into the philosophies of the POSE and Chi-Running techniques, and I never really found their arguments to be convincing enough for me to commit to them.
This is why I'm so pleased with 'Running Well'. The book really emphasizes that there might not be a one-size-fits-all approach and instead provides a central source of general good practises to running technique and injury prevention. I think anyone looking to purchase such a book should start with 'Running Well' and then maybe look to some of the more prescriptive alternatives if they then feel its appropriate, rather than the other way round.
I could see that serious club and elite runners might want a more heavyweight training manual, but I really think that this book would meet the needs of the remaining 95% of us.
The presentation of the book is excellent and I'd wholeheartedly agree with the book's synopsis that states the content to be accessible. I consider this to be the most relevant book of its type.
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