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Marathon and Half-Marathon: The Beginner's Guide 书籍简介：
Over 20 million Americans run recreationally, but doing it right is more than a matter of buying an expensive pair of shoes and heading for the track. Building on the popularity of The Beginning Runner’s Handbook, this practical, easy-to-use guide provides a step-by-step program for running a half or full marathon for the first time. It shows readers how to get motivated and set realistic goals, choose the proper shoes, eat right, build strength and endurance, and avoid sore muscles and injury. The book includes tips from elite runners on such subjects as staying motivated when the weather is extreme, running technique, running with a dog, and running partners. Finally, the book describes strategies for the race, what to expect on race day, and the psychological effects of finishing a half or full marathon. Most importantly, it includes a full training program designed to ensure that that crucial first race is a winner.
Marathon and Half-Marathon: The Beginner's Guide 媒体评价：
From Publishers Weekly
With proper training, most people can successfully run (or walk/run) 13.1 or 26.2 miles (a half and full marathon, respectively). This very basic, nonthreatening guide is great for first-timers who don't care about how long it takes them to do so and just want to finish "with some degree of grace." Caron and her colleagues at "SportMedBC" lay out a 26-week program that combines walking, running and an in-between step called the shuffle, and involves three days of such activity a week (other days are for resting or cross-training). Profiles of everyday runners, tips from elite athletes and mini-lists punctuate the text. The book is best for those who have never run a race before (others will already know, for instance, that "female runners will probably want to consider a sport bra"). Chapters explain proper "fueling," mentally preparing for a distance race, cross training, including one's family in the training and, of course, dealing with the pains that will inevitably arise. (Mar.)
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About the Author
Marnie Caron writes extensively in the area of sport health and sport training as SportMedBC’s Communications Coordinator. She holds an M.A. in Communication Studies with a focus on the health of first nations women in Canada. Marnie resides in Vancouver where she combines her love of running with her passion for politics and social development issues.
SportMedBC is a not-for-profit society that is a focal point for sport health, sport safety and sport training within the province of British Columbia. Located in Vancouver, SportMedBC provides a full-range of sport medicine and science related services to athletes, coaches, parents, fitness enthusiasts and others involved in the sport system.
Dr. Jack Taunton is known and respected as one of the top Sports Medicine Doctors in North America. He was Chief Medical Officer of the Sydney 2000 Olympics and two Pan Am and World Student Games; Medical Officer of the '88 Winter Olympics, three Commonwealth Games, and four World Championships; Team Physician for the Vancouver Grizzlies and Vancouver Canucks, and Team Physician for the Women's National Field Hockey Team. Dr. Taunton has also completed over 61 marathons. He lives in Vancouver.
Marathon and Half-Marathon: The Beginner's Guide 读者评论：
I think this is a very nice book but perhaps not as "entertainingly" written as the Jeff Galloway running books ("Marathon-You Can Do It" and "Half-Marathon-You Can Do It") that I've also read. The author even quotes Galloway in a couple of places.
Fortunately, the author does not overload you with much drawn out text and lays out a running plan in a nicely formatted grid. She also points out certain details about what can help based on your sex and age. I really enjoyed the little "true stories" sections that the author throws in every so often. These profiles of people who started out as complete beginners and eventually ran a marathon were, to me, very motivational.
The big difference between this and other books is the training time period. Many books claim they can get you ready for the big time in 13 weeks, this book promotes a 26 week program and the author even hints that if you are starting at ground-level zero, a year to your first marathon is even better.
Overall, a pretty good book for beginning runners of all ages who prefer the tortoise to the hare approach before trying that first 13.1 or 26.2 miles!
As a beginner runner, after I was able to complete 10K by following the steps of "The Beginning Runner's Handbook: The Proven 13-Week RunWalk Program", I started thinking about trying to do 20K.
There is a semi marathon event taking place in the city where I live at the end of May, and this was January, so it sounded just about feasible, provided I followed through with an ad hoc programme - I injured myself several times when I started running (my own fault for going too hard too fast) before I went with the 13-week-program, so I wanted to be sure I would not end up stranded again with aching feet or knees this time.
Well, since the 13 weeks worked so well for me, after sampling a few semi marathon training guides I decided to stuck with the "sequel". And boy am I happy I did.
Since it's double the distance, it's double the number of weeks, but with 10K I could jump in halfway through the 26 weeks. (Actually, it's almost a shame to buy the 13-week-program if you are going to eventually train for a semi or full marathon - might as well buy that book directly since it also gets you started from scratch).
The advice is just as good - a bit repetitive at first with the 13 week program but that was to be expected - and the tables for the training slowly upgrading your mileage, with recuperation weeks and more intense weeks, no runs two days in a row but three times a week and with walking and cross training days on top of it.
Distances are both in miles and in kilometers, which being from Europe I appreciated a lot!
There is also a "pace chart" sparing you more tedious calculations about how fast you are going to run X distance when your average is Y. The nutrition tips included vegetarian diets and related, which I also liked. There is a lot about changing habits, motivational tips, marathon clinics, family organisation, injuries...
To me the best selling point of the book and its predecessor is the cautious,injury-free approach that makes for a lot less frustration along the way!
So far so good, I'll edit after the 20K event.
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