The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training - Softcover

Dais, Dawn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580052053 ISBN 13: 9781580052054

Publisher: Seal Press, 2007

Synopsis

Dawn Dais hated running. And it didn't like her much, either. Her fitness routine consisted of avoiding the stairs in her own house, because who really has the energy to climb stairs? It was with this exercise philosophy firmly in place that she set off to complete a marathon.

The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women is a fun training manual for women who don't believe that running is their biological destiny but who dream of crossing the finish line nonetheless. Revised in 2013, it now includes a new chapter on using technology as a training aid.

Dais’s book features a realistic training schedule and is chock-full of how-to's, quizzes, and funny observations, which she felt were lacking in the guides she had consulted. She also integrates entries from her journal, sharing everything would-be marathoners need to know about the gear, the blisters, the early morning workouts, the late-night carb binges, and most important of all the amazing rewards.

Anyone can do a marathon. This book just makes the experience a little more bearable and a lot more fun.

About this title

About the Author:

Dawn Dais is the head writer for Sportsvite.com and the new national magazine Hilarious. Her series of articles, titled "Search for Sport," runs in Cascade Sports Magazine. Dais contributes to a number of other local and national publications and has been featured on the well-known Quotable Cards series. Never say never, Dais continues to run. She lives in Sacramento, California.

Review:

"Dawn Dais is your average nonrunner who experienced firsthand what it's like to shake up the routine and train for a marathon--and finish it! This is a funny guide that provides needed motivation for a journey that can change your life for the better."
―U.S. Olympian Jeff Galloway, author of the bestselling book Marathon

"This is the funniest book ever written about marathon training-an essentially absurd process that is taken too seriously by far too many runners. This is a must-read for couch potatoes who accidentally sign up for this ambitious athletic event and then think, Oh my god, what have I done?"―Jayne Williams, author of Slow Fat Triathlete: Live Your Athletic Dreams in the Body You Have Now

About this edition

• Publisher: Seal Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1580052053
• ISBN 13: 9781580052054
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256