Run for Life : The Real Woman's Guide to Running - Softcover

Murphy, Sam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856264718 ISBN 13: 9781856264716

Publisher: Kyle Cathie, 2003

Synopsis

Hate being stuck on a treadmill? Want to start running outside in the fresh air, but don’t know where to begin or how you’ll find the time? Or, perhaps you’re already a runner, but injury - or boredom - keeps stopping you in your tracks.If any of these scenarios sound familiar, then this book is for you. Written for real women with jobs, families, social lives, and other obligations, this beautiful book provides the motivation and information you need to get out there and get lively anecdotes, guides to gadgets, inspirational pep talks, and the tools to create a running schedule to fit your life. No punishing weekly training schedules, grueling diets, or race pace charts, here. Backed by scientific research, expert advice, and the experiences of female runners of all ages and levels of ability, Run for Life offers information on eating and drinking for energy, the truth about stretching, ways to avoid injury and much more. This indispensable book will provide you with what you need to become the runner you want to be - and still allow you to have a life.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Hate being stuck on a treadmill? Want to start running outside in the fresh air, but don’t know where to begin or how you’ll find the time? Or, perhaps you’re already a runner, but injury - or boredom - keeps stopping you in your tracks.
If any of these scenarios sound familiar, then this book is for you. Written for real women with jobs, families, social lives, and other obligations, this beautiful book provides the motivation and information you need to get out there and get running: lively anecdotes, guides to gadgets, inspirational pep talks, and the tools to create a running schedule to fit your life. No punishing weekly training schedules, grueling diets, or race pace charts, here. Backed by scientific research, expert advice, and the experiences of female runners of all ages and levels of ability, Run for Life offers information on eating and drinking for energy, the truth about stretching, ways to avoid injury and much more. This indispensable book will provide you with what you need to become the runner you want to be - and still allow you to have a life.

About the Author

Sam Murphy is one of the UK's top fitness writers, contributing regularly to newspapers and magazines including the Sunday Times, the Independent, the Daily Mirror, the Express, Shape, Zest, Health & Fitness and Healthy. A qualified personal trainer with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science, she also runs her own fitness training consultancy, Personal Best, through which she provides exercise assessments, programmes and personal training. Sam is an avid runner, taking part in races from 5km to 100 miles long and training on the coastal paths and moorland trails of North Devon.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kyle Cathie
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856264718
• ISBN 13: 9781856264716
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176