Running For Dummies

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Wiley, Feb 11, 1999 - Sports & Recreation - 287 pages
Running For Dummies is for everyone with a desire to run. If you’re a reforming couch potato, it helps ease you into a healthier lifestyle. If you have Olympic aspirations, take a look at different ways to improve your training. This easy-to-understand guide is also for those who want to:
  • Lose weight
  • Decrease blood pressure
  • Live longer
  • Relieve stress
  • Boost creativity
  • Find a fun way to exercise

Find dependable guidance for buying running shoes. Explore ways to maximize your training program. Discover the races you’ll enjoy running. Coauthored by the “World’s Fastest Woman” and World Record holder Florence (Flo-Jo) Griffith Joyner, Running For Dummies has world-class advice on these topics and many more:

  • Nutrition and weight loss
  • Hitting your stride
  • Speed training
  • Reaching your peak
  • The day of the race
  • Marathon training
  • Identifying and treating injuries
  • Cross-training and treadmill training
  • Running for kids and seniors
Run around the block or around town. Tired of pavement? Run through the woods. Keep track of your personal progress in handy running logs in the back of the book. Improve your health, feel good about yourself, and have fun! With several million runners on the road today, you’ll find a lot of company, encouragement, and friends benefiting from this healthy and fun activity.

From inside the book

 

Contents

Introduction
1
What Running Can Do for You
11
A Body in Motion
19
Copyright

22 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

Additional Comments aerobic Al Joyner arms athletes beginning runners bike body Boston Marathon calories carbohydrates Chapter coaches comfortable course cross-country skiing cross-training diet distance drink dumbbells Dummies E-mail energy entry information especially exercise fast feel finish fitness flat FLO-JO SAYS Florence Griffith Joyner foot goal hamstrings hard health club heart rate Here's hill session improve injury jogging keep knee lift Location long runs Mental Observations miles minutes muscles Olympic P.O. Box pace Partner(s percent Phone Physical Condition/Injuries plantar fascia race day race information Road Runners Club Runner's World running boom Running Club running form running program running shoes speed sports medicine strength training stretch stride TIP TIP Track Club Address trainer training program treadmill walking warm-up wear Weather Conditions week weight training women workout York City Marathon York Road Runners

About the author (1999)

Florence Griffith Joyner, the "World's Fastest Woman," won three gold and one silver medal in track and field at the '88 summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, in addition to a silver medal at the '84 Games in Los Angeles. In 1989, she was voted "Most Outstanding Amateur Athlete in America" and was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1995.
John Hanc is a running and fitness columnist for Newday and contributes frequently to Runner's World magazine. He is the author of The Essential Runner and The Essential Marathoner.

Bibliographic information

TitleRunning For Dummies
AuthorsFlorence Griffith Joyner, John Hanc
ContributorJackie Joyner-Kersee
Editionillustrated
PublisherWiley, 1999
Original fromPennsylvania State University
DigitizedMay 2, 2011
ISBN0764550969, 9780764550966
Length287 pages
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Sports & Recreation / General
Sports & Recreation / Running & Jogging
  
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