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Summary: My Best Investment for My Health
Review: This book not only transformed me from being a couch potato into a decent 10k racer. It also gave me the motivation I needed to stay fit for the rest of my life. I lost 50 lbs just following Glover's advice of weight management in conjunction with good excercising, and weight training. He also advised me into what type of shoes I needed for my running, my clothing and it also lured me to run my first marathon, which I thought was too much from what I needed. But I'm not afraid of not running one, one day. Who knows?
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Summary: How to get fit and healthy despite your best intentions.
Review: This book should be banned. Just over a year ago, I innocently picked it up with the vague idea that sometime I should start running. And what happened? Well, I started, and thanks to Bob Glover's insidious inspirational tone, I haven't stopped. Some books about running seem to give you a stitch the minute you begin reading them, but not this one. The Runner's Handbook gently coaxes you out on to the roads for ten minutes at a time, then 15, then 20, until one day you find yourself running non-stop for half-an-hour or more, three days a week. But that's not enough. Oh no. Soon, you're taking Coach Glover's expert advice on how to run a 10K. You tuck the book under your arm when you go buying running shoes. You steadily alter your eating habits, so you feel leaner, more nimble. You even alter next year's holiday plans so you can fit in the Madrid Marathon. Worse still, in the evening you find yourself laying aside the new E Annie Proulx in favour of Bob's chapter on Running in Cold Weather. This is the first time I've actually read A Book That Changed My Life. And sure, I'm fitter now, I'm healthier, and I've lost 25 pounds. But that Bob Glover's got a lot to answer for.
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Summary: Best Running Reference Around
Review: Where has this book been all my life? I can't get over the comprehensiveness of this book! And the tone is cheery and motivational, too. Wow! I wish I heard of this book years ago!! Maybe I wouldn't have stopped running, who knows?I ran from 1981 - 1986, and haven't run a step since... until the beginning of this month. This book has been a blessing to a once-upon-a-time runner now struggling to get back into shape and lose a few pounds besides!! I heartily recommend this book to anyone, particularly beginners and getting-back-on the-wagon folks like me.
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