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 enlarge | Author: Jack Daniels
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 7796
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 285
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0736054928
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.42
EAN: 9780736054928
ASIN: 0736054928
Publication Date: October 1, 2005
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 Undestand training and goals, if you really read the book August 7, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is not a running schedule "take one and call me in the morning". In fact, he takes a very flexible approach. E.g., in the weekly planners which are geared towards racing, he merely indicates the "quality" days one should and may do, to fit in with the current phase of the chosen training program. It is important to read through the book to gain an understanding of the different aspects of the training, and how it achieves what you want to do [even if you gloss over the numbers during the aerobic profile section]. With most people's schedules, it is good to know how to chose priorities. And for people who are just trying to achieve a fitness level, he has chapters devoted to that.
The casual scanner skipping to the "important parts" can miss some important points. With all the discussions on tempos, max oxygen consumption [VO2], and speed reps, you could be oblivious to his premise that easy aerobic running is the all-important base of your training. Also some of his tenets such as "specificity of training" are tempered later by his encouragement of cross-training.
All-in-all, an excellent book for fitness, competition, and coaches [who may and do adapt his principles according to their preferences].
 Running is king June 23, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was great. So good to get back to the basics of true athletic performance. Daniels does a great job at taking this as far as many professional even care to go. He spells out all the physical and mental preparations necessary for a great outcome. The areas of science are good to understand why it is necessary to do more than just run constantly and he makes that very evident.
This is a very good book, I'm probably going to buy it.
John Blakely
 A true reference for the amateur or professional April 29, 2006
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
Jack Daniel's writes a good book. Good to read, even better to use ongoing as a reference. Technical enough but still readable by the novice.
Inspirational. I prefer to borrow books rather than own them but this is one you want to own.
The Best Running Book Money Can Buy April 8, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is by far one of the best books on running in print. It is written technically enough so the reader can understand the physiology of running, but written in such a way so that a person familiar with fitness doesn't need a degree in physiology to understand it. This simply must be on the bookshelf of any runner who wants to not only improve their running but also understand how they are improving.
Great Formula February 23, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While the target reader of this book is for competitive runners, I find the content very beneficial for someone like me who just want to finish a marathon.
It books helps me greatly in structuring my own training plan based on science and own personal fitness and commitment level. It doesn't pretend to a a book with the right training program that fits all.
The only that I find missing in this book is about motivation. This book assumes that motivation to run and intrisic and anyone who pick up this book would already be a motivated runner. Then again, this book is not meant for a total beginner.
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