
The Beginner's Guide to Running
Newbie to Running 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and Full Marathon with Ease
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Narrated by:
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Jason Neeser
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By:
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Duncan Lewis
About this listen
Are you new to running? Or do you want to take your running to the next level?
Whether you enjoy running for fun, want to lose weight, or hope to complete your first marathon, The Beginner’s Guide to Running has you covered. No matter if you have tried and failed at running in the past, this audiobook is designed to show you how to enjoy running and achieve your goals.
In this audiobook, you will discover the secrets to:
- How to stay motivated to run
- Which gear to use that will maximize performance
- Preparing your body to run to reduce injury
- Secrets to running further and faster with ease
- Simple tricks to improving your breathing
- Performance-enhancing, uncommon superfoods
- Basic, no-nonsense training plans for five kilometers, 10 kilometers, half-marathon, and full marathon
- Tips and tricks to perform your best on race day
- How to recover fast in between runs
- Tricks to overcoming running injuries with ease
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- Laura Blassingame
- 11-28-18
Enjoyed the details
Very detailed oriented book with lots of information. Didn’t enjoy the narrator, it sounded like he had a few mistakes in reading in a few places.
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- Karen Wong
- 03-07-20
great info, but are the charts??
the book refers to charts for the 10k and half marathon training but there's no accompanying PDF... :/
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