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| |  | 1967 | Home » » » » Half-Marathon: You Can Do It | | | | | | | Description: | | If you are thinking about training for a Half-Marathon, Jeff Galloway can help you prepare well, enjoy the training and glow from the achievement of crossing the finish line. Author of the bestseller "Marathon - You can do it!" Galloway now offers a state-of-the-art book on the highly popular half marathon distance. Jeff's trademarked run-walk-run method has helped hundreds of thousands of average people to get off the couch, train for marathons and half marathons without injury and has helped veterans to improve times. This book offers a step-by-step program that starts with setting up your training each week. Jeff will show you how to select a realistic goal, and which workouts are needed to prepare for various performances. The book is loaded with tips on how to stay motivated, eliminate aches, pains, and injuries, with the minimum training needed to enjoy other aspects of life. There's practical information on nutrition, building endurance, shoes, stretching, strengthening and much more. Jeff Galloway was an average teenage runner who kept learning and working harder, until he became an Olympian. He is the author of the best-selling running book in North America and a Runner's World columnist, as well as an inspirational speaker to over 200 running and fitness sessions each year. Jeff's quest for the injury-free marathon-training program led him to develop group-training programs in 1977. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9781841261904
• Condition: New
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Jeff Galloway | | Paperback:
| 216 pages | | Publisher:
| Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH | | Publication Date:
| April 05, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1841261904 | | Package Length:
| 9.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
First time half-marathoner's must readMay 17, 2010
This book is awesome!!!!!!!!!! Gaslloway's sense of humor is reassuring and his down to earth honesty is calming. He states early on in the book that the 3 goals of any first time half-marathoner should be 1. finish in the upright position; 2. with a smile on your face; 3. wanting to do it again. Later in the book Galloway talks about the week's of recovery following the first half-marathon. He states that you should wait a week to begin running again or to decide you'll never run again. This book really helped to put things into perspective for me. I've been worrying about my finishing time and about if I'm going to be "wrong" for jogging 2 minutes and walking 2 minutes - he totally supports the concept of "just finishing" and alternating walking with running throughout the entire race! If you are a super star athlete than this book isn't for you - but if you are just getting into running or if you don't have many races (or any) under your belt - you MUST read this book at the earliest part of your training. Good luck with your race!
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Inspiring bookOct 03, 2009
This book is full of great information. I am using the technique described and am very pleased with my results. I can do it and you can too!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Half Marathon ReviewSep 02, 2009
This book is terrific and has really helped me with my half-marathon training! The training program works and I am already running 9 miles and plan to reach the goal of 1/2 marathon soon. It is a good book for beginners, intermediate and advanced.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Highly recommended for a first time marathonerJun 09, 2009
Jeff Galloway's book helped me finish my first marathon. It continues to be a great reference for topics like nutrition and training schedules. I highly recommend this book for beginners.
41 of 42 found the following review helpful:
Run-Walk-Run Really Works!Oct 15, 2007
I bought this book while in the middle of following another taining plan for my first half marathon. The other, simpler plan was based on just grinding out the miles though it did include a few longish runs (8-10 miles) split into 2 halves with a short walk in the middle. I kind of liked a short walk in the middle (100m or so), it seemed to rejuvenate my legs. But ultimately the plan I was on eliminated them in favor of pure running.
Galloway recommends many more walk breaks and, at first, this seemed to me like cheating. But I figured I'd give it a try. I started running my 8-12K runs 1000m "on", 100m "off" (walk) and I saw something amazing happen: my split times came down and I could run longer and more enjoyably. My run/walk ratio of 10:1 is actually a lot higher run than he recommends, but it works great for me.
I just used the technique in the San Jose Half Marathon and the results were great. I beat my baseline goal by 10 minutes and even beat my stretch goal by 3. I beat my last 13 mile time trial time by a whopping 20 minutes and, more importantly, I felt great coming across the finish line (I was *crawling* on my last time trial where I ran 3 x 7K with only very short walks). My pace actually sped up throughout the race and my last 2 miles were my fastest.
So, for me, the system works. I am doing another half in January and will follow the entire program this time.
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