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Better Runs: 25 Years' Worth of Lessons for Running Faster and Farther
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| Vendor: Human Kinetics |
| Brand: Human Kinetics |
| Price: $15.95 |
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Description: All successful runners have their own stories of hard-learned lessons and insightful experiences that have made a positive difference in the way they train and compete. But few have as many to share—or can share them as well—as Joe Henderson.
In Better Runs, Henderson draws on his 25 years as one of America’s premier running writers, as well as his participation in more than 700 races, to give readers practical advice on every aspect of running. From how to choose the right shoes to how to set up an effective training program and how to improve race tactics, Henderson’s guidance will enlighten elite runners and joggers alike.
Better Runs is an inspirational book in which the author reflects his own and others’ successes and failures. It’s also an instructional book that will help you prevent your own running mistakes before they occur. Each of the book’s 25 chapters serves as a valuable lesson in running, helping you run farther and faster and get more fulfillment from your runs.
Better Runs is filled with amusing anecdotes and time-tested advice on how to
• be a winner in running, regardless of your ability and ambition;
• balance your training by rotating workout distances;
• measure, record, and analyze your times and distances;
• improve racing with more efficient pacing;
• supplement running with other exercises;
• set challenging yet reachable running goals;
• establish good eating habits;
• prevent injuries and treat your own ailments; and
• much, much more.
Whether you run competitively or just for pleasure, Better Runs will improve your performance and enrich your experience in future runs and races. The book will inspire, entertain, and inform you. You’ll want to read and refer back to it before every run.
About the Author
Joe Henderson has been writing about running for more than 25 years. He’s not only the West Coast editor and a featured columnist for Runner’s World magazine but also the author of more than a dozen books on running, including Long-Run Solution, Fitness Running, and Jog, Run, Race. He also promotes and participates in running events. As a veteran runner with more than 700 races to his credit, Henderson has seen firsthand how the sport has grown and evolved.
Henderson received his BA from Drake University in 1965. After graduation he worked as an editor in the sports department at the Des Moines Register and later as a staff writer for Track & Field News. In 1967 he started his long employment with Runner’s World, where he eventually worked his way up to senior editor. Henderson is also an adjunct assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon. In addition, he writes and produces a monthly newsletter called Running Commentary.
Henderson is a former executive director of the International Runners Committee, which was instrumental in placing a women’s marathon in the Olympics. His honors include being inducted into the Road Runners Club of America Hall of Fame and receiving the club’s journalism award in 1979, and being named a Drake University Distinguished Alumnus in 1981. Henderson lives in Eugene, Oregon.
Table of Contents
Part One: Plans and Programs
1. Better Goals
Recovery Goal • Improvement Goal • Survival Goal
2. Better Choices
Winning Choice • Timing Choice • Racing Choice • Walking Choice • Resting Choice
3. Better Workouts
Pleasant Work • Surprising Work • Simple Work
4. Better Walks
Walking Breaks • Walking Long • Walking Tall
5. Better Rests
Earned Rest • Partial Rest • Masters’ Rest • Pre-Race Rest • Post-Race Rest
6. Better Schedules
Three-Day Schedule • Rotating Schedule • Marathon Schedule
7. Better Results
Written Results • Metric Results • Projected Results • Age-Graded Results • Record Results
Part II: Running and Racing
8. Better Paces
Slower Paces • Faster Paces • Truer Paces • Record Paces
9. Better Distances
“Junk” Distance • Minimum Distance • Honest Distance
10. Better Courses
Street Courses • Trail Courses • Shared Courses • Out-of-Town Courses
11. Better Seasons
Hot Seasons • Cold Seasons • Changing Seasons
12. Better Speeds
Track Speed • Mile Speed • Minimum Speed • Racing Speed
13. Better Tests
CBS Tests • 12-Minute Test • 1-Mile Test
14. Better Extras
Extra Warm-Up • Extra Stretching • Extra Strength • Extra Biking • Extra Water
15. Better Tactics
Taper Tactics • Warm-Up Tactics • Pacing Tactics
16. Better Races
Humbling Races • Today’s Races • Counting Races
17. Better Rewards
Higher Rewards • Personal Rewards • Tangible Rewards • Final Rewards
Part III: Healthy and Happy
18. Better Shoes
Rotating Shoes • Modified Shoes • Used-Up Shoes
19. Better Products
Performance Products • Leg Products • Eye Products • Reading Products
20. Better Diets
Intolerable Diets • Low-Fat Diets • Liquid Diets • Solid Diets
21. Better Cures
Medical Cures • Cold Cures • Rest Cures
22. Better Coaches
Coach Bowerman • Coach Manley • Coach Salazar • Coach Connelly
23. Better Friends
Teammate Friends • Helping Friends • Remembering Friends
24. Better Thoughts
Loose Thoughts • Inspired Thoughts • Learned Thoughts
25. Better Years
Lasting Years • Coming Years • Fresh Years
Words of Praise
“Joe Henderson’s Better Runs offers time-tested answers to the timeless question ‘How can I run better?’ In 25 chapters, Henderson tells of mistakes made and lessons learned in 25 years of running. The book is easy reading and covers every aspect of running: workouts, training, avoiding injuries, diet, shoes, age-grading, running smart, getting coaching, and more. It’s an inspirational book and well worth reading.”
Al Sheahen
Publisher & editor, National Masters News
“Some years ago I asked Joe Henderson if he worried about running out of things to say about running. Here it is—some dozen books and hundreds of columns and newsletters later—and Joe still keeps producing the freshest insights and most helpful information in the sport. Better Runs is his latest nourishment for guidance-hungry runners. Read it and be enlightened!”
Ed Fox
Publisher, Track & Field News
“This new book by running expert Joe Henderson is a treasure trove of helpful hints for runners of all levels, mixed in with amusing anecdotes, stories, and personalities from running’s rich history. Definitely a book that will enlighten and inspire.”
Joan Ullyot, MD
Top Master’s Runner, sports physician, and author of Women’s Running. |
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