Drawing on the expertise of members of the New York Road Runners club, this comprehensive handbook provides valuable, up-to-date information on running, walking, and overall fitness and well-being, with advice on motivation, training techniques and exercises, injury prevention, nutrition, and the special needs of women, children, and the older runner. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Presents a host of facts and advice for runners on such topics as training, nutrition, and injury prevention

Presents a host of facts and advice for runners on such topics as training, nutrition, and injury prevention

Members of the New York Road Runners Club, as well as such noted athletes as Bill Rodgers, Grete Waitz, and Eamonn Coghlan, present a host of facts and advice for runners on such topics as training, nutrition, and injury prevention. 40,000 first printing.

A behind-the-scenes look at marathons and the life of the developer of the New York Marathon reveals the web of strategies, feuding, and wheeling and dealing involved in staging a major race