Best Half Marathons: Jog, Run, Train or Walk & Race The Half-marathon [Paperback]

David Holt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 16, 2002

Training programs and training science for runners and joggers of all abilities to successfully complete or race the half-marathon, which is more popular than the marathon. Includes:

Types of training to prepare yourself for the half marathon.
Training programs at 25 to 60 miles per week, for
Runners, walkers and joggers,
Injury prevention tips,
Motivation,
Stretching,
19 health benefits from exercise,
40 pages on Cross-training, and
Training to race the 30K or 20 miles.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

71 minute Half marathon runner David Holt's follow up to 10K & 5K Running, Training & Racing will prepare you to race your first half marathon or your fastest half marathon. Lifetime runner and orthopedic nurse brings wisdon and insights to the variety of training used for half marathon training.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: David Holt (October 16, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965889769
• ISBN-13: 978-0965889766
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,251,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Some good information, not well organized, July 24, 2004

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Adam Gordon (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Half Marathons: Jog, Run, Train or Walk & Race The Half-marathon (Paperback)

I purchased this book because I wanted to train for my first half marathon. After reading all the glowing recommendations above I was sure to receive just what I needed. Although I found some great tips on cross-training and how to increase my speed, I didn't find enough specifics on precisely how to create the right training program for me as I did in several other books. The author's writing style is awkward. Narrative sentences are almost non-existent. Instead, most sentences are short commands making the text read like a Dr. Bronner's bottle. This is an author-published book and the formatting is awful! Body text is huge and headings are sometimes underlined and sometimes italicized (and sometimes not). Spelling and grammar are atrocious making reading a scavenger hunt. Overall a thumbs down.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Poor book design clouds sound info., March 5, 2003

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This review is from: Best Half Marathons: Jog, Run, Train or Walk & Race The Half-marathon (Paperback)

While the info in this book seems sound it is a great shame that the book design takes so much pleasure away from reading it.

With too-small margins (no space to write your own notes), a chunky font, few photos or drawings, and no quotes or side bars to provide visual relief, reading through it was a chore.

I hope for a future edition that addresses these problems.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hits the spot with perfect advice, November 7, 2002

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D. Holt (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Half Marathons: Jog, Run, Train or Walk & Race The Half-marathon (Paperback)

Best Half-marathons will take you to your first 5K and then to your first half-marathon, but gently with small increases in training.
He believes in no aches and no pain to avoid injuries and to keep your motivation yet you will:
Run up-hills, but starting with just a few easy repeats up gentle slopes;
Run at all paces which the half-marathon world record holder trains at...but at your speed, with the same heartrate intensity which the world record holder runs, and starting with a half mile and increasing gradually.
Holt includes motivation tips, stretching, weight and aerobic cross-training and how to peak for faster half-marathons.
Excellent and easy to read with training programs for everyone from jogger to experienced runners at 25 to 60 plus miles per week.