The Complete Runner's Day-by-Day Log and Calendar 2005 [Spiral-bound]

Marty Jerome (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 10, 2004

“Other logs give you space to record your daily runs; [these] warm and witty monthly essays give you reasons to go on running.”
–William H. MacLeish, author of The Day Before America

“A must for any runner.”
–Minneapolis Tribune

The twenty-seventh edition of this classic log and calendar, the only one tailored specifically to runners, both competitive and noncompetitive, includes:
• space for tracking daily and weekly mileage, as well as time, body weight, route, temperature, and improvements
• a race record, with room to write dates, places, distances, times, your pace, and “comments and excuses”
• a quick reference chart for split times, from one mile to the marathon
• training tips and monthly essays by Marty Jerome on such topics as speed training, trail running, interval workouts, and injury prevention
• photographs of runners from all around the world

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 176 pages
• Publisher: Random House; Calendar edition (August 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400061474
• ISBN-13: 978-1400061471
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,827,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Running Log Available, November 30, 2004

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M. Hopkins (Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Runner's Day-by-Day Log and Calendar 2005 (Spiral-bound)

I have been buying this running log and calender for the past 10 years. The original author of this yearly log book, John Jerome past away 2 years ago, so his son Marty, has continued putting it together every year.

The best thing about the log is the calender days are already written in for you starting the last week of the previous year. It's very easy to log and keep track of you daily and weekly miles.

At the end of the log book is a place to list your races and track your 12 months of running. There is a marathon quick reference split times table and a full calender of the current and following year. Before each month, Jerome writes a personal running story about a page long which I find very uplifting. Also, he includes unique quotes before the start of each week.

I have viewed many running log books over the years. and this one is by far the best.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best Log, But, December 30, 2004

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A. Assa (Marblehead, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Runner's Day-by-Day Log and Calendar 2005 (Spiral-bound)

I have been using this log since the 70's (when Jim Fixx wrote it) with a few misses for years I started looking for it too late. It has continued to be by far the best of the logs available from the points of view of layout, included features and the quality of the paper. I look forward to each month's essay and find every one to be interesting. The quotes are excellent and a number of them have become ones I use regularly. Most weeks (but not all) also have a running related fact or piece of advice. And, as noted in the reviews, each week features a photograph with an additional one each month. However, it is this feature that leads me to give the log 4 stars rather than 5. The 2004 log continued a trend I had noticed the last few years of including less and less "different" photographs. By different I mean that over 30 of the photographs in the 2004 log are of the same person and his friends or relatives (they appear in some together) running in Paris. Is it the author himself? It would seem to me that a little more effort could go into getting a truly diverse set of photos. They're certainly out there. Maybe even the monthly ones in color? They used to be. I admit, this was the case in the 2004 log. I haven't looked through the 2005 one yet, I look so forward to it unfolding over the year.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for a New Runner, April 19, 2006

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L. Johnson "puggirl" (OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Runner's Day-by-Day Log and Calendar 2005 (Spiral-bound)

I ordered this running journal right before the new year and have found it to be indispensable for my training. The essays at the beginning of each month are inspirational and useful. I have been distance running for less than a year and find being able to look back on my progress to be very helpful.