Customer Reviews

The Complete Runner's Day-by-Day Log and Calendar 2005

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

My first exposure to this book was a used copy at a thrift store. I bought it any way because I loved the idea of keeping a journal of my running. As you go thru the journal you have plenty of space to record your run for each day and important details like where and how far you went, etc. I loved this!!! There are some really great parts to this journal though other than being well organized. It contains inspiring, funny quotes at the top of all almost every page. I really loved those! It has monthly essays (I guess you'ld call them) and neat pictures of other runners throughout the journal. I can't wait to get the 2005 version. I'm so excited!! Get it!!! It's money well spent!!!!