Runner's World Training Journal [Spiral-bound]

The Editors of Runner's World Magazine (Author), Amby Burfoot (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 21, 2002

A daily dose of motivation, training tips and running wisdom for every kind of runner-- from fitness joggers to competitive racers. More than 150 tips!

From the editors of Runner's World, the world's biggest running magazine, comes a training journal for runners of all abilities-- that's fun to read, too!

The Runner's World Training Journal provides the perfect framework to help you reach all of your running goals, whether they're weight loss or world records. We provide the space (a whole year's worth), and you fill in the facts about each day's run: your workout, the distance you covered, the route you took, what you thought about and what you learned. There's even space to record your favorite running shoes, greatest race performance and best runs. Then, we'll help you analyze your data and set new goals for next year. And throughout the year, we'll provide the helpful tips, motivational quotes and running lore for which Runner's World is famous.

"Training logs accept all workouts equally, the low key and boring as well as the sensational. Start to fill these empty spaces."--Amby Burfoot, winner of the Boston Marathon and executive editor of Runner's World

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Training logs accept all workouts equally, the low key and boring as well as the sensational. Start to fill these empty spaces."--Amby Burfoot, winner of the Boston Marathon and executive editor of Runner's World

From the Back Cover

After nearly four decades of running, more than 100,000 miles logged and something like 12,000 separate entries in my training journals, I have three favorite days: one, the day I won the Boston Marathon (of course); two, the day i got married (of course); and three, the day I got married again (hey, no one's perfect, and the second time around was particularly sweet).

Here, in short, is what I wrote in each of those three log entries.

April 19, 1968: "27 miles, including 26.2 miles in Boston Marathon. I won! Felt great the whole way until side stitch the last 2 miles. But I struggled through it."

November 1, 1970: "20 miles, really hard, with a bunch of my running friends who are here for the wedding. The last 5 miles, we were practically racing. What a competitive group!"

July 4, 1995: "3-mile jog in the Groton Long Point July 4th fun run with Cristina, Gary, Dan, Laura, Bill and Jeff. A gorgeous sunny, dry day. We couldn't have hoped for anything better." [Note--The names mentioned, in order: the woman I would marry several hours later; my brother, who performed the ceremony; my two teenage kids; my brother-in-law; my nephew.]

My changing priorities are clear. Once I ran for speed and distance. Now I run for health and friendship and release--to enjoy 30 or 40 minutes away from the phone and the computer. I still seek challenge on occasion, and still enter races when they appeal to me. But mostly I run to clear my head of the day's swirling activities and to enjoy the wondrous thoughts and images that rush in to fill the void.

I hate to admit it, but I've never been any good at keeping a journal--one of those personal diaries that chronicles all the highs and lows of a life. Instead, my best efforts have gone into my training logs. There's no screeplay or Pulitzer Prize int he dozens of these logs I've kept over the years, arranged a bit haphazardly across the bottom tier of a bookcase, but they're good friends, and that counts for a lot.

Thumbing through the pages, I'm carried instantly to the places I've run and the people who have sweated at my side. In high school, we ran through

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 126 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (September 21, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579546587
• ISBN-13: 978-1579546588
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,269,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep a log now, because you'll never remember later!, February 22, 2004

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C. Peters "purplerain76" (Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Runner's World Training Journal (Spiral-bound)

This is a great training journal! Not only does it have a space to record daily run info, but it has little tips and fun facts on every page.

For each day, there is a space to fill in the route you took, distance and time, any cross-training you did, how you felt, and thoughts. At the end of the week, there is a place to record your weekly total miles of running, and your total milage to date.

There are 52 weeks of log space in this journal.

Start recording your milage, feelings, and thoughts now... you will benefit from it in the future... and it may even give you some laughs to see how you felt starting out.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars solid running log, June 3, 2007

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Susan E. Bradley "Mike Bradley" (rochester, ny) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Runner's World Training Journal (Spiral-bound)

Full color is nice. Organized and has places for miles, time, etc.

Only con is I wish it had more space for writing comments daily, instead of the big weekly comment box. That's just my personal preference, there's nothing wrong with this log.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2006 - Revised and Updated, November 25, 2006

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coolMelon (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Runner's World Training Journal (Spiral-bound)

The 2006 edition has been released. The earlier reviews were written about the earlier edition (2001 or 2002?) and the editors seem to have taken the feedback to heart and have come up with a much improved version this year. For this edition, instead of having the week start at Sun, they have decided to put the weekend together, starting the week at Mon and then ending with Sat and Sun. There is plenty of space to write. The pictures and captions are colorful, attractive and useful. There is half a page of notes for you to fill up with thoughts of your runs, nutrition, whatever you want at the end of each week.

I just started running 3 months ago and I found this journal really helpful. Just the thought of filling up the pages with my runs motivate me to do better each work. It feels great to see that your efforts are paying off when you go through the filled pages and see how your mileage has been going up. Also, I use the empty half page to put down my calories intake, my goals for the week (whether for running or for personal life) and my thoughts. It is like having a friend! I recommend this for beginning runners!