Running: A Year Round Plan [Paperback]

Jeff Galloway (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2005

You don't have to wonder what to do each day. This book will organize your running life, telling you how to run (with other optional exercises) throughout the year to prepare for the goal of your choice - even if you want to be a more consistent runner. With each week's workouts, you'll receive a motivational tip, with suggestions about how to increase your running enjoyment. Jeff Galloway has run in the Olympics and has coached over 150,000 people. Here, he reveals the plans used by his highly successful runners, which any person can follow in a minimum of time compared to other training programs. Whether you just want to make it around your block, or you're training for a marathon, this book will provide the motivation, and tell you whether a goal is realistic. With "Running - A Year Round Plan" you can follow the specific workouts needed to get you ready for your challenge.

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About the Author

JEFF GALLOWAY, based in Atlanta, Georgia, was an average teen age runner who kept learning and working harder, until he became an Olympian. He is the author of the best-selling running book in North America and a Runner's World columnist, as well as an inspirational speaker to over 200 running and fitness sessions each year. Jeff Galloway spends the time necessary to answer the questions of thousands of beginners, recreational runners, aspiring marathoners and time goal runners every year. His innovative ideas open up the possibility of running and a healthy lifestyle to almost everyone.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Fachverlag und Buchhandel GmbH (October 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841261696
• ISBN-13: 978-1841261690
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for All Types of Runners, August 8, 2006

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Robin W. Mckean (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is good for someone that is looking for a plan. It has three different levels, A, B, and C, depending on what your goals are. If you just want to run (x) number of miles a week, then search the internet for plans that do just that. What I like about this book is that it offers advice on steadily improving both your running technique and distance. It has guidance on drills and tempo work, as well as advice on how to recognize and treat injuries. What I didn't like about the book was the fact that the A plan only exercised three days a week, and the B plan exercised four, but the mileage was too aggressive. Using my own intelligence, I am using a hybrid of the two. But that in no detracts from the usefulness of the book for a new runner like me.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff but not What I expected, More for the Marathoner, July 16, 2009

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Daniel Hurley (Chesapeake, VA.) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed "Galloway's Book on Running", and that is the better book, if you are going to purchase one of his. This book fell short from what I expected. What I was expecting was a book that addressed year round training from a physiology stand point, when to ease up and focus training to build toward those goal races, those favorites' races where you want to perform at your best. Along with that, inclusion of how to maintain reasonable fitness during recovery, non-injury periods would have been helpful. So many great races are offered all year round, a constructive guide on peaking, how much time to scale back for physical recovery and retooling, types of recommended workouts for that maintenance period was what I was hoping for. Lots of great nuggets on the side that are always useful such as vitamins, GPS, heart monitors etc. The training plans are also designed for marathoners and I was also hoping for 5K, 10K and half training references as well. The book is also written more for the entry level runner. Go with "Galloway's Book on Running", much of the same information is contained with a broader appeal.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A little lite in the details, April 19, 2009

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P. Mooter "TriMoot" (Spokane, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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I am getting ready to attempt to qualify for the Boston Marathon so I was looking for a book with lots of details, and this one is a little lite on that. It's a FAST read, mainly because of all the pictures, so for me it seems a little "fluffy" and needs more details. Probably not a bad book to start with if you're looking into the Jeff Galloway method of running (which I am 100% sold on when it comes to long distances or even just getting started. You can read more about my 1st Ultra using Jeff's program http://trimoot.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/my-1st-ultrayahoo/)
For more detail info get Jeff's "Marathon, You can do it" book.