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Young Runners: The Complete Guide to Healthy Running for Kids From 5 to 18

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This book is an easy read. The author has well thought out chapters with many stories of successful youth running programs. I bought this book in preparation of starting a a running program at our elementary school and I have found a wealth of ideas, statistics, and general information. Thank you for this excellent reference.

I too expected more from this book. It really has a lot of background information about "Why" but it falls a bit short of the mark on "how". If you need funding or arguments about why to start kids running programs in your community then I think you will find some good information. If you are like me and have kids that are very capable but need motivation then skip it. For me, the "why" kids should run is obvious and beside the point. The chapters read like a series of somewhat related articles with conflicting commentary rather than a cohesive book. I feel this had a lot of potential but missed a real opportunity. The best thing I came away with from reading the whole book was: everybody gets popsicles.

I was disappointed in this purchase. I had bought it since my young some was interested in running. I thought it would give helpful tips etc. But, it just didn't.