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Title: 4 Months to A 4 Hour Marathon by Dave Kuehls ISBN: 0-399-52415-0 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Information is *not* wrong
Comment: The premise of this book is that you too can run a marahon in four hours. It shows you how to train whether your goal is a flat four hours, four fifteen, four thirty, etc. All of these are called 'four hour marathons' by most veteran marathoners -- which does not immediately translate to 4:00:00. A previous review called the author inaccurate in stating that Oprah did a four hour marathon. She did run one, though (i.e., under five hours); her exact time was 4:29:20. Quite an accomplishment. Whether her trainer was alongside coaching her isn't really relevant to this book, either, except that with this book you can accomplish the same without a trainer always by your side.
Inaccurate reviews aside, it is a really good book that will help you train to get both the endurance and stamina to finish a marathon. If you (like me) niavely decide that you can train for a marathon by exclusively building up your distance, time improvement will be very difficult. This book gives you the right mix to get you to the finish line in a very respectable time. Some of the advice is somewhat hackneyed (e.g., avoid runs where dogs chase you), but it's well worth a thorough read for beginner/novice runners and has decent reference value for veterans.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great starter book - it helped me run my first marathon
Comment: When I started training for my first marathon a few years ago, I had this book and also 'Galloway's Book on Running'. The interesting thing was that while Galloway's book had much more information, I was always carrying the '4 Months' book with me because it had all the basic necessary stuff in an easily accessible format.
Some people have complained that it is too brief and not very thorough but I found it to be the best trait of this book. Many other books have simply too much information and if you have to spend a week or two digesting hundreds of pages of technical information, your initial enthusiasm to train for a marathon has cooled somewhat. '4 Months' at the same time is very concise and to the point, giving simple, step-by-step instructions for everything from shoes to nutrition.
It also contains a very well-defined training program, which I followed to the letter. The program was relatively hard but once I had completed it all, I was able to beat the hour mark surprisingly easily, so I can say that it really works!
Therefore, if you are already an established runner, or if you're looking for more theoretical background, I suggest you get some "more advanced" book like the above-mentioned 'Galloway's Book on Running' or 'The Competitive Runner's Handbook', both are very good.
But if you are like me back when I didn't have too much running background then '4 Months to A 4 Hour Marathon' QUICKLY gives you all you need to get started. I owe it one of the greatest experiences in my life.
Rating: 4
Summary: Lace up those shoes!
Comment: I've run many sub-four hour marathons and only discovered this book after the fact. I wish I'd had it while training for all those races, it might have helped. There's nothing fancy in here, and nothing you wouldn't find in various back issues of Runners World magazine. The standard, unvarying formular for running a marathon in under four hours is simple: run 20 miles a week for several months, then gradually increase your mileage to 40-50 miles a week. Start throwing in longer and longer runs one day of the week until you can run 20 miles at a stretch. Do this for 1 month, then taper off and run your marathon. I'm a firm believer in running 20 miles at least 3 times before marathon day.
I know... many have done marathons on less training, but I've run enough of them to know that many people suffer (and I mean *really suffer.*) The whole point of running a marathon is not to just survive it, but to hae fun doing it and finish tired, but not completely done in. If you train adequately, you can, and will, finish a marathon and it probably won't be your last. Few things in life offer such satisfaction and sense of accomplishment.
One final word: the chapter on treadmill running was inadequate. Don't be put off by treadmill running, it replicates road running well enough if you put the treadmill at an incline of 3-4 percent. Good luck and happy running!
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Title: The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer by David A. Whitsett, Forrest A. Dolgener, Tanjala Jo Kole ISBN: 1570281823 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Marathon: You Can Do It! by Jeff Galloway ISBN: 0936070250 Publisher: Shelter Publications Pub. Date: 09 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Marathon : The Ultimate Training Guide by Hal Higdon ISBN: 1579541712 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: First Marathons by Gail Waesche Kislevitz, Gail, editor Kislevitz ISBN: 1891369113 Publisher: Breakaway Books Pub. Date: 15 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: HOW TO TRAIN FOR AND RUN YOUR BEST MARATHON : VALUABLE COACHING FROM A NATIONAL CLASS MARATHONER ON GETTING UP FOR AND FINISHI by Gordon Bloch ISBN: 0671797271 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 05 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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