Runner's Diet: The Ultimate Eating Plan That Will Make Every Runner (and Walker) Leaner, Faster, and Fitter

How to lose weight book

This is a book about how to lose weight by running. It is not a book about what a runner should eat for better performance. I think that the title is very misleading. Furthermore, I think that it ignores important facts in order to make it simple. The author says several times that a mile ALWAYS burns 100 calories no matter how fast you go. It is true that speed has little impact on the number of calories burned. BUT, a runner's weight and the type of terrain (hilly,flat,etc) covered have a big impact on calories burned. A 220 lb person doesn't burn the same number of calories as a 100 lb person!!!

If you understand that this is a how to lose weight dieting book, then maybe you should buy it (but I don't recommend it). But if you are currently a runner and want to know what to eat for performance, then this is definitely not the book for you.

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Focuses on an unhealthy diet

I am a marathoner and running my first 50K in a few weeks. I was looking for a book to help me shed some weight without giving up my training focus. This book is for runners who can run on minimal calories. Appendix 7 provides a basic plan of only 1,200 calories. And I was EXTREMELY disappointed that this book promotes the use of sugar substitutes and these 100 calories snack items. I would not recommend this book to anyone.

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