Running: Getting Started

by Jeff Galloway

Overview

Running: Getting Started is the perfect guide for any person, at any fitness level, looking to start running for the first time, return to running after a break, or reset their training. Running coach and Olympian Jeff Galloway outlines what a person needs to know to get started, such as finding a running store and selecting the best pair of running shoes. Jeff also provides week-by-week training plans that can be tweaked depending on individual goals, making it easy to fit training into any lifestyle and stick with it. Jeff also includes information important to the beginner runner, such as nutrition and how to eat for running and weight loss, how to maintain good running form, how to stay injury free, how to stay motivated, how to prepare for that first race, and more. His advice is suitable for beginners at any age. With this book, everyone will not only start running, but they will enjoy their runs so much they will continue to run until they’re 100!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782552697
Publisher:	Meyer & Meyer Sport
Publication date:	03/01/2024
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	468,375
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jeff Galloway was an average teenage runner who kept learning and working hard until he became an Olympian. He is the author of the bestselling running book in North America (Galloway’s Book on Running) and was a Runner’s World columnist for more than 20 years, as well as an international speaker for more than 200 running and fitness sessions each year. His Run Walk Run® program has inspired millions to run and improve their running. His program’s 99% success rate is based on Jeff’s success with more than 500,000 runners.

Table of Contents

1 Foreword: You Can Be a Runner! 7

2 Why Run? 10

3 What You Need to Get Started 21

4 A Trip to the Running Store 28

5 Setting Yourself Up for Running Success 35

6 Your First Week-How to Begin and Continue 39

7 Your Three Week Schedule 43

8 Your Next 21 Weeks 47

9 The Galloway Run-Walk Method 56

10 Getting Physical: What Happens When We Get in Shape 60

11 Your Journal Will Inspire You 69

12 Why Does Your Body Want to Hold Onto Fat? 77

13 Why Some People Burn a Lot More Fat 87

14 Fat Burning Training: For the Rest of Your Life 91

15 Fat Burning: The Income Side of the Equation 97

16 Good Blood Sugar = Motivation 106

17 An Exerciser's Diet 110

18 Running Form 114

19 Running Injury Free 124

20 Your First Race 129

21 Aches & Pains 141

22 Stretching 150

23 Strengthening 153

24 Staying Motivated 158

25 Cross Training: Exercise You Can Do on the Non-Running-Days 166

26 Dealing with the Weather 172

27 Destroying Excuses 187

28 What About Kids? 191

29 What If You're Not Enjoying Your Running? 194

30 Trouble Shooting 198

31 Trouble Shooting Aches and Pains 214

32 Running After 40, 50, 60, 70 220

33 Being a Good Coach 226

34 Special Report: Heart Disease and Running 230

Photo & Illustration Credits 231