50 Ways to F*ck Up a Marathon: An Amateur's Guide to Overcoming Common Marathon Fails

A laugh-out-loud, revelatory book for newbies, mid-pack runners, and DNF'ers who are freaking out about their upcoming marathon.

Marathons can suck. Sometimes that's because of, you know, the running. But epic tragedies often result from dumb mistakes in race selection, training, fueling, and clothing-mistakes no one bothers to mention. Experienced marathoners have dozens of hacks to avert catastrophe, but that practical lore has never been collected up and vetted until now.

This is a crow...