No Need For Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running

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"You don't have to run fast to be a real runner."

The enormously popular "I'm slow. I know it. Get over it." Runner's World columnist, John "The Penguin" Bingham presents a must-have for the beginning runner.

No Need for Speed presents a 12-week "Sofa to Starting Line" beginning runner's program for the uninitiated. Bingham, who was a latecomer to the sport himself, offers a wonderful, commonsense perspective for the adult-onset athlete.

However, this book is NOT just for beginners, No Need For Speed will inspire and encourage the many runners who identify themselves as middle- or back-of-the-packers.

John Bingham likes to state that, "The miracle isn't that I finished... The miracle is that I had the courage to start."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments | Introduction

PART 1: INSPIRATION
Seeing the light | Tied in nots | Getting real | Keeping the faith | Basic truths about getting started

PART 2: PERSPIRATION
Our bodies, our selves | Method or madness | Garbage in, garbage out | Dancing with the devil | Basic truths about injury prevention

PART 3: DEDICATION
Staying the course | Chutes and ladders | Goal tending | Beyond fitness | Basic truths about cross-training

PART 4: CELEBRATION
Finding the joy | Keeping score | Mind ganes | Playing to win | Basic truths about racing | Afterword

SPECIAL BONUS SECTION
My greatest hits

No Need For Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running