Fitness Running

Richard L. Brown

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781450468817
• eBook ISBN: 9781492584773
• Edition: 3

Including personalized workouts and expert advice, Fitness Running, Third Edition, contains workouts from one of America’s most respected coaches.

Whether you run for health, competition, or both, Fitness Running includes proven programs to help you achieve your goals. Color coded and customizable, the 13- to 26-week programs cover base building, fitness, and training for short-distance events, half marathons, and marathons. Each workout is prioritized according to your goal, allowing you the flexibility to tailor the training to your schedule.

More than just workouts, this new edition of the best-selling guide includes individualized testing for assessing running health and log pages for recording runs, results, and health information. It includes recommendations for female runners and the latest information on gear and gadgets, cross-training, stretching, and recovery.

Discover what countless runners already have. Fitness Running is the most effective and efficient guide to the best health, times, and finishes of your life. It’s the one training book you’ll use again and again for a lifetime of running workouts.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Fitness Running
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: Running Readiness
• Chapter 1: Running Health Assessment
• Chapter 2: Running Gear
• Chapter 3: Running Form
• Chapter 4: Challenge and Adaptation
• Chapter 5: Daily Resource Recovery
• Chapter 6: Fitness and the Female Runner
• Part II: Program Planning
• Chapter 7: Program Setup
• Chapter 8: Types of Running Workouts
• Chapter 9: Pre- and Postworkout Routines
• Chapter 10: Cross-Training
• Chapter 11: Runner’s Diary
• Part III: Training Schedules
• Chapter 12: Beginning Training
• Chapter 13: Fitness Training
• Chapter 14: Short-Race Training
• Chapter 15: Half Marathon Training
• Chapter 16: Marathon Training
• Chapter 17: Postrace Recovery and Injury Training
• About the Author
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