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Think Like a Runner

Understanding Why We Run and How to Do It Better

by Jeff Horowitz
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Run faster. Run farther. Run better. Discover exactly what it is that makes you a runner and improve your running technique with this practical guide packed with friendly advice, anecdotes, tips, and more.
We all decide to run for different reasons, whether it's to lose weight, improve health, or deal with stress in everyday life. But what is it that keeps you motivated to run, train, and race day after day? Professional runner and running coach Jeff Horowitz aims to answer this question in Think Like a Runner.

When you're just past mile 22 of a marathon and looking down the barrel of four more miserable miles of running until you can finally cross the finish line, it's not the science that keeps you going; it's something mental. Alongside insights into the mental journey all runners take in starting and sticking with this sport, you'll discover practical tips to help improve your running, including:
  • Establishing your running tribe
  • Finding the running gear every runner needs
  • Setting training and racing goals
  • Recognizing the onset of injuries
  • Preparing your mind to get in the game
  • Adjusting your relationship with running as you age
  • And so much more

    • With Think Like a Runner, you'll realize that understanding the complexities of why we run will simply help you run better.

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    • Release date

      October 8, 2024

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        • ISBN: 9781646047123

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        • ISBN: 9781646047123
        • File size: 2513 KB

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • Library Journal

        October 1, 2024

        Longtime runner and coach Horowitz (Ageless Strength) explores the mental game of running and how small shifts in thinking can boost performance. This book covers the basics: gear, goals, motivation, self-talk, cross-training, and racing. Horowitz's running technique advice is straightforward and simple enough for new runners to implement, but highly experienced runners, or those who have read much on running techniques, might not find many new pointers. Intermediate runners, however, will find good reminders about proper form and mindset. Chapters on injury and aging stand out for their tough-love approach, which is simultaneously pragmatic and encouraging. Horowitz's own professional experience is the main source of knowledge, but the book's footnotes occasionally cite clinical research. VERDICT A solid introduction to recreational running. The book presents guidance in a way that's nonintimidating, which makes the title an easy entry point into a lifelong enjoyment of the sport. Suitable for beginning to intermediate practitioners.--Shannon Titas

        Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        October 1, 2024
        Running might be the perfect sport. It's an activity that can be done at any pace (slow jog to all-out sprint), performed almost anywhere, and requires no equipment. (Shoes are highly recommended but not absolutely necessary.) Horowitz, an endurance runner, trainer, and author of multiple books on the topic, extols the many virtues of running, including enhanced health and fitness, potential weight control, elevation of mood, challenges and accomplishments. He covers the expected subject matter of getting started, options for gear and shoes, goals and training, biomechanics, speed (tortoise or hare), injuries (mostly "overuse" problems), competitive racing, and the aging athlete. Most experienced runners won't find new information here, while beginning runners and individuals considering starting will find this to be a useful road map. Horowitz helpfully highlights "the mental journey of running." He offers lots of basic advice, which sometimes seems paradoxical: "Don't be afraid to push." "Don't bully your body." The book's strengths are its simplicity and how it genuinely conveys the joy of the sport. A nice assist for new runners.

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