Table of Contents

ContentsForewordPrefaceIntroduction: Our MarathonsWeek 1 Starting Now30-Month Marathon * Victory Lap * Messages to Marathoners * More Messages * One in a Thousand * Max Effort * A True MarathonerWeek 2 Staying WellTrial Mile * Time of Truth * Do-It-Yourself Doctoring * Your Friend Pain * Steps to Health * Stretching a Point * Why Stretch?Week 3 Going LongNot So Fast * LSD Lives On * Wall Climbing * Avoiding the Wall * How Long to Run? * How Fast to Run Long? * How Often to Run Long?Week 4 Taking BreaksTalking the Walk * Walking Isn't Cheating * Why Walk? * Every Minute Counts * Keeping Time * Time Travel * Time Lost and SavedWeek 5 Setting PaceRelaxed Pace * Taking Your Time * Acing the Pacing * Hurrying Home * Fast-Finish Training * Get Faster Fast * Racing As TrainingWeek 6 Learning TricksWarming to the Task * Warm-up Needs * Going in Style * Run Softly, Run Tall * Balancing Acts * Finding Balance * Rule of OneWeek 7 Picking RacesPushing the Limits * Time Line * Acceptable Limits * Honoring Endurance * Helping the Healing * Back to Boston * Running Together Week 8 Dressing UpOn Our Feet * Minimal Shoes * Lighten Up * Watch It * Managing Time * What to Wear Where * Carrying MessagesWeek 9 Weathering StormsHot Date * Not So Hot * Winter Wanderland * Out in the Cold * Weathering Winter * Into the Wind * Staying the CourseWeek 10 Peaking OutAiming to Please * Exceeding Expectations * Olympic Ambitions * Finishing Well * Honest Efforts * Would You Cheat? * Lesser EvilsWeek 11 Getting AroundSee How We Run * Tell Me No Lies * Encouraging Words * Standing By * Faces at the Races * Shooting and Shouting * Viewer's GuideWeek 12 Tapering OffTake Your Ease, Please * In Praise of Easy * What's Easy? * Rest of the Week * Day Off * Out of Work * Not WorkingWeek 13 Resting UpCode of the Road * Mannerly Running * Making Memories * Meeting the Beast * Harder the Better * Chasing Dreams * Dream OnWeek 14 Doing ItWaiting and Worrying * Necessary WorryWeek 15 Easing BackAfterthoughts * Recovery Days * Pacing Patiently * Waiting It Out * Peaceful Pace * Good Sport * Special EffortsPicking Your MarathonPredicting Your TimePacing Your MarathonIndexAbout the AuthorBooks by Joe Henderson

About the Author

Joe Henderson has been writing about running for more than 40 years. He's the West Coast editor for Runner's World magazine and the author of more than 20 books on running, including several by Human Kinetics: Better Runs, Running 101, and Fitness Running. He is a columnist with Runner's World, publishes the newsletter Running Commentary, and teaches running courses at the University of Oregon.

The Road Runners Club of America has twice named Henderson Journalist of the Year. He is also a member of the club's Hall of Fame. He lives in Eugene, Oregon, with his wife, Barbara Shaw.

Reviews

""""Joe Henderson has more insight on the running scene, and how it has developed, than anyone I know. His advice is the gold standard."""
Jeff Galloway
Competitor in more than 100 marathons
Author of "Galloway's Book on Running" """Joe Henderson's 15-week marathon training plan covers all the basesand provides the ideal mix of tips and motivation."""
Amby Burfoot
Executive editor, "Runner's World" magazine
1968 Boston Marathon winner
From Northwest Runner
"""This simply-titled book is typical of the way Joe approaches running - straightforward - and contains a blessedly small amount of hype and big promises on the cover. What it does deliver is a comon-sense approach to training for and running a marathon from the man whose advice Jeff Galloway describes as the 'gold standard'Throughout the book are many examples of Joe's own brand of homespun running wisdom as well as daily training tips, each worth the price of admission alone."""
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