How about writing a book?

Foo Bar

23/03/2005 at 08:48

It seems that with articles like this, this, this, etc, etc, that the forumites could "easily" collaborate to write a book.

If 100 people wrote one page each on things like hill running, heart rate monitor training, healthy eating, base training, treadmill running, etc, it'd be half way there in no time.

Would you be interested, and what would you write?

Harry 2 (a new leg please)

23/03/2005 at 08:51

That's a fab idea Foo Bar, not sure i'd want to endanger anyone with my own advice, but the more experienced runners on the site etc i'm sure have plenty of knowledge to share with the rest of us!!

VoodooSmiles

23/03/2005 at 08:52

Well - looking on the General forum, there's always lots of chat about nutrition (not gonna say diet because some people think that's a swearword).

The other main area that I'd love to see covered is motivation and how people get themselves out that door either in a morning when it's cold outside and the duvet is just toooo warm, or when you've just got home from work and have that 6 miler planned for this evening.

I'd be happy to help in anything.

Harry 2 (a new leg please)

23/03/2005 at 08:52

..if it worked you could even sell it and raise money for charity?!

VoodooSmiles

23/03/2005 at 08:56

I'm sure there's someone who comes on these boards that works for a book publisher... was it Aiki maybe? Sure it was something like that.

Also, a section on the lighter side of running - eg, the runners rants about dogs in all their forms, why you shouldn't stop and ask a runner for directions, etc.

Good idea about doing it for charity.

M...eldy

pirate

23/03/2005 at 09:00

Had the same idea for the recipe threads as well ... that could fill up a few spaces!

WildWill.... pirate

pirate

23/03/2005 at 09:00

Yep - wud be a dam good idea

WildWill.... pirate

pirate

23/03/2005 at 09:06

You could call it

RUNNING .... for charity

:o)

VoodooSmiles

23/03/2005 at 09:09

surely it would be

Running ... for charidy!

You spelt it wrong Will ;O)

Then some smart alec will start asking who charidy is lol.

VoodooSmiles

23/03/2005 at 09:09

There you are - another chapter - Charidy Raising Ideas for those who have to raise thousands upon thousand when they get a Charidy place.

Foo Bar

23/03/2005 at 09:12

Chapter 6: "When your cheque gets cashed". Subtitle - "how to figure out if you've got through the FLM ballot". :)

Harry 2 (a new leg please)

23/03/2005 at 10:11

perhaps someone could e-mail/contact the RW people- i'mm sure they'll support it, and might give tips on how to get it going in a somewhat orderly fashion?!

Foo Bar

23/03/2005 at 10:27

I think a show of support would be needed first. If there aren't a couple of dozen people at least, then it's a non-starter. I don't think it would need to be limited to experts either. Most people could do a bit of research on running gadgets, distance measuring, running logs, yasso 800s or whatever, and write a page on it without being an expert...

10p badger

23/03/2005 at 10:31

What's the plot? Can it have a badger in it?

Dr Nic

23/03/2005 at 10:33

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/

Print the book and only get charged for the amount you sell.

But remember who you heard it from - I'd want to write a page or two in the book!

Dr Nic

23/03/2005 at 10:34

This page is a better one:

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/books.aspx

10p badger

23/03/2005 at 10:36

...the badger get's the girl, obviously...so that would make it fiction.

"...she turned to see the devilishly handsome 10p enter the room. He approached her, her body quivered and trembled as he went to embrace her, and she felt his hot breath on her neck. "Hello Mother" he said..."

M...eldy

pirate

23/03/2005 at 11:14

I have a nice recipe for Badger soup

10p badger

23/03/2005 at 11:15

eat me...!

moomoo

23/03/2005 at 11:36

...too late, Badger. 'Gulp'

Book must have proper plot and a central character who grabs the reader's imagination (acomposite of several Forumites?). Quite a few biographies and autobiographies by runners, covering a lot of technical and procedural aspects have been written already, so that aspect of it should not be the main emphasis. But this should be accurate, fun, motivational, etc.
(I will not write, my English is carp).

Who would have the copyright,then?

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