In short:Thirty-seven famous and unknown runners describe their motivation, training, and experiences running their first marathon races. Full Review: Thirty-seven famous and unknown runners describe their motivation, training, and experiences

In short:With six 16-week training plans Full Review: With six 16-week training plans. Charlotte Richards: A MUST-HAVE BOOK FOR ALL APPREHENSIVE MARATHON BEGINNERS Strengths: Has an amazing ability to reassure at exactly the right moment. Having

activities. st-jerome: MAKE THIS YOUR FIRST-TIME MARATHON BIBLE! Strengths: Does what it says on the jacket. Got me through my marathon training. Thorough, inspirational, practical, strong on the mental aspects of marathoning. Weaknesses: Does what it says

come alive for you. It's written in an entertaining, often amusing, and light style, but one that really heightens the magnitude of the London Marathon and brought me to tears on quite a few occasions.

In short:Providing expert guidelines for training to meet fitness and racing objectives, this book includes six workout programmes for one mile up to marathon distance. Advice is also given on running form, shoes and training gear to maximise

In short:From a major figure in the running world comes a compendium of information and anecdotes about a life in motion. Champion marathon runner Amby Burfoot has created a distinctive resource to help runners run better, faster and farther. Full

In short:RW's columnist John 'The Penguin' Bingham - a contented, slow marathon runner who used to be an overweight couch potato - shares his philosophy of incorporating diet and exercise into everyday life and making personal fitness a long

distance from a 5 kilometre run to a full marathon. It provides a series of six graded training programmes that are easy to use and assume no previous knowledge of running. Each level includes a fitness schedule and one or more race schedules, so you can

of running; goal-setting for competitive runners; developing a plan for total body fitness; strategies for successful racing from the 800-metre through the marathon; integrating psychological and physiological aspects of athlete development; and stress

, ‘More stable and comfortable than I thought, given the light weight.’ These are suitable as everyday shoes for advanced runners, or as racing shoes for everything up to half marathon distance for everyone else. Weight (M): 160g Weight (W): 127g