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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
A Mortal's Opinion When I said I was going to attempt a marathon a friend recommended this book and said "You will need no other book" and she was right. Yes, the style can be irritating and it's not a book for seasoned runners BUT for the absolute beginner, like me, it is great. I did as I was told by the book and I DID IT! It works. Buy it.
An Ordinary Mortals Guide:- a step in the right direction Generally the advice was very good. A very chatty style that would irritate some, but written for the nervous novice rather than the seasoned athlete.
I read this about a week before running my first half marathon and did identify many of my own mistakes in the book, (comforting to know that I was not alone). Certainly found it informative and interesting and helped to keep everything in perspective.
Have been reading it again as I prepare for a marathon.
Informative & realistic I found this book easy to read with plenty of good tips I know I will be trying out. It covers the basics of running & training & is ideal for somebody who is contemplating a marathon or half marathon for the 1st time. It is very easy to understand & stick with & definitly gives inspiration to those of us who didnt think we could ever cover the distance. I reckon I will pick it up again during my training to refer back to. I would reccomend it to any mortal!
Waste of time The book is long on generalisations, platitudes and psychobabble, and short on specifics. The authors' chatty style, in which they constantly tell you how they didn't have a clue and how they repeatedly went wrong, very quickly wears thin. The 30 or so "Marathon Mortal" spots, where a mere mortal tells you how great they felt when they completed a marathon despite having always been last in their PE class, similarly get very repetitive very quickly. And the book seems to assume throughout that you're going... more info
