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Running and Walking for Women Over 40 : The Road to Sanity and Vanity |  | Author: Kathrine Switzer
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 30647
Media: Paperback
Pages: 196
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0312187777
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.717082
EAN: 9780312187774
ASIN: 0312187777
Publication Date: March 15, 1998
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A consistent program of running or walking is the fastest, easiest, and least expensive road to overall fitness and well-being for women and men at any age. For women over forty it can be the key to the most fulfilling years life has in store.
Katherine Switzer, a pioneer in women's fitness since 1967, when she became the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon is once again blazing a trail with the very first running and walking program designed specifically for women over forty. Now every woman can benefit from Katherine's highly personal, motivational, and step-by-step advice.
"For women beginning fitness programs at age forty, fifty, and beyond, the results can be nothing short of dramatic. For the first time they are reaching the body weight and physical conditioning they've always dreamed of. Women who have been reasonably active off their lives can also firnd a new and exciting road of fitness ahead of them after age forty. Some even find themselves outrunning women half their age!" --Katherine Switzer
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 Kathrine Switzer is my heroine. January 21, 2010
Suzan Colon
The subtitle--"The Road to Sanity and Vanity"--says it all. Switzer (the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon in 1967) is a role model for anyone who, like myself, wonders if she can start race-walking or even running in her forties and beyond. Switzer's unequivocal answer: Yes, you can! And she tells you how to do it. The book has easy instructions for beginners, insider information ("Real runners talk about their mileage in terms of weekly, not daily mileage"), and everything you need to know about shoes, clothing, training programs, stretching, and more. Reading this book made me want to lace up my sneaks and get right out there--and I did! I'm following Switzer's program to become a 30-minute runner in 10 weeks and it's going great. (Check my progress on my blogs on [..]and [...].) Viva Switz!
Running and Walking for Women Over 40 January 9, 2010
N. Bjelland (Illinois)
Loved it!!!! Suggested many different things for older people when starting out walking or running.
Good informative book May 24, 2009
S. Miller (missouri)
I found this book to be a very easy read, but filled with very useful information. I had been doing some walking outside and some running on a treadmill for awhile but never really started running outside or for any long distances. This book started me to, there were many questions that I found answers to, finding the right shoes, good stretches to do afterwards, training plans. All in all a good book for the beginner.
A MUST FOR WOMEN OVER 50!!!!!! January 10, 2009
R. Morris (Hemet, Ca)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have purchased MANY books on running but never found one that inspired me like this one. I am not an all out athlete but love to run because of the way it makes me feel. This book really talks about women of age and what to expect from walking and running. I am 53 and thought if I run to much I could really injury myself. After reading the book I have a whole different outlook and just let myself go and I've never felt soooo good. You will not regret buying this book.
Good for the beginner June 26, 2007
M. Taylor (NH)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are just getting into or thinking about a walking/running program this book is for you. If you have been doing both for some time, its a great read, just beyond where you are at in your program. I have given this book to my sister who has just turned 40 and she loved it.
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