Marathoning for Mortals: A Regular Person's Guide to the Joy of Running or Walking the Half-Marathon or Marathon by John "The Penguin Bingham and Jenny Hadfield - Considering that I've completely lost all my marbles and have signed up to run in the Indy Half-Marathon in May, I figured I'd better do what I do best...read a book to prepare! Although I'm not a "runner", I want to be, and this was the perfect book for people like me, or, in the words of the authors, running mortals.
The authors offered tons of practical (read here doable!) strategies for preparing for and finishing either a half-marathon or a full-marathon. They covered the entire spectrum of things you may encounter from the decision to start training to crossing the finish line. The best quote from the entire book, the one that has inspired me the most, is: "The miracle is not that you finished, but that you had the courage to start." I need to write THAT on my running shoes!
