Customer Reviews
Good for the amateur runner - By: Mr. Ross Maynard, 13 Nov 2008 
If you aren't a member of a club with trainers & physio's to hand then "Running Well" is probably the next best thing. Accessible & easy to read the book provides advice on everything from choosing shoes, to nutrition, with a particularly comprehensive section on injury. I found the advice on running posture on core strengthening particularly useful.
There are a couple of problems with the book: the injury section is detailed but I found it confusing & not that helpful. If you are injured, get yourself referred to your good old NHS physiotherapist - they're great !. The other problem is that a great many stretches, warm-ups & core strengthening exercises are presented - far too many for you to be able to do all of them - but no guidance or advice is given on which ones are most suitable for different types of runner.
Unlike other running books I've seen, no training programme is given for your first 10K, or half-marathon etc. However, a good return to running from injury programme is given.
Overall though this book is very well written by professionals who present their knowledge well. It is well worth the money for amateur runners everywhere.
Not bad, but probably not great for a beginner. - By: Lillie2374, 01 Sep 2008 
This was the first running book I found & I bought it due to the good reviews. I have to say, it is a good book, but not as great as I'd hoped. I'd been running a month & felt like I was missing something & me being me, when I embark on something, I like to feel well armed with as much information as possible.
This book had lots of information but I think it is probably better suited to a slightly more experienced runner. Three months on, it is probably ok for me now, but at the time, it wasn't really helpful enough for my thirst for knowledge.
If you want a great first time running book for the complete beginner then try 'Zest: Running Made Easy'.
I thought I knew about running... - By: P. Danton De Rouffignac, 17 Mar 2008 
I thought I knew everything about running until I read this book. Clearly written with excellent diagrams, packed with sound advice & no-nonsense guidelines for joggers & serious runners. I found the sections on injury prevention & recovery particularly encouraging,having just had to come back after six weeks layoff & getting my recovery programme all wrong.
Running well - By: Mrs. J. S. Davies, 15 Jan 2008 As an amateur runner who runs outside the realms of a running club, I have always had alot of questions & niggles that prevented me from pushing myself too hard.
This book provides alot of the answers & helped me to understand why my body feels & reacts the way it does & it has given me the confidence to now go the extra mile, without worrying that I am damaging myself.
This book is as good a support as any running club to get you going!
The most suitable running book I've read so far - By: Little Lee, 15 Jan 2008 After suffering a few annoying, & occasionally painful, injuries over the last 18 months, I've spent quite a while reading books & trying to correct a couple of faultsin my running action. I have tried John Noakes Lore of Running (although there's not much mention to technique & is more a compilation of various training programmes & scientific studies), Romanov's POSE method, & Chi-Running. While they've all got their own merits, & I would recommend them allin their own right, I've found it difficult to throw myself into either of the techniques. You really need to buy into the philosophies of the POSE & Chi-Running techniques, & I never really found their arguments to be convincing enough for me to commit to them.
This is why I'm so pleased with 'Running Well'. The book really emphasizes that there might not be a one-size-fits-all approach & instead provides a central source of general good practises to running technique & injury prevention. I think anyone looking to purchase such a book should start with 'Running Well' & then maybe look to some of the more prescriptive alternatives if they then feel its appropriate, rather than the other way round.
I could see that serious club & elite runners might want a more heavyweight training manual, but I really think that this book would meet the needs of the remaining 95% of us.
The presentation of the book is excellent & I'd wholeheartedly agree with the book's synopsis that states the content to be accessible. I consider this to be the most relevant book of its type.
