Runner’s World Complete Book of Beginning Running

Illustrations © 1997 by Robert Frawley. Originally published in Runner’s World Complete Book of Running by Rodale Inc. Adapted and revised in 2004 by Claire Moore for Runner’s World Complete Book of Beginning Running.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Burfoot, Amby.

Runner’s world complete book of beginning running / Amby

Burfoot.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN-13 978–1–59486–022–5 paperback

ISBN-10 1–59486–022–X paperback

eISBN-13 978–1–60529–252–6

1. Running. 2. Exercise. 3. Physical fitness. I. Title: Complete book of beginning running. II. Runner’s world. III. Title.

GV1061.B794 2005

796.42—dc22

2004017559

Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers

46810975paperback

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