Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

1) WOMEN AND RUNNING

2) TOOLS OF THE TRADE

3) A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

4) THE PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING

5) FROM WALKING TO JOGGING: TRAINING FOR THE BEGINNER

6) FROM JOGGING TO RUNNING: TRAINING FOR THE INTERMEDIATE RUNNER

7) FROM RUNNING TO RACING: TRAINING FOR THE ADVANCED RUNNER

8) ON RACING WELL

9) CONQUERING THE MARATHON

10) SOLO OR SOCIAL

11) THE BALANCING ACT

12) STAYING MOTIVATED AND BEYOND: MENTAL ASPECTS OF RUNNING

13) EAT RIGHT TO RUN YOUR BEST

14) SLIMMING DOWN: THE RUNNER’S WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM

15) BODY IMAGE ISSUES

16) CARING FOR YOUR BODY

17) SAFETY

18) THE WELL-ROUNDED RUNNER

19) THE PREGNANT RUNNER

20) THE YOUNGER RUNNER

21) THE OLDER RUNNER

INDEX

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