Running By Feeling: A Year on the Racing Comeback Trail
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Every serious runner has struggled with the problem of finding the optimum range between too much and too little training.
Running by Feeling takes the reader into the mind of an everyman endurance athlete—one who sometimes finds that optimum range and races well, and sometimes becomes obsessed with training and injures himself in his haste to achieve his goals.
In the story of his 1994 racing come-back at age fifty, Brian Clarke presents a compelling study of ambition tempered by a growing sense of his adaptive limits. Along the way, he exposes the pitfalls of competitive running and reveals a new way of thinking about the training process.
Running by Feeling describes the fundamental adaptive experience in readable terms. Its central thesis? We cannot adapt to the stress of running unless we adjust our training to the way we feel. Using scales to measure effort and energy, Clarke demonstrates how to make training decisions that lead to injury free running and improved racing performances.
This book answers the following questions: What is a hard workout and how can I run them without becoming injured or exhausted? How can I use a heart rate monitor to build racing abilities? How can I measure adaptation? How can I run great races?
The text is illustrated with thirty-four drawings that clarify abstract ideas. Each chapter has a synopsis that defines key terms, develops theoretical tenets and answers practical "how to" questions.
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What the Reviewers are Saying About Running by Feeling:
“If you are still looking for the path between useless laxity and destructive overtraining, Brian Clarke has defined this optimum zone. Employing scales that quantify our running labor, he measures precisely how it feels to train just right.”
Kenny Moore
1968-72 Olympic Marathoner; Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated
“This is a captivating story of personal transformation and effective training. Reading it will teach you to regulate your workouts based on how you feel. Any endurance athlete can use this system, from fitness joggers and recreational racers, to Olympic marathoners.”
Gar Williams
Former AAU Marathon Champion; Former President, Road Runners Club of America
“Running by Feeling is not just a seasonal approach to the sport. It's the key to running for a lifetime. Many runners have abused themselves in the pursuit of short-term gain and are now former runners. Had they followed Clarke's advice, those former runners would still be enjoying the sport.”
Mike Tymn
Four-Time National Masters Champion;
Contributing Editor, National Masters News
