Ryan Robert

Over the course of 18 months or so I've slowly changed my lifestyle to loose 85 pounds. This involved gradual shifts in both eating and physical activity. Having stagnated on the scale (though the body is still shifting and adjusting) it has become time once again to make some changes in the physical activity and running a 5K seemed like a great goal to make that happen. I flirted with running a bit this spring and summer, but hadn't done any real training towards a 5K until recently. Upon show more completing some of the workouts I found myself with questions and thus have sought out some reading on the subject.I've read a handful of Kindle freebie books on running. Each had a tip or two that seemed useful, but none addressed anything more than cursory overview. There was little substance to any given topic. This e-book delved a fair bit deeper. It still is very much aimed at beginning runners. Even my moderate amount of running to date rendered some of the information moot to me. But it did address breathing, form and nutrition a bit more deeply than the other books I've read recently. I also found the information on running in adverse weather conditions somewhat helpful.The training schedules included in this book did not click for me. Mostly because I wish to cross train and not use running as my only form of exercise so running 5 days a week is just not practical. I've suffered from overntraining syndrome and it is not fun to go through or come back from!That said, I am looking forward to a more in depth and lengthy book on running, specifically for women arriving at my local library for me to read. show less