Amby BurfootRunner's World Complete Book of Running: Everything You Need to Run for Weight Loss, Fitness, and Competition

This is a comprehensive runner's publication. Highly recommended

Offers good basic advice st reasonable cost as you progress from 5k to marathon.

I bought this book as I was getting into running, some good advice in here and I do recommend to all budding runners out there

I am a beginning runner and thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found the broad range of topics and writers to be a well rounded overview of important aspects to running: training, injury prevention, diet, ..., etc. (see table of contents for all the topics).I agree with the reviewers who say this book is "just" a collection of articles, you can find all this same info on the Internet, and there is some contradictory advice. However, for the price, it is nice to have all these great articles in one place in hardcopy. Contradictory advice? Talk to experts in any field and you'll get contracting advice. This reflects that different advice is best for different people and that some experts disagree (e.g. 1 experts says train 6 days a week, another says train 3 days a week). (Experts here meaning trainers, sports doctors, and runners who break world records and win big races).I would give this 5 stars except for the title may be misleading. The title sounds more encyclopedic but the book is really a nicely organized collection of great articles written over the years by expert trainers, doctors and runners.

You have wrapped the book very well in plastic for damage protection.