I pushed myself through this book much like the author Dawn Dais got through her marathon. I purchased this book off of Amazon because of the awesome reviews. Well, I need to add my two cents and it ain't pretty.
This review is going to be short because I hated this book from start to finish. I found the author to be whiny and really not funny. Ms. Dais did not inspire me in fact she scared the crap out of me. The back cover claims that this book is inspirational. I say not so much.
I have now read four books on marathon training. In no way do I claim to be an expert. I'm barely scratching the surface as a runner. As Ms. Dais relates her marathon training experience she makes everything out to be absolute torture. I believe that a more apt title would have been "How Not To Train For A Marathon aka Don't Do Anything I did".
There is no reason for someone to start at zero and expect to be completing six miles within seven weeks. The author is spelling out an absolute recipe for disaster. I didn't find her pain and nasty observations of other runners funny. In fact I found her humor rather adolescent.
There are many other wonderful and entertaining books to read on marathon training. Please don't follow a book that has the potential to hurt you because it claims to be a light-hearted take on running. I really intend to complete my marathon with a smile not sobbing from pain because I was to stubborn to train properly and give my body time to adjust. There is a better way and there are many ways to complete a marathon with grace.
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