The Runner’s Code: The Unwritten Rules of Everyday Running
- Length: 208 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
- Publication Date: 2022-01-25
- ISBN-10: 1472989597
- ISBN-13: 9781472989598
- Sales Rank: #1828467 (See Top 100 Books)
The Runner’s Code explores the unwritten rules of everyday running and is essential reading for anyone who marvels at marathons, tears round the track or simply plods round the park.
Filled with smart advice and brilliantly knowing humour, this unique celebration of running takes the newbie and veteran alike through the secret, nuanced and blindingly obvious rules of running to answer all the important questions, such as:
– What’s the correct etiquette for acknowledging other runners?
– What should you do if you get ‘caught short’ on a run?
– And exactly how many times can you ask colleagues for marathon sponsorship?
The book is packed with plenty of need-to-know information to help you deliver your best running performance, such as coping with different weather conditions, advice on kit and clothing (how many miles can a pair of trainers last, and is it ever appropriate to run in a mankini?) and pavement etiquette (overtaking dawdling pedestrians on a busy street).
There are also sections on getting the best race-day nutrition, finding the perfect running headspace and gaining maximum joy from your running.
The Runner’s Code features exclusive contributions from BBC presenters Nicky Campbell and Louise Minchin, sports writer Henry Winter, and leading running authors Anna McNuff, Paul Tonkinson, Rachel Cullen, Martin Yelling, Liz Yelling, Helen Croydon and Michael Stocks. They each brilliantly reveal what they love and what they hate about running.
Written by journalist, author and self-confessed running nut Chas Newkey-Burden, The Runner’s Code will help us to all run better and more responsibly, while reminding us of the joy and, at times, the wonderful absurdity of running.
‘Lovely… very impressive.’ – TalkSPORT
Cover Half-Title Dedication Title Contents Introduction Welcome to the Tribe • How to start running • Home truths Kit • Gearing up How to be a Considerate Runner • The runner at home • The runner out and about • Run with your conscience Nutrition • Eat right Events • Your pre-event checklist • Dos and don’ts during the event • How to finish Clever Running • Learn from the experts • How to run with a dog • How to run into old age Health and Safety • Prevention is better than cure • To run or not to run? • How to run (or not) with a cold • How to run in the rain • How to run in the dark • How to run in the cold • How to run in the sun • Learn to identify common injuries • Simple injury-prevention methods A Bit of Fun • The good, the bad and the ugly It’s All in the Head • Listen up • Tricks of the mind • Take in your surroundings Run Happy The A–Z of Running Acknowledgements Copyright
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