Publisher's Synopsis
An illustrated manual for beginners and improvers, covering all aspects of the training up to a marathon - week by week times, nutrition, warm up and cool-down exercises, the event itself, all aspects of health and physiology.
Tips from Liz McColgan, winner of the 1996 London Marathon, medallist Eamonn Martin and Cathy Shipton throughout , with excerpts from their running diaries.
Colour photos of big marathon moments, and of Liz and Cathy doing warm-up and cool-down routines.
Award-winning cartoonist, Observer's Candy Guard's cartoons featured.
Advice from top coaches and the medical advisor to the London Marathon and the British Heart Foundation.
