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The Whole Person Guide to Your First Marathon: A Mind Body Spirit Companion
From three-time marathoner, exercise physiologist and author Gina
Greg, a tribe member and race circuit fixture asked if I planned to run the Hartford Half Marathon. The furthest distance I had run was six miles. “That’s 13 miles,” I told him.
“If you can run six, you can run 10,” he said, noshing on an energy bar. “Run 10 and you can run 13. That’s how it works. You have three to four more miles in you than you think.”
Greg made it sound so possible.
Even with academic training in Exercise Physiology, I once found the idea of running 26.2 consecutive miles daunting. Now with three marathons under my belt – Long Island, New York and Marine Corps – the goal of this book is do for you what Greg did for reframe 26.2 miles as accessible and inspire your marathon journey, one mile at a time.
The impetus for running a marathon calls differently to each of us. So the structure of this book Mind, Body, Spirit – honors how you organically move through your process.
Also, I’ve included Marathon Countdown, Race Day and the last section, Gina’s Training Journal, which animates ideas central to The Whole Person Guide to Your First training while I worked a full-time job and vacationed overseas.
As your training integrates Mind, Body and Spirit, enjoy the process. Your journey to the marathon finish will last a few hours. Your journey to the start will influence a lifetime.
Greg, a tribe member and race circuit fixture asked if I planned to run the Hartford Half Marathon. The furthest distance I had run was six miles. “That’s 13 miles,” I told him.
“If you can run six, you can run 10,” he said, noshing on an energy bar. “Run 10 and you can run 13. That’s how it works. You have three to four more miles in you than you think.”
Greg made it sound so possible.
Even with academic training in Exercise Physiology, I once found the idea of running 26.2 consecutive miles daunting. Now with three marathons under my belt – Long Island, New York and Marine Corps – the goal of this book is do for you what Greg did for reframe 26.2 miles as accessible and inspire your marathon journey, one mile at a time.
The impetus for running a marathon calls differently to each of us. So the structure of this book Mind, Body, Spirit – honors how you organically move through your process.
Also, I’ve included Marathon Countdown, Race Day and the last section, Gina’s Training Journal, which animates ideas central to The Whole Person Guide to Your First training while I worked a full-time job and vacationed overseas.
As your training integrates Mind, Body and Spirit, enjoy the process. Your journey to the marathon finish will last a few hours. Your journey to the start will influence a lifetime.
161 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 21, 2013
About the author
Gina Greenlee
21books5followersHi! I've written 15 non-fiction books in the areas of travel, health and fitness, productivity, writing process and memoir. My first novel, Hush Life, is available on Amazon Kindle.
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March 17, 2014
Gina Greenlee approaches this often written-top with humor, grace & insight. A must-read for the first-timer & for those with a few races under their belt!
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