The Book
If You Want to Finish a Marathon, This is the First Step.
From a reader:
The Marathon Method’s Essential Guide to Training For Your First Marathon is a step-by-step guide to finishing a marathon. As such, it provides 15 chapters of information from stretching and nutrition to purchasing gear and avoiding injury. As a guide, it is excellent. But what really sets this book apart is not that it provides the right information to get you to the finish line, it is that it inspires you to get there.
In writing this book Joe Donovan speaks to the real reason why people run marathons. He discusses things that nobody else talks about including the spiritual aspects of running, the thrill of the race and what to do after you have accomplished your goal. In this way the book could have been called Chicken Soup for the Marathon Runner’s Soul.
If you are training for a marathon, this book will get you to the finish line. If you are considering running a marathon, this book will inspire you to strap on shoes and to start running. Very few authors write books that change lives. This book will.
Randal E., London
- Audiobook through JulianJohn Publishing (Coming Soon)
Reviews of the Marathon Method’s Essential Guide to Training For Four First Marathon
Please note that these reviews are of the original e-book. The current book is considerably longer.
“This book helped me increase my distance and stamina, improve my nutrition and hydration, and get over mental hurdles. Running the final lap of my first marathon with my wife and kids cheering in the stands is a memory I will cherish forever. Thanks, Joe, for a terrific and inspiring book!”
Steve O., Melbourne, Australia
“Finding Joe’s book was a godsend! I’m very grateful to him for writing this book and showing me how to enjoy running again. God bless you, Joe, and thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Rita W., Poole, England
I know Joe and I know Joe knows running.
Impressive - even for those of us retired from actively running!