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The Essential Guide to Running the New York City Marathon | 
 enlarge | Author: Toby Tanser
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 111649
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0399528520
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.4252
EAN: 9780399528521
ASIN: 0399528520
Publication Date: February 4, 2003
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Condition: New - may have a small remainder mark on the edge.
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Product Description
This practical "how-to" guide helps take the stress out of planning for the marathon. Readers will find sections on every conceivable aspect of preparing for-and enjoying-the big day, including:
How to Enter
Three 16-week Training Guides
The Top 14 Tips for Surviving in the City
The Weather and What to Wear
Hotels
Volunteering
The Race Expo
Where to Run in NYC
Getting to-and Surviving-the Start
Best Bagel and Pizza Restaurants in the City
Spectator Essentials
The Course-for the Marathoner and for the Spectator
NYC Sports Doctors
Tips from the Pros
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| Customer Reviews:
 I loved this book! October 22, 2008
Wendy Perez (Mystic, CT)
This is hardly a training must-read but it sure was a blast to read if you're looking at NYC as an upcoming must-do marathon.
I particularly enjoyed the spectator section and how the author recommended the best mile markers to view from. I bought a used copy and the previous owner made some notes in the margins regarding his/her own personal experiences with both the hotel and restaurants chosen.
It's interspersed with fun trivia and prior race stats.
The mile-by-mile description of the race itself was well written.
Certainly this book will motivate and inspire a runner or two.
Definitely worth the $5 investment.
 Some good advice but overall of limited usefulness August 11, 2006
Jon Mastrude (Seattle, WA USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this because used it cost 1 cent plus shipping! There is some useful advice about the race, but some of the training advice is not up to date. For example, he talks about the importance of drinking water, with no mention of the risks of hypnotremia. You will notice that the last review was over 3 years ago. A lot has been learned in that time...
That said, I picked up some useful tips for my upcoming NY Marathon. It's a very fast read, and I would recommend reading it for someone running the race for the first time; but I would see if it's available at the library, since it isn't a book one needs to own, IMHO.
Not only a running book but...... August 24, 2004
James Stone (England)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Found it a great guide for a runner in New York City - eateries, places, info - Very helpful, and the running advice is awesome. Many pages of training ideas/tips from famous runners.
I would recommend this book for any marathoner/runner, not only those running nyc.
Refreshing surprise April 25, 2003
Robert Francis (Summit, N.J.)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Pulled this book off the shelf expecting another book with scant info BUT I was spellbound at once! It had everything from schedules to advice from all the names I had seen run the damn thing.
I know NY city, but after reading this book I know it better as a runner. Loved Grete Waitz's advice, most entertaining and not really like any other travel - running book I have ever read.
It has a jaunting theme of enjoyment, but offers first rate help to any level runner. Bought a copy, immediately!
Local, intense and fulfilling April 13, 2003
Fiona Bayly (New York, NY United States)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
The thing that pleased me most about this book, written by a deeply amusing and insightful Brit, Toby Tanser, is that he has turned the New York City Marathon into an accessible source of enjoyment for all, not just runners but visitors and family as well. Not only does he tweak the great city of New York into a handful of joyful and fascinating stories, but he brings the reader into direct contact with the city's people and streets. How detailed his research must have been to be able to say of my own local bagel shop that it has the most dough for the dollar (Pick-A-Bagel on 2nd Ave at 77th St) and yet thereafter list dozens of other shops, locales and curiosities that are minutely detailed and wonderfully inviting. Reading his book, New York becomes the friendliest spot on earth - and it certainly can be that. The book proves it. Author Tanser also adds humanism: he describes the race-director's birthplace as having been on the same Avenue around Mile 22 of the NYC Marathon itself. I didn't know that, and I used to WORK for the race director for 7 years. Imagine. Additionally, since he's a superb and responsible runner himself, Tanser squeezes the finest running-resources into his book. As marathon reference tool, city-guide and training manual, this book really has it all- and it's not too long, which is a plus for runners eager to get going!
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