About this item
For runners, form is everything. It can make the difference between a smooth, light stride and painfully pounding the ground, a personal record and a disappointing result, or chronic injury and enduring health. When all else breaks down and a long-distance runner hits the dreaded wall, it is form that can carry him through to the finish line. Most books on running form revolve around the premise that there is an ideal form all runners should try to achieve. Research and experience, however, show that people can run effectively in a wide variety of patterns with some key universal elements. Unfortunately, the constraints of our modern lifestyles change how we move, limiting our range of motion and weakening key muscle groups. Runner's World Your Best Stride is designed to help you counteract those forces and regain your own unique, powerful and effective stride that will carry you through endless, injury-free miles.
About the Author
Jonathan Beverly fell in love with running as an unathletic but persistent high school freshman in the fall of 1977. He's never stopped. His passion for the sport compelled him to write about it while pursuing other careers, eventually leading to his becoming editor in chief of Running Times magazine from 2000 to 2015. During those years he wrote a popular monthly editor's note, more than 35 feature stories and dozens of training articles, athlete profiles, race reports, and shoe and gear reviews. He coached adult runners with the New York Road Runners in the 1990s and has coached junior high and high school cross country and track during the past 12 years. His books and articles reflect his depth of knowledge and love for the sport, as well as his continual quest to answer "why" and "so what? "
