{"id":5028,"date":"2014-02-03T17:05:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T17:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5028"},"modified":"2014-02-17T17:06:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T17:06:40","slug":"two-books-about-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5028","title":{"rendered":"Two books about running"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a couple of books on running for my birthday:<\/p>\n

\"Running<\/a><\/p>\n

\"What<\/a><\/p>\n


<\/p>\n

I can’t say that either book made a huge impact on me. But ‘Kenyans’ was interesting in that there isn’t some big secret of the success of the Kenyans; it’s a combination of many factors:-
\n* tough, active childhood
\n* barefoot running
\n* altitude
\n* diet
\n* role models
\n* simple approach to training
\n* running camps
\n* focus & dedication
\n* desire to succeed & change their lives
\n* mental toughness
\n* lack of alternatives
\n* abundance of trails to train on
\n* time spent resting
\n* running to school
\n* all-pervading running culture
\n* reverence for running<\/p>\n

‘Talk’ is more of a series of diary entries. There were lots of bits that I could identify with: his attitude on personal goals, ‘at least he didn’t walk’ and running to fill a void, to name a few. I enjoyed his introspective style. Although he doesn’t seem like he’d be much fun to hang around with, he’s a pretty good writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got a couple of books on running for my birthday: I can’t say that either book made a huge impact on me. But ‘Kenyans’ was interesting in that there isn’t some big secret of the success of the Kenyans; it’s a combination of many factors:- * tough, active childhood * barefoot running * altitude […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5028"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5090,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5028\/revisions\/5090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}