Jim Fixx's Second Book of Running

by Jim Fixx

Provides an overview of the sport and experience of running, discussing a variety of topics including inertia, the equipment explosion, marathons, podiatrists, the literature of running, and running in faraway places

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published March 12, 1980

About the author

James Fuller Fixx was the author of the 1977 best-selling book, The Complete Book of Running. Best known as Jim Fixx, he is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging.

Reviews

[Adrian Royce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very dated information and old fashioned newspaper style of writing but I found it enjoyable to read of what running was like in the seventies. I googled many of the Harvard professors and doctors mentioned and most are considered now as pioneers in their respective fields.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you want to start running this is the book to read. I read it in 1985 but my partner found it just as helpful and inspiring for her in 2005.

[Darryl Scroggins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book but not as much as his first book. Seemed to me that all of the information was still applicable.