Beyond Jogging: The Innerspaces of Running

by Mike Spino

Beyond Jogging contains all anyone will ever need to develop his or her own running program. Mike Spino, physical fitness counselor and Director of the Esalen Sports Center in San Francisco, presents individual training programs that will guide you in tailoring one to your own needs.

Paperback

First published March 1, 1976

Reviews

[Kathleen]

I am back reading again because my therapist said she wont let a boy stop a girl from reading and she’s right

[Sameer Das · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting insights into the spiritual aspect of running. Very condensed and 1970s jogging craze-esque ideas.

[Adam Louis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little kooky, but ultimately had some great running tips, that were oriented around using running as a form of mindful meditation. They ranged from advice from former olympic coaches to ideas formed out of the human potential movement. After reading the two chapters, I ran one of my best 5ks. Not sure how much of this had to do with what was written, but at the least, provided novel notions to a very repetitive sport. It is a short read, and if you can find a copy, I recommend you pick it up since they are becoming increasingly hard to find.

[Timothy Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a little bit of ancient history in running literature: written in 1975, it had all of the loopy hippie stuff in it that you would expect from that era. But I really loved it; I regularly use my running as meditation time. This book was all about that. It's a short little book, so if you're a runner you owe it to yourself to pony up the $3 it will cost you used on Amazon and buy the thing. Really pretty good.

If you enjoyed Born to Run or Running the Spiritual Path, you will probably enjoy this book.