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The Runner's Code

The Unwritten Rules of Everyday Running BEST BOOKS OF 2021: SPORT – WATERSTONES
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The Runner's Code uncovers the unwritten rules and etiquette of everyday running, offering valuable guidance for beginners and seasoned runners alike. Packed with practical advice on topics such as race-day nutrition, kit selection, coping with weather conditions, and the correct way to greet fellow runners, this book brings humour and insight to the running experience. Contributions from prominent BBC presenters and respected running authors further enrich this celebration of running culture and joy.
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The Runner’s Code explores the unwritten rules of everyday running and is essential reading for anyone who marvels at marathons, tears round the track or simply plods round the park.

The Runner’s Code explores the unwritten rules of everyday running and is essential reading for anyone who marvels at marathons, tears round the track or simply plods round the park.

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BEST BOOKS OF 2021: SPORT – WATERSTONES SELECTION

Cracking... full of running gems, realities and giggles. Nice work!' – Martin Yelling, Marathon Talk

'Lovely – very impressive’ – TalkSPORT

'From now on, if anyone I know mentions that they want to start running, this will be my first recommendation' – Stuart Heritage

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The Runner’s Code explores the unwritten rules of everyday running and is essential reading for anyone who marvels at marathons, tears round the track or simply plods round the park.

Filled with smart advice and brilliantly knowing humour, this unique celebration of running takes the newbie and veteran alike through the secret, nuanced and blindingly obvious rules of running to answer all the important questions, such as:

  • What’s the correct etiquette for acknowledging other runners?
  • What should you do if you get ‘caught short’ on a run?
  • And exactly how many times can you ask colleagues for marathon sponsorship?

The book is packed with plenty of need-to-know information to help you deliver your best running performance, such as coping with different weather conditions, advice on kit and clothing (how many miles can a pair of trainers last, and is it ever appropriate to run in a mankini?) and pavement etiquette (overtaking dawdling pedestrians on a busy street).

There are also sections on getting the best race-day nutrition, finding the perfect running headspace and gaining maximum joy from your running.

The Runner's Code features exclusive contributions from BBC presenters Nicky Campbell and Louise Minchin, sports writer Henry Winter, and leading running authors Anna McNuff, Paul Tonkinson, Rachel Cullen, Martin Yelling, Liz Yelling, Helen Croydon and Michael Stocks. They each brilliantly reveal what they love and what they hate about running.

Written by journalist, author and self-confessed running nut Chas Newkey-Burden, The Runner’s Code will help us to all run better and more responsibly, while reminding us of the joy and, at times, the wonderful absurdity of running.

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Lovely – very impressive.TalkSPORT
Cracking... full of running gems, realities and giggles. Nice work! – Martin Yelling, Marathon Talk
From now on, if anyone I know mentions that they want to start running, this will be my first recommendation. – Stuart Heritage
Chas's enthusiasm for running infectious. – Henry Mance
A fantastic book by an amazing writer. – Nicky Campbell
An entertaining and informative handbook to the joys of running no budding athlete should be without.Waterstones
Filled with great advice, this book takes you on a journey through the secret world of running.Trail Running

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472989598

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Sport

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 280g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Chas Newkey-Burden is a running fanatic who has run at hundreds of events including marathons, half-marathons and over 100 parkruns. He writes about running for The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Metro and The i, and has contributed to Runner’s World and Men’s Health. He is the author of several books, including Running: Cheaper Than Therapy and Get Lucky: Rituals, Habits and Superstitions of the Rich and Famous. @AllThatChas #TheRunnersCode

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