The Elements of Effort: Reflections on the Art and Science of Running

by John Jerome

Book Overview

Elegant, insightful essays on running and physical fitness. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558216146
• ISBN13: 9781558216143
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Breakaway Books
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Running from a different perspective

My favorite running book. Short very digestible essays. So many of them made me think about running in a different way. My personal favorite was the introduction to the word proprioception. That is the continuous feed-back of information we get from our bodies when pursuing athletic endeavors. Needless to say you'll never look at a short run the same way.

A book of interesting insights into running

I started by trying to read this book through at one sitting. It was the wrong approach. This is not one of these best-selling thrillers, which you simply cannot put down. That does not mean it is no good, though. The book rather grows on you, as you read it a bit at a time. A lot of what Jerome says strikes a chord because you realise it applies to life in general. Perhaps the way to describe the book is to call it a "thinking runner's book".