Run to the End: The On a regular basis Runner’s Information to Avoiding Damage, Ignoring the Clock, and Loving the Run

Perfect book for the everyday runner
Thank you Amanda is where I want to start on this review!I’ve followed Amanda Brooks for a while on Instagram and fell in love with her thoughts on running, her outlook, and personality. I just hate that I had a prior engagement when the Run to the Finish Book Tour came to Atlanta in February.Here are a few reason why I loved this book and give it 5+ stars!First and foremost, I love the fact that Amanda wrote all the words of this book. As an author myself, I appreciate the fact that she is a journalism major and didn’t need a co-writer on this. There are several books by influencers or superstars that are great book but are co-written. This made me smile that this is all Amanda.This book is easy to read, fun, and full of truth on so many levels. Amanda focuses on the average or middle of the road runner.She gives solid and honest advice for the new runner.She takes the myths of “who” is a runner and lays out the truths.There is solid research to start running and being the best you can be in this bookThere are great exercises, running plans, and everything you need to start a journey running in this bookMost importantly, this book allowed me to see that “forward is a pace” and Bit’s okay to forget pace or what others thing of you. (Something I’ve struggled with since the day people noticed I wasn’t your “average” mama runner.) It allowed me to look at what I can do to bring my joy of running back and one is to run for a bigger cause. I already know what that will be.- The Foundation for Prader-Willi Syndrome. Now the question is which race- a Rock n Roll Series Half or Full or go big with the NYC? 2020 or 2021? Regardless, this charity is one that touches my heart thanks to this young man right here. He’s one of my students and he makes me smile each and every day.

I wish I had read this book sooner!
I’m 40. I decided to start running 4 months ago in hopes of running a half marathon. I’m very active but I’ve never run further than to my mailbox without side stitches before. “I’m not a runner” I’d tell myself. With the encouragement of several friends and a running partner that committed to running with me from 0 to all the way to the finish line, I picked up a “couch to 5K” plan to help me get started.”This feels so easy,” I told myself. So I upped my running within a few short weeks. 4 weeks later, on my 40th birthday, I ran a 10k. Yay! I can do this! I thought to myself.Until…Two weeks later, knee pain. IT band issues. Total let down. I read everything on the internet and all I heard and read “it’s common” “it happens to even the most seasoned runners,” and “scale back running but stay active.”But what about a prevention plan? What about helping one overcome the “injury” mindset? -nothing.With luck, I was coached by a physical therapist that’s a runner himself and he suggested an active recovery period (this is where you do other things that work the muscles around your knee but not running).I scaled back my running Time and distance. And, I incorporated the run/walk training method (something I never came across any of the 5k/10k/half/marathon training programs.You have to understand that with injury comes big disappointment and my running partner (a seasoned runner) kept blaming himself for pushing me too hard. This was mid-December of 2019.While sulking in my own thoughts at night, I’d scour running hashtags on Instagram, and luckily I found out about this book and pre-ordered it without thinking about it twice.THIS BOOK IS WHAT I WISH I HAD READ BEFORE I STARTED. Heck, even before week 3 and 4! It would have prevented an injury that now haunts me -yes, you always wonder if the excruciating pain will return.Everything the author shares in the book is exactly what you need to avoid injury. It’s the book for most of us that are “middle of the pack” runners. We are in it for the endorphins, sweat, to feel good about ourselves, and live a healthier life.Thanks to this book I’ve been able to shift my mindset, ignore the clock and celebrate my achievements, and really -and I mean REALLY- enjoy the run.Oh yes. I finish my first half marathon with her run/walk and a second one just running. They both count. Thank YOU!!

If you run, you MUST get this book. If you’ve never run, you MUST get this book!
This book is so welcoming to all levels of runners, from middle of the pack, to back of the pack, to “hey, running sounds fun & maybe I should try it one day.” This book can apply to anyone. I nodded along with so many of the chapters and happily soaked in the information that not only gave me confidence as a runner, but made me laugh at some of our ridiculousness, & be so proud of our running tribe as a whole. Amanda really managed to make this book so inclusive for all. Its part self help, part injury prevention, part feels like you’re talk with your BRF (best running friend.) I can’t recommend this enough to all my friends, runners or one day will be a runner! Get this book now, and then get a few more to pass along to others!

Easy to read. Full of useful tips for a recreational runner like me. Could relate to many things said in the book. I think this is one of the good books for any beginner runners or recreational runner to read. Highly recommended.

Love this quick fun read