Recall #3 and #4

I wont' finish these books. When I read ChiRunning I just think I'm doing everything wrong. I'll try to incorporate what I learned, and maybe get back to the book, but it won't be part of the 200 for NSGS.

The Runner's World Complete Book of Running is boring. Maybe I've read too many running books already. I was reading the Runner's World book on nutrition, and I haven't finished that one either. They definitely have their stopping points. Running books must be some of the most boring how-to books on the face of the planet. Maybe that's just a reflection of how-to books.

Why was this sentence in a book published in 2004:
And although a University of California analysis showed that elite women have been improving twice as fast as elite men over the past three decades (14 meters a minute per decade ersus 7 for me), women are not going to catch up with men. In the next PARAGRAPH, Paula Radcliffe's marathon world record of 2:15:25 is faster than what 99.9 percent of the world's men are capable of achieving. If the section is on women's running why would you diss them at all. That way of thinking has no place in a section devoted to women's running which is an activity focused on the individual.

When a question was asked about amenorrhea, the anwer in the book on page 138 is, Because I avoid advising runners to alter their running schedules, I generally recommend drug therapy, such as chlomiphene (Clomid) or other hormonal stimulants, to induce ovulation. You've got to be kidding me! Drugs preferred over decrease in mileage. That's insane! Man, people, use common sense. I guess the authors think runner's would rather have a quick fix then to be in tune with their bodies.