Joe Henderson subtitles his book, 'Lessons for Beginners on All Levels,' The 'all levels' feature is unique among books for beginners, because Henderson recognizes that everyone doesn't begin at the same place of with the same goals:

Jog, Run, Race tells you how to find your own starting point and then how to move upward from there. It deals with many types of new beginnings:

1) Regaining fitness through programs of jogging or walking leading to jogging.
2) Advancing from jogging to 'fun running.'
3) Stepping up to long or fast racing.

The book leads beginners twhrough 33 valuable lessons covering the sport's theory and practice. Included are 15 month long training schedules, each designed to help the new jogger, runner or racer write his or her own success story.

Joe Henderson is the editor of Runner's Wrold Magazine.

Contents

Part One: Starting
1 Run, don't read
2 Look back
3 Start over
4 Test yourself
Part Two: Walking
5 Introducing walking
6 Build up
7 Speed up
8 Questions
Part Three: Jogging
9 Introducing jogging
10 Talk like a runner
11 Break in
12 Learn the laws
13 Build up
14 Forget the myths
15 Speed up
16 Questions
Part Four: Running
17 Introducion running
18 Run alone
19 Break in
20 Run togehter
21 Build up
22 Run fast
23 Speed up
24 Questions
Paert Five: RAcing
25 Introduciong racing
26 Train long
27 Break in
28 Train fast
29 Build up
30 Put it together
31 Speed up
32 Questions
33 Moving on