HARUKI Murakami ran 300 kilometers in July 2005. In his book “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running,” the Japanese writer said it rained two days that month and he was on the road for another two days, while there were a few days when “the weather was too muggy and hot to run.”
In the book, a running journal that serves as memoir, Murakami writes about his runs, including his preparation for the 2005 New York Marathon, his 100-kilometer ultra-marathon and his running, in reverse, of the original marathon route—from Athens to Marathon. The book provides details only hardcore runners and Murakami die-hard fans would appreciate.
TRAINING JOURNALS help you keep track of your progress and guard against doing too much, too soon in training. (Photo above was taken last year, that's why the journal is for 2010) CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE.
Not everyone can have his or her running journal published as a book, even in today’s do-it-yourself publishing and digital formats. Not all runners keep track of training minutiae or obsess over time, distance and pace. But all regular runners, however, should take the effort to record their runs and keep a running journal.
Running journals help people keep track of their training progress to guard against a common cause of injury: doing too much too soon. Many running experts advise people to increase either their mileage or intensity by not more than 10 percent a week. If your total mileage last week was 30 kilometers, you should do no more than 33 kilometers this week.
