Tracks Books

I believe I ordered a new book and not a "Used but looks like new". I received a used book and don't htink I will ever go with this particular seller again and would recommend you to do the same. The name of the seller is Kerbearstats.

Sometimes it is hard to read about something, rather than just doing it. But in this case, it is so well written, and walks you through some prep exercises, and that it makes it very easy to read and digest.

The other feature about this book is that CHI RUNNING is communicated in a very logical manner, which one might not expect from something with "CHI" in the title.

As an avid yogini, this ties in well with the concept of developing the core and allowing the muscles to relax (which sounds contrary) while running. It makes sense!!

I first discovered ChiRunning about two years ago, and have integrated
many of the techniques into my running game. I am revisiting this book
now, and gleaning new insights. It has been most helpful. Best of all,
I'm injury free!
Kudos to ChiRunning.

The 16 Minute Body Sculpting Kit: Attain Your Dream Body in Just 16 Minutes a Day!

This is a book that can change your life. On the surface this book is about "harnessing chi" to improve your running, but it's more about developing proper technique and developing your run into a meditative experience. This book helps you develop proper foot strike and position, leg bend and swing, posture, lean, arm swing, breathing, focus, developing speed and distance, as well as how to focus your mind on the run and improving. The authors also cover basics of stretching, hydration, nutrition ... everything you need to drastically improve your run. I've been running for four years and have suffered through painful knees and lower back spasms without any significant gains in speed or distance, but in the month since reading this book I've nearly doubled my weekly average and the pains are gone. Truly a life changing book.

A good friend of mine recommended this book to me when she heard I was training for my first marathon. It changed my perspective on running, and other sports for that matter - where I can accomplish more by "going a different route". I enjoy running more now, and am able to go longer distances without the effort and strain I had to go through before. I really like this book. It's out-of-the-box thinking.

This is an excellent book. It gives you thoery and practice for triathlon training. I would recommend it to everyone who wants to run a triathlon. I wouldn't call it a downfall but something that I felt as I read it was that it is the best marketing tool a coach could ask for. Many of the practices in the book require expensive tests or equipment that a coach will have access to. This creates a feeling of yerning for the ability to spend more money on the sport. It is tough because you probably wont find a more complete book, but on the other side it makes normal people like me feel like I am not committed to the sport and a cheap skate to boot.

I bought this book about 2 months ago while I was preparing for my first triathlon. I read a lot of the previous reviews, and I have to say that the major selling point for me wasn't the positive reviews. It was actually the negative ones who said the book was too hardcore. WOOHOO!! This was my kind of training manual. It's true that the suggested fitness programs are designed for people with several hours of available training time each day, but this can easily be tailored to meet a more restictive schedule. I really liked it because, besides the suggested training programs, the book is chalk full of information with drills and technique tweakers to improve each of the three sports. I know I'm just a beginner, but since all the negative reviews seem to be coming from other beginners, I thought I'd throw in my two cents.

When I first began doing triathlons there were not many resources available. I was excited to try the sport but I had no idea where to begin. This book provided me with coverage on all topics. How to prepare for the swim and make my stroke efficient. Drills for the bike and run and even tips on gear, clothing and transitions. It was truly a savior. Now there are communities like [...] and online coaching services like trainingpeaks but if you're old school and just want to pick up a book, this is a great place to start

I would recommend this book to anyone looking to train for multisport
competition. It has giving me a guide for preparing for my
1st event coming up in May of 09.

This is the Wal-Mart of Triathlon training guides. There is a representative in every department of training, but it does not contain enough of the depth of knowledge and detail that you would like from a "Bible" to be truly satisfying. Throughout the book you will find diluted versions of other works and training books/products (Pose Method, Total Immersion, Paleo Diet, etc). I've found that reading the original sources is much more satisfying for that craving of knowledge. If you are really looking to gain in depth knowledge about the skills, training, and diet necessary for triathlon I would recommend reading the following books as either a supplement or replacement for this book:

1. Dr. Nichloas Romanov's Pose Method of Running (and DVD)
2. Daniel's Running Formula
3. Triathlon Swimming Made Easy: The Total Immersion Way for Anyone
to Master Open-Water Swimming
4. Easy Freestyle DVD (also by Total Immersion)
5. Bicycling Magazine's Complete Book of Road Cycling Skills
6. The Paleo Diet

This book certainly does not follow the KISS formula. I gave up trying to figure it all out and put it up where I don't have to be reminded I wasted my money. If you're an experienced runner then this book might work for you. If you're pushing 50 and just want to get in better shape via jogging there has to be better. This book is like geared towards olympic hopefuls I think.

This book is fantastic! Gets into why you do certain workouts without getting so technical you can't understand it.

Also has training plans for a variety of experience levels and distances.

A must read for runners!

The results talk by themselves, my PR before following Jack Daniel's training plans: 3:24 for the marathon, achieved after years of running. Followed the "Marathon Training Plan A (pg. 260) for 2008 Boston Marathon and got a new PR of 3:17:11, followed the Elite Training Plan (pg. 264) and a new PR of 3:01:45 in last September's 2008 Berlin Marathon. This book is great, full of smart tips and science. The plans are no play, this is serious training but the rewards are great, specially when you are 48!

I wish I would of had a book like this when I was running in high school and college. Loaded with valuable info, covering just about everything.

After being dissapointed and wasting money on many of todays running/training books, i found Daniels to be almost a bible for runners and coaches....Jack daniels is a genious in the way he has put together such a complete easy to understand book....it covers all aspect of training, no stone is left unturned and i can honestly say that anyone who follows his training tables and intensity charts will get faster!!!!
all the guess work is taken out of training...it even has several great training programms for most distances..and they work...i have read this book cover to cover several times and still learn something new each time....all the athletes i coach are making faster and safer progress due to his training guidlines...well done Jack Daniels

Since purchasing my Kindle, I am reading a lot of older books and truly enjoying the ride. Day of the Triffids was a great read. Not too heavy on the despair of humanity after a devastating event, and not too heavy on any one person's search for answers. I would have liked to read more about the global response to the tragedy and ensuing hysteria, but still a great original story.

This is a book that shouldn't work, but it does. It is based on two absurd and totally unrelated science fiction premises. The first is the evolution of "triffids." Triffids are a new species of plant of unknown origin (probably artificially cultivated) that, when mature, pick themselves up out of their roots and begin walking around and killing people. The other spectacular premise is that one night there is a terrific "comet shower." The entire world watches it. The only problem is, much like a solar eclipse, if you look straight at it, it blinds you.

The triffids have already been around a while by the time of the comet shower. They have become domesticated and people have become bored with them. After the world is stricken blind, nobody thinks much about the triffids, until...

I was expecting a schlock science fiction novel about marauding killer plants. What I got instead was a very well-written, literate, thoughtful book about survival and sociology. (Don't be put-off - there are still those scary killer plants.) I was reminded of The Stand and the George Romero "Dead" films. The difference is, the rest of the world doesn't have to be killed off - they just have to go blind. It is shocking to think of how collectively helpless the world would be if that happened.

The focus of the novel is more on the post-apocalyptic aspect than the killer plants. The triffids do take over the Earth, but it is not a story like I am Legend, in which the triffids are such a threat no one can leave the house. The triffids are relatively week and can be dealt with - but there's so many of them.

After reading this book, I am not surprised that it is reprinted by Modern Library. It is a very nice paperback edition with helpful "reading group" questions at the end. It is worthwhile to pick up this "rediscovered" classic and see what good science fiction is.

"The Day of the Triffids" was for many years my favorite sci-fi novel; afterwards it was replaced in that honor place by Dune and Hyperion.
I've read this novel when I was a teenager in the mythical Argentinean sci-fi magazine "Mas Alla", it was published there as the main story of the inaugural number. I've treasured my collection for more than 40 years.
"The Day of the Triffids" still stands in my all-time best novels list and I've reread it once every couple of years.

It is a typical product of the '50 immersed in the "Cold War", but with a forceful story line, exploring a post catastrophe world.
The drama evolves smoothly, griping you up to the last page; it has a somewhat melancholic background, our known world fading into dust and a new one emerging from the ashes in a pitiless confrontation with the Triffids of the title.
It is a novel that fifty years after it was written still catch your interest and keep you going on.
In sci-fi not to be dated is a commendation.

If the reader wants to have a vivid picture of London in a state similar to this book descriptions I encourage he/she to see the movie "28 Days Later".

I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all sci-fi fans and general public too!
Reviewed by Max Yofre

A great novel in the zombie/vampire genre, with a solitude-induced dystopia akin to Matheson's I Am Legend and Brook's World War Z.

Some may see the sci-fi concepts as far fetched, specifically the triffids themselves, but the overall story congeals well bringing about stressful situations and sparking philosophical questions regarding morality, social convention, principles, and what would be the appropriate type of organization in the chaotic aftermath of pandemic blindness.

While I stand by the reviews that state the excellence of this story, and the skill of the author, intending purchasers should know that this is an *edited* edition - something I didn't pick up on until reading along with a BBC unabridged reading of the book.
Example - in Chapter 1 when Bill Masen encounters the doctor in the corridors of the hospital - this has been removed from this edition.

The fact this is an edited version needs to be made clear to intending purchasers

I enjoyed reading Winter Chance it was great Ron Gamer writes good books. Ron even came to our school.

I really enjoyed reading your book.Im not an adventure book tpye person but I liked the book.It would be nice to read the other books in class to catch up with the series.That is a book I would take the time and the inclamation to read.

The book was cool!I liked when he went out in the woods!It was a very intersting book!It was a good book!!

This book is challenging and adventurous.It's also impact with courage.That's why I liked this book.I really think you should right more books sence alot of kids liked it.

I really liked this book because you have to get into it then you don't want to put it down.For example I had to get into the book first and I wanted to take the book home with me.When my sister brought home the library's book I read ahead and finished the book.I whould hate to have what Travis had done to him.Then he went back out in the woods.COLD!!!!!.

This is a great book.
Here's a story about the creation and promotion of this book -- which launched Chris as a bestselling sports author. This is an excerpt from my book, Book Marketing DeMystified: Enjoy Discovering the Optimal Way to Sell Your Self-Published Book, Practical advice from the inventor of print-on-demand (POD) publishing...

Chris Lear, a competitive cross country runner and freelance sportswriter,
knew all about focusing on one's personal goals. Chris saw publishing
through an on-demand service [Trafford Publishing] as a cost-effective
and fast way to refine and market-test his new
book in order to get `scouted' up to the major leagues
of publishing. Chris threw himself full-time into publicity
and promotion: speaking at athletic meets and
camps, ensuring that elite running stores were displaying
the book, securing reviews from Sports Illustrated,
USA Today and other media, contacting everyone he knew. Meanwhile
early readers were providing comments that fed into 30(!) rounds of revisions and corrections to perfect his story. The book was Running With
The Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher and
the University of Colorado's Men's Cross Country Team.

The result of Chris's 6-month marketing sprint? Chris's book was
high on Amazon.com's sports bestseller list, and The Lyons Press offered
him a contract - with an impressive advance on royalties - for
a new hardcover edition [isbn 9781585743285] with a national advertising
and publicity budget. Chris had won his first race as an author
and was soon commissioned to write another running classic called Sub
4:00: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile [Rodale Books, isbn
9781579547462].

Chris's purpose (getting his book picked up by a major sports publishing
house) pointed to the optimal marketing mix solution: refining
his product while promoting through publicity and personal sales, and
ensuring it was available in influential places.

I highly recommend both of Chris's book -- very readable AND informative.

Incredibly engaging, very hard to put down. This book is a well written documentary of a season with the University of Colorado cross country team. It mixes team dynamics, coaching, training, and racing in an informative and engrossing way. It is difficult to imagine a current/former cross country or distance runner not relating to parts of, and thoroughly enjoying, this book.

Running with the Buffaloes was a great depiction of the CU X-cntry team. As a former Division 1 college cross country runner I have heard of Wetmore's heavy mileage programs, but really was able to gain a better understanding of it in his pseudo diary. I was also able to gain an appreciation of the team's woes through one of it's hardest seasons losing a member of the team and the numerous injuries they had. A must read for all runners and a great read for any athlete who wants to compete at a higher level.

I bought three copies of this book (and 2 other non-fiction, cross country based running stories "Harriers" and "God on the Starting Line"). I had the intent of donating two copies of each of these three to our local school libraries (middle and high schools) in the desire of trying to bring more attention to youth running in our semi-rural, football-is-everything Southern town. Big mistake with this story, for one main reason: just the titles of several of the chapters themselves contain unacceptable language for a school library. In fact, if I listed the chapter title names here I would bet that this review would be removed due to profanity.

The content of the book is undeniably a very entertaining read, but the book as a whole is best left OUT of school libraries.

Great detail. As a coach I actually used some of the work outs that he goes into great detail about.

Though from another era, this book speaks eloquently of the bigotry gay people suffer as well as the love of one man for another that made them feel complete in their lives. The struggle of the protaganist to accept what he was and how he felt made me (a septuagenarian) remember similar feelings I had in my younger days.

Harlan Brown is a semi-disgraced gay track and running coach "hiding out" at an also-ran university althletic program minding his own business and enjoying a reasonable portion of normalcy, until a gifted young runner named Billy Sive and his two friends show up at the college looking for him because they have been dismissed from their program for admitting to being gay. Now Harlan must deal more publicly with his own homosexuality, he must learn and teach these young men about being gay, and he falls madly in love with Billy. To say this is a forbidden love is a vast understatement.

Let's be clear that this novel was published in the '70's. It is not a novel written recently and placed "as if" it was written in the '70's. So the cultural and terminology disconnects with today can be at once both frustrating and very insightful. (We've come a long way, baby. But we have so far, unfortunately, to go.) This wonderful novel is SO worth wading through the unfamiliar and arguably-dated references. Don't let it deter you.

This is possibly one of the most moving and interesting books I have ever read, and certainly so among gay-themed literature. (I don't get goose-bumps and teary-eyed often when I am reading; "Runner" did both.) The characters are likable, human, and interesting. The conflict feels genuine and is gut-wrenching. The story is wonderful and the writing transports you skillfully and fully into settings and scenes in which you feel involved and you really care about what happens. This is a sports novel that isn't really about sports. It's about love.

This gets my highest recommendation. The 300+ pages fly. Read it and enjoy.

The author's writing style is very compelling, and the theme of the book, at the time it was written, would have been a difficult subject. But it is treated realistically and empathetically. Her subsequent book `Harlan's Race' is also excellent, though less emotionally intense, in my view. I haven't yet read the 3rd part of this story.

I was surprised of the book's paper stock, the typos & the lines that were not always straight across, some slanted . Not a good value for $25.00.

this is very human story of love born of a front runner and his coach. It's funny, sad, and moving, all the aspects of real life in print. You can't help but fall alittle in love with Ms. Warren's characters. Ms. Warren has a wonder grasp of the gay male psyche. I reread this book after twenty some years and loved it all over again. you won't regret buying the book or reading over and over. ENJOY!

It's hard to believe Pale Blue Dot has been with me for over 8 years, it is also the 8 year during which I was transformed by the intelligence and wisdom of Dr. Sagan, and of course, his other works Cosmos and The Demon Haunted World become my favorites.

Pale Blue Dot reads like the sequel to Cosmos, but with more focus on our Solar System, and it shows a much more wide perspective than Cosmos, with a theme so haunting and thought-provoking that makes me really think something important even without that famous picture captured billions miles away.

Newspapers, TV coverages is often inundated by slogans like "We only have one Earth", "Save the Earth", we are so familiar with that. But unfortunately, most of us do not quite understand what's truly behind that. And Dr. Sagan tells us all, we are here, in that point of pale light, a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. He starts the book with this humbling revelation.

But with its insignificance, it's also the respiratory of all our potential. We touched moon with the rockets not yet designed when the project started, we explored the whole Planet in the system, our spacecraft hit the comet billions miles away, we healed our Ozone Layer, just as Dr. Sagan says, we are still capable of greatness if we do not destroy ourselves first!(in fact, if we can not handle our fallibility, our specie is hopeless)

Pale Blue Dot is the history of human beings in terms of exploration, the very nature of us. Dr. Sagan perhaps gives hitherto the most precise definition of our species in the book, it's about our inclination toward mistakes, and more importantly, about our potential. We became the first specie on Earth which has the ability to wipe itself out, but don't forget, we are also the first to be able to leave Earth, to explore our future in the vast cosmos, to handle space mountains. That is, according to Dr. Sagan, what we should learn from that blue pixel in the sun beam.

Dr. Sagan passed away in 1996, before I started to read this book. When we confront difficulties, when we are in trouble, I always recall the final chapter of Cosmos, Who speaks for Earth. If not us, who will? As Dr. Sagan says in Pale Blue Dot, "there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves". And still I see that we are making big progress, with the hard work of Al Gore, Bill Gates and others. Everytime I think of that, I can feel that we do learn something from Dr. Sagan, and, as Ann Druyan wrote in the epilogue of Billions and Billions, "They allow me to feel.........that Carl lives."

Dr. Carl Sagan's book "Pale Blue Dot" is very intriguing and of utmost interest to all people who seek intelligent answers to understanding the Universe and our Solar System. Sagan does interweave valid questions in relation to the existence of a creator or God in the text. He does take it to task and pretty much says that a God or creator is unlikely.

"Look back again at the pale blue dot (picture of earth) of the preceding chapter. Stare at the dot for any length of time and then try to convince yourself that God created the whole Universe for one of the 10 million or so of life that inhabit that speck of dust. Imagine that everything was made for a single shade of that species or gender or ethnic or religious subdivision. If this doesn't strike you as unlikely, pick another dot (another star or planet in the Universe). Imagine it to be inhabited by a different form of intelligent life. They too cherish the notion of a God who has created everything for their benefit. How serious do you take their claim?"

Sagan reduces religious arguments that persist in the notion that we (humans) are special, the earth is special etc... in a logical and systematic manner to highlight how fallacious this way of thinking really is in light of how miniscule we really are in this vast Universe.

In terms of providing a historical background for scientific discovery and the development of scientific theory throughout history, Sagan does a fine job. The photographs in the book are superb. Nicely written book with many passages you will want to read twice to fully appreciate the eloquence of Dr. Sagan's writing.

Some reviewers may discredit the book and say it is outdated. It was written in 1994. 14 years ago, but by no means ancient mumblings and rambling writings of a scientist from your grandfather's time. Being older myself, 1994 only seems like yesterday. A good book and it is packed with information and intelligent thought processes that will make one view the Universe from the perspective of a scientist.

Dr. of Biological Sciences

Carl Sagan was an enthusiastic explorer of the universe. His passion for science and for understanding the universe became widely known through his 'Cosmos' television series. In this book he continues describing and exploring the universe- and projecting into its distant future. He does this while attempting also to put the human story in its cosmic place, and in a way diminishing any arrogance we might have. He points out that we live on a minor speck of the universe and the thin layer of earth upon which we live indicates the fragility of our existence. Sagan projects forward to those cosmic events which will eventually put an end to life on earth and considers various ways we might venture out into the universe. He is optimistic about our capacity to begin to inhabit and wander through the universe. However what is clear , and he is quite explicit about this, and this is something which deeply troubles me and limits my own optimism- is his sense that it is not humans as we know them but our ' successors' who will make this exploration. In other words implicit in what Sagan is saying is the idea that mankind is a transitional phase in the whole story of Intelligence and Life both on Earth and the Universe. Sagan is optimistic regarding the distant future and our possible successors. But I must admit that I am stuck with my sense that what I care about most is people- and that 'humanity' is of more value to me than any possible more intelligent 'successor species'.
I in other words am troubled that Sagan does not see the loss of humanity in the future as something which disturbs him.
What will it matter to you and me after all if millions of years from now some kind of 'mind' wanders through the universe without having human feeling and identity?

This wonderful Carl Sagan book does not include the wonderful color illustrations as the earlier version contains. Consequently, it is like a National Graphic Magazine without the pictures.

I love the words of Dr. Sagan, but words plus the spectacular pictures truly make "music."

Following is the edition you should get. I threw away the "Pale Blue Dot" paperback I received yesterday and today ordered a used hardback:

Product Details
Hardcover: 429 pages
Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (November 8, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0679438416
ISBN-13: 978-0679438410
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds

I hope this is helpful to you.

Bob Cargill
Minneapolis, MN 55347Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

First, I must say that I am enjoying the book very much. I love reading Professor Sagan's books very much. So this rating applies more to the decision of the publisher than the book itself.

I have never written a review on Amazon before, and I have been coming here for years. I had to say something about this. After I finish this, I plan on emailing the publisher with the same review.

Wow. A book named Pale Blue Dot, inspired by the famous photograph of the Earth of the same name. It is referenced in the first few chapters heavily and Prof. Sagan asks us to visit and revisit the photo several times as he builds his introduction. I think to myself "Great! Can't wait to see it. Now where is it?" This then led to the disappointing finding that there are no pictures at all in this printing. None, not one, not even just the one of the Pale Blue Dot image itself. How can you publish a book inspired by a photo and not include the picture itself, not even a low res poorly printed picture? All you get is a few instructions to look at it, but you won't be able to look at it in here. Apparently, the hardback and first soft-back printing had photos. I guess I can understand (not like, mind you) why the decision was made to eliminate photos, but to get rid of the Pale Blue Dot photo is mind boggling. Surely this decision couldn't have been made on purpose. Surely, this was just an oversight. If this was a conscious decision, then it speaks volumes about how Ballantine views this work and it makes you wonder if they have any idea why it was written in the first place.

Anyway thanks for listening.

This book was more informative than I could of ever imagined. I changed the way I ate before ever finishing the second chapter.
Great book with very important facts especially if you are diabetic or could be.

I first heard an interview with the author of this book on the radio. I was very interested in the subject, as I have been trying to lose weight for some time with limited success. When I read the book, it really made me think twice about everything I was eating. I took the plunge and eliminated 90% of all sugar and refined foods. In 3 months, I have dropped 20 lbs and feel great. In addition, our grocery bills have actually gone down! I have since bought three more copies for family members.

I read this book 5 months ago in the hopes of learning more about refined sugar and it's adverse affects on the body. I ended up not only learning that, but losing 22 pounds.
Sugar Shock is well-written, fast-paced and full of useful information about uncovering why we feel like crap when we eat overly-processed, starchy and/or sugary crap. What I thought was a healthy diet (juice, bagels with fat-free butter, frozen yogurt, bread, etc) was really just making me cranky and overweight.
I owe Connie everything for writing this book. Once you understand the how sugar affects you, it is much easier to make positive changes that will stick for life.

I stumbled upon this book a few months ago when I was doing research on no sugar diets. It documents the story of Connie Bennett, a certified holistic health counselor and the author, who is hypoglycemic. Bennett explores the addictive nature of sugar and the effects it can have on your health. The book is co-authored with Dr. Stephen Sinatra, M.D.

Before Bennett was diagnosed with "reactive hypoglycemia," or low blood sugar, she suffered from seemingly unrelated symptoms outlined in the first chapter of Sugar Shock! The symptoms ranged from mood swings and drowsiness to fainting and nightmares. Her hypoglycemia was finally remedied by simply by eliminating sugars and refined carbohydrates from her diet.

She provides the readers with a "sugar free" shopping list. Products available in just about any grocery store that are absolutely sugar free. She defines the confusing terms used in product labeling such as: reduced sugar, no sugar added, sugar free and clarifies the difference in their meanings.

She also lists sugars and sweeteners to watch for that are "hidden" on food labels and the other names for them such as high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, and concentrated fruit juice, and concludes that they should be strictly limited or for some people (those who think they might be suffering from Sugar Shock!, eliminated altogether.)

I found this book to be highly informative (especially the sugar free shopping list). Though I enjoy wine occasionally, I have cut virtually all sugar from my diet and have seen major changes for the better.

Even though I gave "Sugar Shock" three stars, I want to say up front that I DO like it; it has made clear to me how sugar has messed my life up and I have been in so much denial about my reliance on it. I really am like an alcoholic or crack addict! I have not yet stopped eating sugar - it's scary to think about trying to do it again and failing again, but I am feeling more concern for my health and damn it, I want to live a real life that's not clouded by the stuff.

The reason I gave this book three stars is because of the author's presentation; she frequently reads like an ad, not a book. She'll say things like, "...John showed classic signs of sugar addiction, which I outline on my website and blog site www...." It's so infomercial-y. I tried to overlook this but it kept coming up through the book. Although this doesn't dilute her message, the constant referral to her web site and commercial references like that make her sound like she's more interested in marketing her company and herself than she is in her message. In other words, she can be annoying.

Also, I felt she spent too much time on how sugar is ruining our lives - but little space on how to practically eliminate it. She offers a list of seven tips on getting sugar out of your life but if I am a sugar addict, I need more than that.

I would have liked to have learned more about her own experience than just about when her dr told her to drop sugar and she did and it changed her life. I would like to have heard about if she had sugar withdrawals so strong she thought she would scream or if she ever experiences cravings now. She doesn't really talk about herself much apart from that initial "burning bush"-like moment at her dr's office -- which doesn't inspire me much. I've had those moments, too, and make a great start but then fail.

I do believe her when she says it changed her life but for most addicts of any kind (note I said, "most") it's not just "I decided to stop and I did and my life is SO much better!" That's the issue with addicts: we all WANT to stop but it's hard to do it, so we feel trapped. HOW do we get out?

On another note, I was surprised to see an endorsement on the book and a review here from Jimmy "Livin' La Vida Low Carb" only because on his web site he seems really into artificial sweeteners (which I am, too) but the author of this book does not recommend them at all. Whatever!

The authors of "Sugar Shock" make a convincing case to significantly cut down, if not completely eliminate, sugar from our diets. I'm going to try it for sure.

An avid runner, I enjoyed the book immensely. Read it before you hit the roads.

i am always interested in reading about successful athletes. pre was a great read, simple easy read, some great insight on pre from some of his running partners. i enjoy the statistics and he had many.

Taken too young from us - will always be a hero to us.
Read this motivational book.

This is an excellent read for anyone. You don't have to know who Steve was to enjoy this book. The book has a lot of information and details that were not in the movies.

This is one of the few negative reviews I have ever given. But I bought this book because I think Pre is interesting and I love Track and Field.

This book is sooooo boring. I forced myself to finish after a few months of reading it on and off. This is basically a book just listing times from races and people talking about how much they loved Pre.

Do NOT buy this book!