Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide

4.5 | 526 ratings

Price: 15.75

Last update: 11-12-2024

About this item

From the best-selling author and renowned coach duo from Born to Run, a practical guide to running for everyone from amateurs to seasoned runners, about how to eat, race, and train like the world's best

Whether you're ramping up for a race or recuperating from an injury, Born to Run 2 is a holistic program for runners of every stripe that centers on seven key themes: food, fitness, form, footwear, focus, fun, and family.

The guide contains:

On-the run recipes for race-ready nutrition
Training regimen to help get you in shape and achieve your running goals
Corrective drills to perfect your form
Helpful shoe recommendations
Advice about how to bring more joy into running
Suggestions for finding a running community

Christopher McDougall and Eric Orton bring all the elements together into an integrated action plan—the 90-Day Run Free training schedule—that provides everything you need to prepare for a mile-long fun run or a 100-mile ultramarathon. Born to Run 2 is the perfect training companion for anyone who wants to get inspired about the sport again and learn the proven techniques to run smoother, lighter, and swifter.

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF with recipes, charts, and photographs from the book.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

Missa

Motivating and Fun

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2023

Never thought a book could get me excited about running because of the dream of doing so without injury! I honestly didn't think it was possible. I love the movement snacks and all the other great advice and exercises that I hope will get me back on the road without pain for good!

Tracy Lermon

Guide and story.

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2023

I really liked the story format of this running training manual. It helps to know the why of what you're doing and how others may used to overcome obstacles. The book itself is high quality.

Ted _S

Updates of Born to Run, somewhat unwieldy as a training manual

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2022

Narratives on a few of the runners in Born to Run are interspersed with updates on some of the informational themes of both Born to Run and Natural Born Heroes. These aspects alone make reading the book highly worthwhile.
Training tips are scattered throughout the book along with the other content and an overwhelming amount of often full page photos. Flipping pages, this book gives the appearance of a glossy magazine. Many of the photos show only that people of various ages, ethnicities, and physical condition can all participate while maintaining a smile. Most of the photos, though, are of younger athletes in superb condition.
The training tips are brought together in a 6-1/2 page chapter titled "The 90-Day Run Free Program." There is a table of prescribed activities for each of 13 weeks. For each day there are a few words directing activities, often requiring looking back to previous sections of the book for clarification.
Most interesting to me were the updates on some of the informational themes. There are new stories on the theme of shoes, along with recommendations of specific models. Gone, however, is any mention of Vibram Five Fingers or any other uncushioned shoes. I found this disappointing, as my biggest take-away from Born to Run was a conversion to Five Fingers (which remain my footwear of choice, especially for long ascents or descents).
There is a page of food recommendations as part of guidance on using low-intesity exercise to train the metabolism to use stored body fat instead of sugar. Here McDougall partially repeates stories from Natural Born Heroes, but leaves out mention of some of the major figures appearing there such as Dr. Timothy Noakes.
A very useful feature of the new book is that it has an index.
Overall, I enjoyed reading the many new stories and eventually I'll undoubtedly try some of the training tips.

Kristjan Chapman

A Runners Dream Book

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2023

Fantastic for any runner!

Aziz

Quite literally life changing

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2023

Similar story to the author’s for me: told I shouldn’t run after injuring my knees in college running. Followed the program and now running 50 miles a week, injury free. Incredible!

TheBestDogMom

Not like book 1 but still interesting.

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2022

If you go into it knowing that is it nothing like Born to Run (1) it is an ok book. I can see how some people would be disappointed in this book if they thought it was a character driven story like 1.
The book is what it says a training guide, not a story. Some interesting parts like diet, running with dogs, shoes, etc. After running for more than 35 years I think I pretty much knew most of this info already but it’s sometimes interesting to hear someone else’s take on it. I liked the section on injuries/prevention at the end.

Jumpinjay

Born 2 run

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2023

Born 2 run, fun book, applied some of the techniques,

Evan Schultz

Good gift

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2023

My mom liked it. Don’t know what it’s about but she liked it

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