Overview
Fancy Running is a guide to Fancy Dress Marathon Running written by Philip Rose, an experienced runner who has completed many marathons and holds a Guinness World Record for running the London Marathon. The book is a guide for novices and experienced runners and contains hints and tips on how to make the most of the experience of running in costume. It contains 13 chapters that take the reader on a journey from costume and race selection through training including both mindset and physical. It gives readers the information they need to enable them to choose to run in fancy dress and to raise money in the process.
Full Product Details
Author: Philip Rose
Publisher: Malabar Publishing
Imprint: Malabar Publishing
ISBN: 9781916352704
ISBN 10: 1916352707
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 13 February 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
It was such a fun read and packed with an enormous amount of information which even though I am not a runner kept me riveted to the end. It is definitely a must for all those thinking of running in an outfit. For anyone considering running in fancy dress to raise money for charity, or justr because they like dressing up and find marathon running easy, this is the book for them.
Author Information
Phil Rose started running long before he can remember why he started running! At an early age however he only ever ran short distances, typically 100 and 200 metres. The thought of running the school cross country around Southampton Common filled him with dread! Then over the years he realised the benefits of running for health, be it to keep him focused during University exams or running for fitness after work. It was in 2007 that Phil sat down with his 5-year-old daughter to watch the London Marathon and his daughter asked him one simple question: Could you do that daddy? There was only answer in Phil's mind - Yes! - and with that, Phil set about signing up for the Flora London Marathon 2008. He researched how to run a marathon and developed his own training plan based on that research. For that first marathon, Phil just wore running clothes and a wig. However, that was enough to kickstart the fancy dress 'thinking process'! He then ran the London Marathon again in 2009, 2010 and Stratford-upon-Avon in 2011. It wasn't until 2018 that he again came back to London for his first 'proper' fancy dress marathon, running as Little Miss Sunshine to raise money for Children with Cancer UK. The following year, in 2019, Phil chose to run for a Guinness World Record dressed as 'An Astronomical Body'. He is the current record holder with a time of 3 hours 52 minutes ... and 40 seconds!
