Are you a busy runner who wants to run a marathon, but doesn't have time to read the usual 300-page marathon book written by an intimidatingly intense professional?
Eric Cohen, a runner who is about as average as they come, boils down the insanity that is marathon running into just four simple principles:
(1) Respect the distance.
(2) Every body is different.
(3) On some days, you're the unstoppable express train, and on some days, you're the bus.
(4) If Daniel Murphy can play second base for the New York Mets, you can run a marathon.
(Full disclosure: Because of the eccentricities of the eBook format, 26.2 Pages to 26.2 Miles will not literally be 26.2 pages.)