Believe Training Journal (Lavender Edition) Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 2015

A friend of mine has been telling me about these journals for about a year now and encouraged me to get one. I love it. The quality of the book itself is nice (leather?), and if you're in to sports psychology, this book gives you what you need to mentally face the challenges of running. Lots of good articles throughout with goal setting pages, quizzes, a page where you list details about your races (like your A, B, and C goals and plan for what time to arrive and what the course is like), and even pace charts in the back.The interesting thing is that the day after I sat down and wrote out all of my goals I started experiencing setbacks. So, although I'm starting with lots of 0's for my mileage, I'm documenting the steps I'm taking to recover AND there is an article in the book on setbacks. So, It's even helping me to keep my thinking right for where I am.I would definitely recommend this for anyone who likes to set goals and document progress!

I like this. It has a nice soft cover with a kind of leathery feel and is very attractive which has nothing to do with content but makes it nice to have around. I like the color. That said. I also like the fact the the log has no dates on it. It goes week by week which is nice for me but you can start any week of the year, like back in September which is when I wanted to. And the daily entries are just about the write size to let you put in enough without wasting space. The pictures are pleasant and the quotes are interesting. Some of Fleshman's are a bit pretentious but that's just Fleshman being Fleshman. It was nice to see McGettigan resurrected, she kind of dropped out out sight ten or so years ago, at least from the Boston scene.Anyway, I will buy another of these when my log is filled up.

I have to downgrade it by a star due to the huge-ass sticker. I love the book. I've been looking for a nice book to log my running/workouts in, and this is quite lovely. The cover is pliable, there's plenty of room to write notes for each workout. And then there's the sticker on the back which seriously detracts from the looks. And it's not easily removable :( I second what quite a few have mentioned. If the book is going to be shrink-wrapped, put the freaking sticker on the outer wrapping and don't ruin the cover.

I bought this because I am a paper/pencil type of person. Have a quick place to jot down my notes has been really good for my motivation and for my overall health. I can look back and see what exercise made what hurt, how my pace changes on runs, etc. I would highly reccommend. Also, I bought the lavender and it doesn't hurt that it looks pretty, too!

Second year buying this as a gift for a relative. Thick, high quality cover and lots of room to record customized workouts. Highly recommend!I rely heavily on Amazon reviews when making purchases so I try to be as forthright and thorough as possible. If you found this review helpful, please indicate so below.

Great journal - bought one for me and one for a gift. Bought it last year too and I am looking forward to recording all my stellar runs in this year's journal (or not so stellar). Having this journal is like having an accountability partner as I look forward to running or working out every day so I can record it and no blank entries!

Great journal if you are a beginner, alot of reading. Stories etc. - enough room to record your activities & it's for the whole year.Cute style, Love the look. But, next book won't be this one. But I would recommend it to someone who needs alil more motivation.

Although interesting chapters in the journal, I thought it was going to be more straight up journal and not a book. Guess I didn't look closely enough before ordering. I really just wanted a journal and not have to go through all the pages to find where to start writing. Nice quality though. Just a little too busy for my liking.

Was attracted to this running journal based on written description offering tips, tricks, information and ability to track goals and training progress. Upon receiving the item, am disappointed in the formatting. What makes this journal impractical for me is that the weekly running logs are interspersed throughout the book in four or five week blocks between other information or other activities. Reviewing training logs for trend analysis will be difficult. The comment fields per day are general in nature allowing flexibility for some users, but more work for me personally in that I wish to capture the same specific elements for every run (i.e. distance, pace, overall intensity/feeling, temperature/environmental conditions, gear worn, etc.). Book spine is also inflexible making journal entry awkward.Suggest next version have training logs all together in one section at the end, and coiled for easier handling.The Runner's Training Journal from the Running Room by John Stanton is ~$10 less and more of the format I was hoping for. Will likely buy that instead.

very great training journal... love the cover color!

Love love love it! Already started my journey :-)