Books on Running

When you began running were there any books you read that helped your training? When you thought for the first time about pushing out your distance on runs, did you just do it? What about when you began to think about running your first marathon, were there any books or manuals you read that helped you with your plan?

I came to borders to have a look see and there are tons of books and training logs and such, its really enough to overwhelm a person. How do you know which is better than another? I don't so I'd thought perhaps I'd ask all of you that read this and are runners.

As far as reading goes, I won't say I'm not a reader, I do like to read, always have ever since I was a kid but I can't stand to read things that are long and full of techno jargon - I mean if your not a computer person, its kinda hard to pick up a book on computers and understand what you read if its all in techno language... Same with running, or cycling or weight lifting... Heck it took me a while to figure out when reading about resistance training what a PR or PB was (personal record or personal best) - I hate books that are written with the thought in mind that you just KNOW what these acronyms mean... oh my spot with eletric is open gotta move quick!!