John “The Penguin” Bingham, Coach Jenny Hadfield, Marathoning for Mortals, A Regular Person’s Guide to the Joy of Running or Walking a Half-marathon or Marathon (New York: Rodale, 2003)
Content is obvious from title. Philosophically the emphasis of the authors is doing the training, and showing up for the race. The main emphasis is showing up at the start line, then the race will just happen.