Running category: 839 books
by David Chalfen
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Improve Your Marathon and Half Marathon Running is an accessible, jargon-free guide for athletes committed to improving their running at either distance. It provides valuable advice in increasing competition experience and structuring more advanced training programmes and covers; training plans and...
Advanced Running
Training for Both Sport and Competition, Including Individual Running Plans, Advanced Schedules and Expert Advice, Shown in over 280 Photographs
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
This book offers a complete guide to joining elite runners, featuring advanced running from 5k and 10k races, progressing to marathon and triathlon. Among the topics covered are speed work, strength training and hydration. Practical information on competition running is given, with training programs...
The New Rules of Running
Five Steps to Run Faster and Longer for Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The ultimate guide to injury-free running and racing, from renowned sports medicine specialist Vijay Vad with training schedules designed by coach and 2-time NYC Marathon Champion Tom Fleming
Whether you’re learning to run, trying to lower your Personal Record, recovering from injury, or...
Running For My Life
How I built a better me one step at a time
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
For readers who enjoyed Alexandra Heminsley's Running like a Girl and Bryony Gordon's Mad Girl, Running for my Life is a hilarious, heartfelt and inspirational story of one woman's marathon journey through mental illness.
Throughout her life, Rachel Cullen followed a simple yet effective route...
Fast Fuel: Food for Running Success
Delicious Recipes and Nutrition Plans to Achieve Your Goals
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
No matter if you're running a 5k or a marathon, getting your training diet right is essential to maximise your performance. Renee McGregor, one of the UK's top sports nutritionists, explains the dietary plans needed to hit your goals as a runner. The science of what to eat, and why, is clearly and...
by Judith Willis
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Running is something human beings have been doing for a very long time. It is a natural movement and one that is excellent for the body in general. Yet, many people struggle to obtain the results they are after. For more running can become a near impossible task. It becomes important to understand...
The Long Run
A Memoir of Loss and Life in Motion
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
An unlikely marathoner finds her way through grief and into the untold history of women and running.
Thirty-year-old Catriona Menzies-Pike defined herself in many ways: voracious reader, pub crawler, feminist, backpacker, and, since her parents' deaths a decade earlier, orphan. "Runner" was...
by Karen S. Perinchief
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
My book is to help you start running in an easy, simple way if you have asthma. Some people may say running is boring, and others may find it enjoyable. Running can be made easy and fun even if you have asthma. Running is one of the most inexpensive ways to keep fit, lose weight, and stay in shape....
Slow Jogging
Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Have Fun with Science-Based, Natural Running
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Running is America’s most popular participatory sport, yet more than half of those who identify as runners get injured every year. Falling prey to injuries from overtraining, faulty form, poor eating, and improper footwear, many runners eventually, and reluctantly, abandon the sport for a less strenuous...
Silent Running
Our Family's Journey to the Finish Line with Autism
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Running is a way of life for the Schneider family, but not in the same way as it is for most runners. Twin brothers Alex and Jamie Schneider are severely autistic—they are nonverbal and when anxiety takes over they bite themselves or slam their feet into the hard floor, they cannot tell their mother...
Chasing Greatness
26.2 Ways Teaching Is Like Running a Marathon
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Whether you’re teaching a class or running a race, Chasing Greatness is your road to success
"Mike's analogy, comparing teaching to running a marathon, is spot on. Not only does teaching require great endurance, it is something, much like running a marathon, that you never quite master....
by Lacie Whyte, Dane Rauschenberg
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Running With The Girls is a unique perspective on what truly makes a tale inspiring. We all love the account of the underdog overcoming insurmountable odds. However, this overlooks many stories of women, of all ages, races and runs of life, whose own narratives showcase the strength and resolve of...
by Haruki Murakami
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is an illuminating glimpse into the solitary passions of one of our greatest artists.
While training for the New York City Marathon, Haruki Murakami decided to keep a journal...
by Ray Charbonneau
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
In "Chasing the Runner's High", Ray Charbonneau tells the story how he pushed his addiction to running up to, and then past, his limits. There are plenty of hard miles, but there's lots of fun along the way too as Ray shares what he learned, what he should have learned, and what he still...