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David Renton was in his mid-teens a country standard middle-distance runner. He tells the story of how he began to run, and of the influence over him of his father's own career as an international-standard rower. He portrays running as a step towards a world of freedom, and describes his father's own attempts to find ideas that would guide his life.

Finally, a simple, short, to-the-point, and easy to follow 18 week plan to go from being a jogger to a runner! If you're stuck in a "low gear" but want to go fasterand longer this book is for you!   Epic tips & information on: - nutrition - hydration - safety - heart rate...

Two years after having linked Ushuaia (Argentina) to Fairbanks (Alaska) while covering more than 24,000 kilometers, with him running and her at the handlebars of a motorcycle, Serge and Nicole Roetheli of Valais (Switzerland) took to the road again in February 2000 for a world tour lasting more than...

What makes East African middle and long distance runners the best in the world? How should contemporary academia approach this question? The success of East African distance runners has generated a plethora of studies but much of the 'evidence' presented to support hypotheses is anecdotal,...

After a successful career as an attorney and business executive, Jason Romero hit rock bottom when he found himself divorced, unemployed, and in a deep depression after a degenerative eye condition rendered him blind with limited light perception.  Feeling a calling to run across America,...

Attention, Want-to-Be and Current Marathoners and Half-Marathoners There are teachable methods to help you to reach your goal to run or walk your first marathon or half marathon or to complete your next one faster. Here is some of what you'll learn in this book: * The seven "need"...

Are you noticing that you are getting into unsafe situations when using a cellphone while you are out running or walking? Are you sometimes left with a feeling that you have been discourteous when you have used your cellphone around other runners or walkers? Are you having trouble making sense of...

Robin Emery of Ellsworth, Maine is a pioneer in the sport of road racing, or distance running. She fell in love with the sport of running in 1967 and, fifty years later, she is still at it. When she started, women weren’t allowed to race with men and there were no sports teams for girls in schools,...

Nos performances sportives sont le reflet de notre alimentation ! Une alimentation adaptée permet d’atteindre et d’optimiser ses objectifs de course à pied ! Découvrez la Runningfood et identifiez les besoins spécifiques de votre corps pour mieux courir et éviter contre-performance ou baisse...

Whether you’re a runner or a triathlete, Injury-Proof Your Run will guide you to faster, healthier and happier running. This is a must-read for both runners who want to become faster and for runners who are injury-prone. If you’re an injury-prone athlete, this book contains the expert advice you...

A guide for those interested in staying physically active, and written by a long distance endurance athlete with a passion for running. When author Joe Sinclair turned sixty-two years old, he began his quest to run as many marathons as possible. Less than five years later, he has logged more...

Un viaje al mítico mundo del running japonés. «Una gran mirada a la carrera de larga distancia en Japón. Si te gustó Correr con los keniatas, seguro que disfrutarás con este libro.» Athletics Weekly Bienvenidos a Japón, la nación más obsesionada con el running**, un país con...

If the idea of running ever crossed your mind, you owe it to yourself to read "Run Your Destiny." Full of advice to make running have a hugely beneficial impact on your life. Whether you need encouragement to start the habit, advice to improve your performance, or reflections to identify...

“Running To A New Beginning” takes us on a journey of coping with epilepsy from childhood through adulthood and the experience of uncontrolled seizures to life-changing surgery. You will be captured by the portrayal of amazing resiliency of the human spirit in adapting to the burden of a chronic...