Running category: 839 books
My Life on the Run
The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
With My Life on the Run, Bart Yasso--an icon of one of the most enduringly popular recreational sports in the United States--offers a touching and humorous memoir about the rewards and challenges of running. Recounting his adventures in locales like Antarctica, Africa, and Chitwan National Park in...
Feet Don't Fail Me Now
The Rogue's Guide to Running the Marathon
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
How to go from couch potato to marathon runner in one year, without losing your cool.
Ben Kaplan has transformed himself from an average guy—and degenerate barfly—into a dedicated runner who qualified for the Boston Marathon. Now, the National Post running columnist shares his strategy...
First Marathons
Personal Encounters With the 26.2-Mile Monster
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
“Inspiring reading.” —The Wall Street Journal
“One of the scariest things about running a marathon for the first time isn’t the distance, the muscle pain, the chafing, or the blisters. It’s not knowing what’s going to happen. That’s why this disarmingly honest collection of...
by Jeff Grabosky
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
What makes a person undertake a solo and unsupported 3,700 mile run across the United States? For Jeff Grabosky, it begins four years prior to his crossing with a series of tragic events. Jeff prays his way through his darkest days, and the prayers are answered in a remarkable way. Jeff responds to...
by Rob Hadgraft
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
British author Rob Hadgraft specialises in biographies of marathon and ultra-distance runners. All are available worldwide as ebooks. His five subjects to date are:1. The Little Wonder: The Untold Story of Alfred Shrubb - World Champion Runner.2. Beer and Brine: The Making of Walter George - Athletics'...
Marathon, All-New 4th Edition
The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Especially in tough economic times, running offers an affordable and positive way to relieve stress and gain a sense of accomplishment. Marathons and—more than ever—half-marathons are the ultimate achievement for runners and have experienced an unprecedented boom in the last several years.
New...
Do Life
The Creator of #My 120-Pound Journey# Shows How to Run Better, Go Farther, and Find Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
At the age of twenty-two, Ben Davis weighed over 360 pounds. Depressed, addicted to food, and morbidly obese, he thought he’d lost all hope. But after a conversation with his grandmother, Ben promised himself that he would finally take control of his life.
Ben decided to “do life,” and so...
My First 100 Marathons
2,260 Miles with an Obsessive Runner
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Jeffrey Horowitz didn’t expect to fall in love with marathoning, but that’s just what happened. He had never run a race, was not on his high school track team, and had never owned a pair of running shoes. Then, in 1985, he went out for a run and it changed his life. Eighteen years later he completed...
Runner's World Your Best Stride
How to Optimize Your Natural Running Form to Run Easier, Farther, and Faster--With Fewer Injuries
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Run the Way You Were Born to Run
Every runner wants a smooth, light, powerful, and resilient stride. But there isn't one ideal form all runners should try to emulate. Instead, research and experience show that people can run effectively in a wide variety of patterns with some universal elements.
In...
The Competitive Runner's Handbook
The Bestselling Guide to Running 5Ks through Marathons
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
For both runners entering that first neighborhood race and elite marathoners, trainers Bob and Shelly-lynn Florence Glover's completely revised guide is the book on training to compete.
A book that's already sold close to 200,000 copies, The Competitive Runner's Handbook will now offer all...
by Lize Brittin
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Training on Empty is the true-life story of Lize Brittin. Heavy as a child and raised in an emotionally tempestuous alcoholic home, Lize developed anorexia when she was thirteen, and soon afterward took up distance running to help ease the pain of her social and family isolation. Her high-school coach...
by Bruce Tulloh, Sue Tulloh
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
The only book written specially for over-forty runners, including: starting from scratch, how to train properly, how to avoid injuries, diet and lifestyl advice, graded training schedules for all standard distances.
by Mimi Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
When Mimi first started jogging on a treadmill as an unfit 36-year-old mother-of-three, she never imagined she would go on to become a World-Record-breaking ultrarunner.
After coming to terms with the anorexia that had impacted her life from a young age, Mimi begins to reassess her relationship...
by Keven Shevels
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2012
Whether you trail or fell run, one of the crucial aspects that affects your performance is the ability to run well uphill. All runners know the benefit of hill reps but there is far more to conquering the hills than that. With the correct conditioning and techniques, running uphill can be changed from...