Running category: 839 books
Determined Runners
Kenyan running and training
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
This first hand book, written by an athlete who has lived in the same training camps with the world's top runners, trained and shared the same experiences with them for over ten years now, may change your perceptions about these world beaters after you learn how much they sacrifice in their training.
My Marathon
Reflections on a Gold Medal Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
My Marathon: Reflections on a Gold Medal Life is a revealing memoir by Frank Shorter, the father of American distance running. After winning the 1969 NCAA title in the 10,000 meters during his senior year at Yale, Shorter went on to win a staggering 24 national titles on track, road, and cross-country...
Leading From Behind
Winning While Coming Last
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
**Running a marathon isn't something that comes naturally to newsreader Niva Retimanu. But whether you come first or last, if you complete 42.2 kilometres, you're still a marathon runner.**In Leading from Behind, Niva tells how she went from overweight, heavy-drinking junk-food fan to motivated, health-conscious...
How To Treat Your Own Ankle Sprain
A detailed guide to self-diagnoses and treatment
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2015
Sports physiotherapist Maryke Louw has realised that many of the ankle sprains that she treats in her practice can actually be diagnosed and treated at home with a little bit of guidance.
She wrote this book to enable you to: • Know which structures you have injured • Know the extent of...
The Pursuit of Endurance
Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis unlocks the secret to maximizing perseverance--on and off the trail
Jennifer Pharr Davis, a record holder of the FKT (fastest known time) on the Appalachian Trail, reveals the secrets and habits behind endurance as she chronicles...
My Own Medicine
A Doctor's Life as a Patient
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Approaching his forty-first birthday, Dr. Geoffrey Kurland was a busy man. His work as a Pediatric Pulmonologist , caring for children with lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis and asthma, led to long hours on the wards at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. At the same time, he was...
Learn Self Defense While on the Move
ABC Series of Self Defense Handbooks
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Should you be fearful when you go running in that nice secluded park? Do you find yourself looking over your shoulder when you hear other footsteps behind you while taking that cooling walk in the woods?
That little voice could be telling you something. Danger might be just around the corner.
Arm...
Fat Man to Green Man
From Unfit to Ultramarathon
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
An honest and light-hearted chronicle, Fat Man to Green Man is the tale of a forty-something man's journey from fat to fit, culminating in running the Green Man ultramarathon. It is a story of fields and friendships; mud and maps and learning how to push yourself to achieve what you never believed you could - and how to deal with the consequences
by Chris Spriggs
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
How do people come together when tragedy tries to tear them apart?
When 39-time marathon runner Andrew Spriggs was diagnosed with motor neurone disease he knew his running days were over. But a surprise message from his nephew Chris, offering to push him in his rickety wheelchair in one last...
FitOldDog's Plantar Fasciitis Treatment
This System Is Based On An Understanding Of The Dynamic Nature Of Fascia
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This ebook provides an approach to the resolution of runners plantar fasciitis based on improved body awareness and the dynamic nature of fascia. FitOldDog’s bout of runner’s plantar fasciitis-induced heel and foot pain resulted from his tendency to lean forward whilst standing, compounded by a tense...
by Pieter Peereboom
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
The Marathon des Sables is billed as the toughest footrace on Earth. It consists of around 150 miles of running across scorching desert plains and peaks, in temperatures soaring above 40 degrees C. As if the distance, the heat and the terrain were not enough, the whole race must be completed carrying...
The Lure of Long Distances
Why We Run
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Robin Harvie was a fairly ordinary runner. He ran his first marathon after a bet. Then he found that although he couldn’t run fast, he could run long distances—very long. A casual hobby turned into a 120-miles-a-week obsession, and a training route along the River Thames morphed into a promise...
The Extra Mile
One Woman's Personal Journey to Ultrarunning Greatness
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007
One year after her astonishing victory at the Badwater Ultramarathon, Pam Reed again made distance running history when she braved the hottest weather in years—135 degrees—to successfully defend her title. How does this 100-pound mother and stepmother of five muster the endurance and courage for...
by Kilian Jornet
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Shortlisted for the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014
"The most dominating endurance athlete of his generation." -- The New York Times
An exceptional athlete. A dominating force. An extraordinary person.
Kilian...