Running

The astonishing national bestseller and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run.An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurtIsolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without rest or injury. In a riveting narrat...

Christopher McDougall?s journey begins with a story of remarkable athletic prowess: On the treacherous mountains of Crete, a motley band of World War II Resistance fighters?an artist, a shepherd, and a poet?abducted a German commander from the heart of the Axis occupation. To understand how, McDougall retraces their steps across the island that bir...

From the National Magazine Awardwinning Runner?s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contributor, and Cambridgetrained physicist: a fascinating and definitive exploration of the extraordinary science of human endurance and the secrets of human performance, for fans of The Sports Gene, Born to Run, and Grit.From running a twohour marathon...

Praise for Mind Gym"Believing in yourself is paramount to success for any athlete. Gary's lessons and David's writing provide examples of the importance of the mental game."Ben Crenshaw, twotime Masters champion and former Ryder Cup captain"Mind Gym hits a home run. If you want to build mental muscle for the major leagues, read this book."Ken ...

?Gets closer to this marathon than an avenue railbird, and it leaves impressions not fleeting, but lasting.??Sports IllustratedThe New York City Marathon is considered one of the nation?s?and the world's?premier sporting events. A reporter for the New York Times, Liz Robbins brings the color, the history, the electricity of this remarkable annual c...

Whether you're an extreme exercise enthusiast or you're just looking to shed a few pounds, this is the last book on training, endurance, health, and life you will ever need.In this book you will learn: The 2 best ways to build fitness fast without destroying your body Underground training tactics for maximizing workout efficiency The best bioha...

Based on new research in exercise physiology, author and running expert Matt Fitzgerald introduces a firstofitskind training strategy that he's named "Brain Training." Runners of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels can learn to maximize their performance by supplying the brain with the right feedback. Based on Fitzgerald's eightpoint brain ...

As seen on The View !Can?t Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 104yearold, worldrecordholding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she?s known throughout her Bronx community, isn?t your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest trials were yet to come.Ida?s two sons...

Hal Higdon's name is synonymous with running. As contributing editor of Runner's World and bestselling author, he has helped countless runners achieve their distance goals. Now, he's created the definitive guide on today's most popular distance, the 13.1mile half marathon.Hal Higdon's Half Marathon Training is everything you wanted to know about ...

In Mile Markers, Runner's World contributing editor Kristin Armstrong captures the ineffable and timeless beauty of running, the importance of nurturing relationships with those we love, and the significance of reflecting on our experiences. This collection considers the most important reasons women run, celebrating the inspiring passion runners ha...

Marathons have become too easy for some runners. What was once the pinnacle of achievement in a runner?s life is now a stepping stone for extraordinary adventure in ultramarathoning. The number of ultrarunners?those running distances of 50k (31miles), 50 miles, 100k (62 miles), or 100 miles?is growing astronomically each year.Dean Karnazes? Ultrama...

Get fit, get fast, and go farther with Olympic runner Kara Goucher?s comprehensive guide to running for women!Kara Goucher is crazy, madly, headoverheels in love with running, and she wants to help you feel that love, too. Whether you?re just getting started or already a seasoned runner, this is the book that will take you to the next level. Kara...

"Kicksology is your allaccess pass into every runner's favorite obsession: shoes. Author Brian Metzler, a longtime sports journalist and veteran running shoe wear tester, reviewer and connoisseur, takes readers deep inside the $10 billion dollar running shoe industry, with a behindthecurtain look at what makes iconic running shoe brands tick; a...

Runners? vocabulary is full of acronyms like DNS for ?Did Not Start? and DNF for ?Did Not Finish,? but when Mirna Valerio stepped up to the starting line, she needed a new one: DNQ for ?Did Not Quit.?Valerio has tied on her running shoes all across the country, from the dusty back roads of central New Jersey to the busy Route 222 corridor in Pennsy...

A groundbreaking program that teaches you how to run faster and farther with less effort, and prevent and heal injuries, for runners of any age or fitness level.In ChiRunning, Danny and Katherine Dreyer, wellknown walking and running coaches, provide powerful insight that transforms running from a highinjury sport to a bodyfriendly, injuryfree ...

Cook the recipes that Shalane Flanagan ate while training for her 2017 TCS New York City Marathon historic win!The New York Times bestseller Run Fast. Eat Slow. taught runners of all ages that healthy food could be both indulgent and incredibly nourishing. Now, Olympian Shalane Flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky are back with a cookbook that?s full of...

Run your first marathon or your fastest with Hansons Marathon Method, the revolutionary training program from one of the best running teams in the world, the HansonsBrooks Distance Project.In Hansons Marathon Method, the coaches of the HansonsBrooks Distance Project reveal their innovative marathon training program that has helped thousands of ru...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNOW WITH A NEW WORKBOOKDeena Kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, yet her career almost ended after college, when her competitive methodrun as hard as possible, for fear of losingfostered a frustration and negativity and brought her to the brink of burnout. On the verge of quitting, she took a chance ...

If you've set your sights on shaving minutes off your time, it's time to ramp up your training with Advanced Marathoning, Third Edition. Find the plan that works best for you from the detailed daybyday training schedules by choosing between 18 and 12week preparation and selecting weekly distances of 55, 55 to 70, 70 to 85, or 85plus miles. If ...

Get in the best shape of your running career with the help of Daniels? Running Formula, the book that Runner?s World magazine calls the best training book. Premier running coach Jack Daniels provides you with his legendary VDOT formula to guide you through training at exactly the right intensity to run stronger, longer, and faster. Choose a program...

Put on your running shoes it's time to hit the road, the trails and the great outdoors.In this comprehensive runner's companion, you'll find 50 of the world's greatest running routes from short city runs and mustdo marathons to crosscountry trails and challenging ultras plus a further 150 courses around the globe to satisfy runners of all a...

Fourtime Olympian Meb Keflezighi shares lessons learned from each of the 26 marathons he's run in his storied career. When Meb Keflezighi ran his final marathon in New York City on November 5, 2017, it marked the end of an extraordinary distancerunning career. As the first person in history to win both the Boston and New York City marathons as we...

Tired of getting the same treatments from doctors that didn?t heal his joint and muscle pain from running, Jay Dicharry decided to combine different fields of clinical care, biomechanical analysis, and coaching to help you avoid common injuries and become the best runner you can be.Running has become more and more popular in recent years, with thou...

The first biography of the legendary track coach, and founder of Nike, who had an unparalleled impact on the sport of runningDuring his tenure as track coach at the University of Oregon from 1949 through 1972, Bill Bowerman won 4 national team titles, trained dozens of milers to break the 4minute barrier, and his athletes set 13 world and 22 Ameri...

?The best running book ever.? ?Bob Anderson, founder of Runner?s WorldWhether you're a miler or an ultramarathoner, if you want a fit, fast, and injuryresistant running body, there's a better way to train than relentlessly pursuing mileage. This easytouse workout manual draws on the latest research in running physiology to target all the compone...

Lore of Running gives you incomparable detail on physiology, training, racing, injuries, worldclass athletes, and races.Author Tim Noakes blends the expertise of a physician and research scientist with the passion of a dedicated runner to answer the most pressing questions for those who are serious about the sport:How your body systems respond to...

A new edition of a sports icon's memoir, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Kathrine Switzer's historic running of the Boston Marathon as the first woman to run. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run what was then the allmale Boston Marathon, infuriating one of the event's directors who attempted to violently eject h...

Moire turned up to her first mountain race with the wrong shoes, wearing too many clothes, and with a body verging on obese. Though tempted to pull out and go home, she reluctantly runs.Little did she know the race up Corrig Mountain would inflict such physical blows: Her lungs catch fire, her legs explode, her heart hits record speeds. And though ...

From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run, a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating, and immensely inspiring 46day run to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail. Scott Jurek is one of the world's best known and most beloved ultrarunners. Renowned for his remarkable endurance and speed, accomplished on a vegan diet, he's fi...

Long before Cory Reese strapped on his first pair of running shoes, he learned the key to being a successful ultrarunner: He knew how to suffer. In "Nowhere Near First," Cory shares his deeply personal story about experiencing his father's suicide at a young age, and how this led to a career in endurance running and a desire to live life to the ful...

From worldclass marathoner and 4time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky comes a whole foods, flavorforward cookbook that proves food can be indulgent and nourishing at the same time. Finally here's a cookbook for runners that shows fat is essential for flavor and performance and that counting calories, obsessing over protein, and r...

In 2007, Chrissie Wellington shocked the triathlon world by winning the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. As a newcomer to the sport and a complete unknown to the press, Chrissie's win shook up the sport. A LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS is the story of her rise to the top, a journey that has taken her around the world, from a childhood in England, to th...

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Fell running longdistance races up and down mountains is a mass participation sport in areas like the Lake District and Snowdonia. Here, the author describes the season he spent running many of the great races and of the many characters he met along the way....

Acclaimed science journalist Christie Aschwanden takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening tour through the latest science on sports and fitness recovery. She investigates claims about sports drinks, chocolate milk, and ?recovery? beer; examines the latest recovery trends; and even tests some for herself, including cryotherapy, foam rolling...

The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have known this for decades and now science is learning why it s true. In his fascinating new book "How Bad Do You Want It," coach Matt Fitzgerald examines more than a dozen pivotal races to discover the surprising ways elite athletes strengthen their mental toug...

The legendary longdistance runner details his historic victory in the 1975 Boston Marathon that launched the modern running boomWithin a span of two hours and nine minutes, Bill Rodgers went from obscurity to legend, from Bill Rodgers to "Boston Billy." In doing so, he instantly became the people?s champ and the poster boy for the soulful 1970s di...

Rachel Swaby and Kit Fox present Mighty Moe, the untold true story of runner Maureen Wilton, whose world recordbreaking marathon time at age 13 was met first with misogyny and controversy, but ultimately with triumph. In 1967, a 13yearold girl named Maureen Wilton set the women's world marathon record, running 26.2 miles in 3:15:23. Nicknamed ?L...

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman's remarkable journey from halfhearted couch potato to ultramarathon runner, with four halfmarathons, three marathons, and 2,000 miles of training in between; a poignant and warmhearted tale of parenting, overcoming the challenges of age, and quiet triumph.As a journalist whose career spans three decades, CNN corres...

Originally selfpublished in 1978, Once a Runner captures the essence of competitive running?and of athletic competition in general?and has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published..Inspired by the author?s experience as a collegiate champion, the story focuses on Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern Un...

Written by a leading mental skills coach and a contributing editor to Runner's World, this is a practical guide to building the mental skills athletes need to recover from injury and rebound stronger.Weaving together personal narratives from athletes, scientific research, and the specialized clinical expertise of mental skills coach Carrie Jackson ...

The 1982 Boston Marathon was great theater: Two American runners, Alberto Salazar, a celebrated champion, and Dick Beardsley, a gutsy underdog, going at each other for just under 2 hours and 9 minutes. Neither man broke. The race merely came to a thrilling, shattering end, exacting such an enormous toll that neither man ever ran as well again. Bear...

For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force?and darling?in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. Until recently he held the American 24hour record and he was one of the elite runners profiled in the runaway bestseller Born to Run.In Eat and Run, Jurek opens up about his life and career as a champion athlete with a plant...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Sports, Health lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Ultramarathon doesn?t leave much room for mistakes. Don?t learn the hard way, get a jump on training for ultramarathon with Hal Koerner?s Field Guide to Ultrarunning, a comprehensive guide to running 30 to 100 miles and beyond.Hal Koerner is America?s top ultrarunner with podium results in more than 90 ultramarathons. In his Field Guide, Koerner re...

With My Life on the Run, Bart Yassoan icon of one of the most enduringly popular recreational sports in the United Statesoffers 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 Nepal (where he was chased by an angry rhino), Yass...

No Meat Athlete is a new kind of athletic guide that will take you from starting block to finish line, while providing encouragement, tricks, and advice along the way.No Meat Athlete combines the winning elements of proven training approaches, motivational stories, and innovative recipes to create a guide for meatless athletes unlike anything print...