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Zen and the Art of Running: The Path to Making Peace with Your Pace
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W. Timothy Gallwey · 141 pages
Concentrates upon overcoming mental attitudes that adversely affect tennis performance, including learning to relax, effectively concentrating, and discarding bad habits.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami · 179 pages
My Year of Running Dangerously
Tom Foreman · 288 pages
"CNN correspondent Tom Foreman's remarkable journey from half-hearted couch potato to ultra-marathon runner, with four half-marathons, three marathons, and 2,000 miles of training in between; a poignant and warm-hearted tale of parenting, overcoming the challenges of age, and quiet triumph. As a journalist whose career spans three decades, CNN correspondent Tom Foreman has reported from the heart
Sole Sisters: Stories of Women and Running
Jennifer Lin, Susan Warner · 136 pages
"Half of all runners are women, and they are changing the face of the sport. It's a social outlet, a healthful way to improve mental well-being, and an opportunity to form bonds with like-minded women. Sole Sisters: Stories of Women and Running is a gripping collection of stories that captures the inspirational heart of the women's running boom. Authors Jennifer Lin and Susan Warner have interview
The Runner's Rule Book: Everything a Runner Needs to Know - And Then Some
Mark Remy · 166 pages
Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike
Grant Petersen · 256 pages
Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running: The Best Advice to Get Started, Stay Motivated, Lose Weight, Run Injury-Free, Be Safe, and Train for ... (Runner's World Complete Books (Paperback))
Dagny Scott Barrios · 320 pages
Considers the challenges and problems faced by women when running, from clothing, injuries, safety, and nutrition to running during pregnancy and menopause, and includes expert advice on nutrition, weight loss, and body image for women of all fitness levels.
The Cool Impossible: The Coach from "Born to Run" Shows How to Get the Most from Your Miles-And From Yourself
Eric Orton, Richard O'Brien
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
Dean Karnazes · 295 pages
Ultrarunning legend Dean Karnazes has run 262 miles-the equivalent of ten marathons-without rest. He has run over mountains, across Death Valley, and to the South Pole-and is probably the first person to eat an entire pizza while running. With an insight, candor, and humor rarely seen in sports memoirs (and written without the aid of a ghostwriter or cowriter), Ultramarathon Man has inspired tens
My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
Bart Yasso, Kathleen Parrish · 270 pages
Running Like a Girl
Alexandra Heminsley · 220 pages
"In her twenties, Alexandra Heminsley spent more time drinking white wine than she did in pursuit of athletic excellence. When she decided to take up running in her thirties, she had high hopes for a blissful runner's high and immediate physical transformation. After eating three slices of toast with honey and spending ninety minutes on iTunes creating the perfect playlist, she hit the streets--an
The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life: What 35 Years of Running Have Taught Me About Winning, Losing, Happiness, Humility, and the Human Heart
Amby Burfoot · 150 pages
Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman
Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons
Bryon Powell · 229 pages
Total Immersion: Revolutionary Way to Swim Better and Faster
Terry Laughlin, John Delves · 294 pages
Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run
Kristin Armstrong · 279 pages
"Built on the success of her popular blog on RunnersWorld.com, Kristin Armstrongs new book is an intensely personal look at how running creates a special sense of community for the women who participate, and how it has helped her and many others mark the milestones of their lives. Each of the 26 chapters (the .2 is the epilogue) is dedicated to a specific theme, such as Friendship, Gratitude, Heal
The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing
Philip Maffetone · 528 pages
Are you a runner, cyclist, swimmer, cross-country skier, or other athlete seeking greater endurance? Then you will want *The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing*. Dr. Philip Maffetone offers expert advice on how to stay healthy, achieve optimal athletic potential, and be injury-free for many years. His "individualized" approach is a unique system refined over three decades of training athlet