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Anatomy for Runners: Unlocking Your Athletic Potential for Health, Speed, and Injury Prevention

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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

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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.

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Kara Goucher's Running for Women: From First Steps to Marathons

Kara Goucher, Adam Bean · 302 pages

The Olympic runner offers women advice on training and running marathons.

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Brain Training For Runners: A Revolutionary New Training System to Improve Endurance, Speed, Health, and Results

Matt Fitzgerald · 562 pages

Based on new research in exercise physiology, author and running expert Matt Fitzgerald introduces a first-of-its-kind 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 eight-point brain training system, this book will help runners:Resis

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The Complete Book of Running For Women

Claire Kowalchik · 437 pages

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Lore of Running

Tim Noakes · 552 pages

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall · 287 pages

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we tho

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami · 179 pages

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The Beginning Runner's Handbook: The Proven 13-Week Walk/Run Program

Ian MacNeill, The Sport Medicine Council of British Columbia, Sports Medicine Council British Columbia, The Sports Medicine Council · 240 pages

At the core of this popular guide is "the program" — a 13-week walk - run plan designed to turn anyone into a runner, without injury. Originally developed by sports medicine physicians and refined through three years of clinics and responses from runners, it explains precisely how the beginner should train every day for the first 13 weeks. Every part of the process is covered, from equipment to st

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Advanced Marathoning

Scott Douglas, Pete Pfitzinger

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Daniels' Running Formula

Jack Daniels · 287 pages

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50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!

Dean Karnazes, Matt Fitzgerald · 304 pages

Discover the secrets for super endurance-from one of the fittest men on the planet!Dean Karnazes has run 350 continuous miles through three sleepless nights, ordered pizza during long runs, and inspired fans the world over with his adventures. So what does a guy like this do when he wants to face the ultimate test of endurance? He runs 50 marathons in 50 states-in 50 consecutive days.With little m

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Serve To Win: The 14-Day Gluten-free Plan for Physical and Mental Excellence

Novak Djokovic · 192 pages

In 2011, the author had what has been called the greatest single season ever by a professional tennis player. He won ten titles, three Grand Slams and 43 consecutive matches. This book recounts how he survived the bombing of Belgrade, rising from a war-torn childhood to the top tier of his sport.

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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins · 289 pages

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Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder

Samuel Wilson Fussell · 252 pages

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Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Douglas Kent Hall · 256 pages

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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

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