Running category: 839 books
Running with the Mind of Meditation
Lessons for Training Body and Mind
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
A unique fitness program from a highly respected spiritual leader that blends physical and spiritual practice for everyone - regardless of age, spiritual background, or ability - to great benefits for both body and soul.
As a Tibetan lama and leader of Shambhala (an international community...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners
101 Inspirational Stories of Energy, Endurance, and Endorphins
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
Runners will love these inspirational stories about their sport -- the camaraderie, the self-discipline, the energy and endorphins they enjoy, the self-discovery. Includes stories on swimming and cycling for triathletes too.
When runners aren't running, they are talking about running, planning...
Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon
How to Be Your Own Best Coach
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Do you want to run faster? Are you trying to peak for a particular race? Would you like to find your true running potential? Brad Hudson, former Olympic Trials marathoner and current coach to Olympians like Dathan Ritzenhein, will show you the way in this practical, reader-friendly guide. Hudson is...
Two Hours
The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
“Essential reading for every runner.” —Men’s Fitness
“Compelling…As becomes clear not long after its starting gun, this book transcends the search for a two-hour marathon.” —The Washington Post
Two hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. It is running’s Everest,...
Get Off Your Ass and Run!
A Tough-Love Running Program for Losing the Excuses and the Weight
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Is there a large ass-shaped dent in your sofa? A gym membership burning a hole in your bank account? Does the sight of your wobbly thighs leave you cowering under a blanket?
Straight-talking, funny, and brutally honest, Get Off Your Ass and Run! will give you—yes, you—the push you need...
Strides
Running Through History With an Unlikely Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Acclaimed novelist Benjamin Cheever--author of The Plagiarist, Famous After Death, and The Good Nanny--brings his buoyant literary style to this impassioned memoir about the sport that changed his life.
From Pheidippides, who ran the first marathon in 490 BC--bringing news to Athens of the...
by Stuart Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
To enter a Long or Ultra distance event or challenge the likes of 100 km is a decision and a half. The confidence that needs to be built up not only of the distance but of the whole experience cannot be underestimated. Get it right and to complete such a distance is very, very self-satisfying. Preparation...
by Phil Hewitt
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Running isn't a hobby, it's a way of life.
Runners run to be the best they can be, to challenge who they are, to inspire others and to champion their cause.
From the woman who ran for three and a half days without sleep, to the 61-year-old man who broke records in an 875-km ultramarathon,...
by Bettie Wailes
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
This story starts with Bettie's first run around the block and follows her running journey from 5Ks to ultras, from love to loss, from grief to healing, from her first marathon to more than 225 more. She's already logged more miles than she thought possible, and she's still going-on track to complete...
by Phil Hewitt
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Marathons make you miserable, but they also give you the most unlikely and the most indescribable pleasures. It’s a world that I love – a world unlocked when you dress up in lycra, put plasters on your nipples and run 26.2 miles in the company of upwards of 30,000 complete strangers. Phil Hewitt,...
RUN
The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Most serious runners don't realize their potential. They simply stop getting faster and don't understand why. The reason is simple: most runners are unable to run by feel. The best elite runners have learned that the key to faster running is to hear what their bodies are telling them.
Drawing...
by Paula Wiseman
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
Running is great exercise, but it can be so much more. It offers a chance to clear your mind, relieve stress and even strengthen your relationship with God.
This collection of devotions touches on every aspect of running from training and races to recovery and rest and connects them to the...
by Nicholas Pang
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2012
2012 is certainly heating up to be another banner year for minimalist running shoes. For the past two years, I've been on a journey to search for the perfect minimal shoe for myself. Fortunately, I've been able to wear-test almost every pair of barefoot-style running shoe on the planet. My bare feet...
Runnerdotes
A Collection of Anecdotes from Inspirational Runners
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
This book documents short stories of inspirational local runners who were involved in the creation of Sundown Marathon or had participated and succeeded in the night race. Featuring the likes of Adrian Mok, Mok Ying Ren, Neo Jie Shi and many others, this collection features stories that uncover some...