Running Jogging category: 839 books
ChiWalking
Fitness Walking for Lifelong Health and Energy
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
From the authors of the bestselling ChiRunning comes a revolutionary program that blends the health benefits of walking with the core principles of T’ai Chi to deliver maximum physical, mental, and spiritual fitness.
The low-impact health benefits of walking have made it one of the most popular...
by Dave Kuehls
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
The author of 4 Months to a 4-Hour Marathon gives beginners the advice and instruction they need to take their first strides toward becoming great runners.
Expert Dave Kuehls offers the inspiration to get even the most devoted couch potatoes on their feet and completing a 5K in three months....
North
Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run, a thrilling new memoir about his grueling, exhilarating, and immensely inspiring 46-day 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...
by Marc Bloom
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
This book is great for those who want to start running and have no idea about their level of fitness, discipline, and basic training skills. It gives fundamental explanation with a great sense of humor.
How to Lose a Marathon
A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
In How to Lose a Marathon, Joel Cohen takes readers on a step-by-step journey from being a couch potato to being a couch potato who can finish a marathon. Through a hilarious combination of running tips, narrative, illustrations, and infographics, Cohen breaks down the misery that is forcing yourself...
The Boston Marathon
A Celebration of the World's Premier Race
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Offering an inside look at the most famous marathon in the world, this exploration traces the Boston Marathon's 26.2-mile route from the starting line on narrow Main Street in Hopkinton to the Boylston Street finish line in downtown Boston, bringing to life the history, personalities, pivotal moments,...
Boston Marathon
History by the Mile
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
“Clerici brings the race to life through . . . stories about every statue, landmark and portion of the course from its start in 1897 to its current incarnation” (MetroWest Daily News).
From Hopkinton to Boylston Street, the beloved 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon mark historic moments...
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...