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Running Home

A Memoir

by Katie Arnold ...

In the tradition of Wild and H Is for Hawk, an Outside magazine writer tells her story—of fathers and daughters, grief and renewal, adventure and obsession, and the power of running to change your life.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLEI’m running to forget, and to remember.For more than a decade, Katie Arnold chased adventure around the world, reporting on extreme ath... ... Read more

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In the tradition of Wild and H Is for Hawk, an Outside magazine writer tells her story—of fathers and daughters, grief and renewal, adventure and obsession, and the power of running to change your life.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLEI’m running to forget, and to remember.For more than a decade, Katie Arnold chased adventure around the world, reporting on extreme ath...
... Read more
Brain Training For Runners

A Revolutionary New Training System to Improve Endurance, Speed, Health, and Results

by Matt Fitzgerald ...

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:- ... Read more

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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:-
... Read more
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

by Haruki Murakami ...

Series series Vintage International
An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is an illuminating glimpse into the solitary passions of one of our greatest artists.While training for the New York City Marathon, Haruki Murakami decided to keep a journal of his progress. The result is a memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full ... Read more

$12.99 USD

An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is an illuminating glimpse into the solitary passions of one of our greatest artists.While training for the New York City Marathon, Haruki Murakami decided to keep a journal of his progress. The result is a memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full
... Read more
Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition

Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

by Rich Roll ...

An incredible but true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations everOn the night before he was to turn forty, Rich Roll experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly fifty pounds overweight and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he could see where his current sedentary life was taking him—and he woke up.Plunging into a new routine that ... Read more

$9.99 USD

An incredible but true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations everOn the night before he was to turn forty, Rich Roll experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly fifty pounds overweight and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he could see where his current sedentary life was taking him—and he woke up.Plunging into a new routine that
... Read more
The Saturday Morning Park Run

by Jules Wake ...

Series Book 1 - Yorkshire Escape
Full of romance and humour, this is a book about fresh starts, friendship and the unexpected places we find happiness.‘I love getting lost in a Jules Wake book!’ Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of the Comfort Food Cafe seriesThis is the story of two women.One old, one young.One looking for new adventures. One looking for a purpose.Both needing a friend.And this is how, along with two little ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Full of romance and humour, this is a book about fresh starts, friendship and the unexpected places we find happiness.‘I love getting lost in a Jules Wake book!’ Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of the Comfort Food Cafe seriesThis is the story of two women.One old, one young.One looking for new adventures. One looking for a purpose.Both needing a friend.And this is how, along with two little
... Read more
Chi Marathon

The Breakthrough Natural Running Program for a Pain-Free Half Marathon and Marathon

by Danny Dreyer, Katherine Dreyer ...

From the authors of the bestselling Chi Running, a game-changing training guide for injury-free long distance running.In Chi Marathon, Danny Dreyer, creator of the revolutionary ChiRunning program, highly respected running coach, and accomplished distance runner, takes a whole-body approach to long-distance running—much like T’ai Chi—making ease and efficiency of movement the prime goal of one’s ... Read more

$14.99 USD

From the authors of the bestselling Chi Running, a game-changing training guide for injury-free long distance running.In Chi Marathon, Danny Dreyer, creator of the revolutionary ChiRunning program, highly respected running coach, and accomplished distance runner, takes a whole-body approach to long-distance running—much like T’ai Chi—making ease and efficiency of movement the prime goal of one’s
... Read more
The Endurance Artist

Lazarus Lake, the Barkley & a Race with No End

by Jared Beasley ...

A rare look into an enigmatic accountant from Tennessee’s backwoods who morphs into Lazarus Lake, the world’s most notorious race maker.The Endurance Artist is an all-access pass to the world’s most extreme races and the mastermind behind them, where we witness firsthand the gears, the machinations, the egos, the surprising humanity.The most grueling and ingenious races in the world are the ... Read more

$11.95 USD

A rare look into an enigmatic accountant from Tennessee’s backwoods who morphs into Lazarus Lake, the world’s most notorious race maker.The Endurance Artist is an all-access pass to the world’s most extreme races and the mastermind behind them, where we witness firsthand the gears, the machinations, the egos, the surprising humanity.The most grueling and ingenious races in the world are the
... Read more
Still Running

The Art of Meditation in Motion

by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard ...

Learn how to bring the power of stillness into your running practice with meditations, guidance, and inspiration from a long-time runner and Zen practitioner.Running is more than just exercise. Running is a practice, a moving meditation, that brings the power of stillness to all the activities in our lives. Vanessa Zuisei Goddard combines her experience leading running retreats with her two-decade ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Learn how to bring the power of stillness into your running practice with meditations, guidance, and inspiration from a long-time runner and Zen practitioner.Running is more than just exercise. Running is a practice, a moving meditation, that brings the power of stillness to all the activities in our lives. Vanessa Zuisei Goddard combines her experience leading running retreats with her two-decade
... Read more
This Is Not About Running

A Memoir

by Mary Cain ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBy one of the fastest runners of her generation, an affecting, brutally honest memoir of elite sports gone wrong—and a clear-eyed call for how parents, coaches, and young athletes themselves can build a healthier youth sports culture.Few women have ever run 800 meters in under two minutes. Even fewer people have taken on running’s abusive training culture and won. Mary ... Read more

$14.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBy one of the fastest runners of her generation, an affecting, brutally honest memoir of elite sports gone wrong—and a clear-eyed call for how parents, coaches, and young athletes themselves can build a healthier youth sports culture.Few women have ever run 800 meters in under two minutes. Even fewer people have taken on running’s abusive training culture and won. Mary
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Fuel the Fire

A Nutrition and Body Confidence Guidebook for the Female Athlete

by Pamela Nisevich Bede ...

A revolutionary approach to helping women athletes achieve success in sports and in life.In this game-changing guide, sports dietitian Pam Nisevich Bede explains how women are unique with regards to training, nutrition, and performance, on the road, court, field, or track. Instead of outdated concepts and male-centric research that never spoke to your specific needs, here you will find a framework ... Read more

$11.99 USD

A revolutionary approach to helping women athletes achieve success in sports and in life.In this game-changing guide, sports dietitian Pam Nisevich Bede explains how women are unique with regards to training, nutrition, and performance, on the road, court, field, or track. Instead of outdated concepts and male-centric research that never spoke to your specific needs, here you will find a framework
... Read more
The Examined Run

Why Good People Make Better Runners

by Sabrina B. Little ...

Can running make me a more moral person? Can striving to be a better person make me a better runner? In The Examined Run, philosopher and ultramarathon runner Sabrina B. Little asks whether running can be a laboratory for developing our character. She looks at the key ideas in virtue ethics--virtue, vice, exemplarism, moral emotions, and competition--and brings them into conversation with her ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Can running make me a more moral person? Can striving to be a better person make me a better runner? In The Examined Run, philosopher and ultramarathon runner Sabrina B. Little asks whether running can be a laboratory for developing our character. She looks at the key ideas in virtue ethics--virtue, vice, exemplarism, moral emotions, and competition--and brings them into conversation with her
... Read more
The Long Run

Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit, Grete Waitz, and the Decade That Made the Marathon Cool

by Martin Dugard ...

The dramatic story behind the running and marathon boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, featuring the stories of Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit, Grete Waitz, and many others, about how a generation of runners turned the marathon into a national obsessionOn September 3, 1970, the New York City Marathon was run for the first time. One hundredtwenty-seven runners paid a one-dollar entry ... Read more

$16.99 USD

The dramatic story behind the running and marathon boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, featuring the stories of Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit, Grete Waitz, and many others, about how a generation of runners turned the marathon into a national obsessionOn September 3, 1970, the New York City Marathon was run for the first time. One hundredtwenty-seven runners paid a one-dollar entry
... Read more
Practical Fueling for Endurance Athletes

Your Nutrition Guide for Optimal Performance

by Kylee Van Horn ...

Endurance requires more than physical training. You need to fuel your body to optimize your training and be at your best on event day. Practical Fueling for Endurance Athletes delivers the practical, science-based information and strategies you need for long-term health and superior performance in your sport.Kylee Van Horn—registered dietitian, endurance athlete, and coach—will help you navigate ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Endurance requires more than physical training. You need to fuel your body to optimize your training and be at your best on event day. Practical Fueling for Endurance Athletes delivers the practical, science-based information and strategies you need for long-term health and superior performance in your sport.Kylee Van Horn—registered dietitian, endurance athlete, and coach—will help you navigate
... Read more
Nancy Clark's Food Guide for Marathoners

by Nancy Clark ...

In this book Nancy Clark shows you how to complete an entre marathon with energy to spare by offering you the best advice on topics such as balancing carbohydrates, protein, and fat in your diet; choosing the best snacks; losing weight while staying energetic; and carbohydrating loading. . ... Read more

$13.99 USD

In this book Nancy Clark shows you how to complete an entre marathon with energy to spare by offering you the best advice on topics such as balancing carbohydrates, protein, and fat in your diet; choosing the best snacks; losing weight while staying energetic; and carbohydrating loading. .
... Read more
Two Hours

The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon

by Ed Caesar ...

“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 PostTwo hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. It is running’s Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. But now we can glimpse the mountaintop. The sub-two hour marathon will require an ... Read more

$13.99 USD

“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 PostTwo hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. It is running’s Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. But now we can glimpse the mountaintop. The sub-two hour marathon will require an
... Read more
4:09:43

Boston 2013 Through the Eyes of the Runners

by Hal Higdon ...

In the first book on this iconic event, 4:09:43, Hal Higdon, a contributing editor at Runner’s World, tells the tale of the Boston Marathon bombings. The book’s title refers to the numbers on the finish-line clock when the first bomb exploded.In 4:09:43, Higdon views Boston 2013 through the eyes of those running the race. You will meet George, a runner from Athens, birthplace of the modern ... Read more

$9.99 USD

In the first book on this iconic event, 4:09:43, Hal Higdon, a contributing editor at Runner’s World, tells the tale of the Boston Marathon bombings. The book’s title refers to the numbers on the finish-line clock when the first bomb exploded.In 4:09:43, Higdon views Boston 2013 through the eyes of those running the race. You will meet George, a runner from Athens, birthplace of the modern
... Read more
I Can Do Hard Things

How Small Steps Equal Big Impact

by Julie van Amerongen ...

When Julie van Amerongen set out to run every day for 30 days, she was looking for consistency and discipline in her life. With each day under her belt, she found her confidence, shoe size, and love of actual running itself growing too.After completing her first 365 days of running every.single.day, she sets her sights on harder things—from the predict mile (where even the slowest runner can win ... Read more

$7.99 USD

When Julie van Amerongen set out to run every day for 30 days, she was looking for consistency and discipline in her life. With each day under her belt, she found her confidence, shoe size, and love of actual running itself growing too.After completing her first 365 days of running every.single.day, she sets her sights on harder things—from the predict mile (where even the slowest runner can win
... Read more
My Marathon

Reflections on a Gold Medal Life

by Frank Shorter, John Brant ...

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 courses, but it was in the marathon that Shorter achieved his greatest fame and recognition.At ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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 courses, but it was in the marathon that Shorter achieved his greatest fame and recognition.At
... Read more
The Long Run

A New York City Firefighter's Triumphant Comeback from Crash Victim to Elite Athlete

by Matt Long, Charlie Butler ...

A New York City firefighter's emotional and inspiring memoir of learning to run again after a debilitating accidentOn the morning of December 22, 2005, Matt Long was cycling to work in the early morning when he was struck by and sucked under a 20-ton bus making an illegal turn. The injuries he sustained pushed him within inches of his life. Miraculously, more than 40 operations and months later, ... Read more

$4.99 USD

A New York City firefighter's emotional and inspiring memoir of learning to run again after a debilitating accidentOn the morning of December 22, 2005, Matt Long was cycling to work in the early morning when he was struck by and sucked under a 20-ton bus making an illegal turn. The injuries he sustained pushed him within inches of his life. Miraculously, more than 40 operations and months later,
... Read more
The Long Run

A Memoir of Loss and Life in Motion

by Catriona Menzies-Pike ...

An unlikely marathoner finds her way through grief and into the untold history of women and running.Thirty-year-old Catriona Menzies-Pike defined herself in many ways: voracious reader, pub crawler, feminist, backpacker, and, since her parents' deaths a decade earlier, orphan. "Runner" was nowhere near the list. Yet when she began training for a half marathon on a whim, she found herself an ... Read more

$14.99 USD

An unlikely marathoner finds her way through grief and into the untold history of women and running.Thirty-year-old Catriona Menzies-Pike defined herself in many ways: voracious reader, pub crawler, feminist, backpacker, and, since her parents' deaths a decade earlier, orphan. "Runner" was nowhere near the list. Yet when she began training for a half marathon on a whim, she found herself an
... Read more
Running with Lydiard

by Arthur Lydiard ...

Since the success of his New Zealand athletes Snell, Halberg and Magee at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Arthur Lydiard's name has been synonymous with the best training methods used by the world's top middle and long-distance runners. Instructing runners in Finland, Mexico, Venezuela, Denmark, Japan, the USA and New Zealand, Lydiard has continued to refine his methods, and this manual contains ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Since the success of his New Zealand athletes Snell, Halberg and Magee at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Arthur Lydiard's name has been synonymous with the best training methods used by the world's top middle and long-distance runners. Instructing runners in Finland, Mexico, Venezuela, Denmark, Japan, the USA and New Zealand, Lydiard has continued to refine his methods, and this manual contains
... Read more
Runner's World Complete Book of Running

Everything You Need to Run for Weight Loss, Fitness, and Competition

by Amby Burfoot, Editors of Runner's World Maga ...

Series series Runner's World
The sport of running is ever changing, be it the shoes we wear or the goals we set, the training methods we use or the role models we emulate. But there is one constant: For 40 years, Runner's World magazine has been recognized worldwide as the leading authority on running. Now the collective wisdom of the most savvy running writers, coaches, and editors can be found in the Runner's World Complete ... Read more

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The sport of running is ever changing, be it the shoes we wear or the goals we set, the training methods we use or the role models we emulate. But there is one constant: For 40 years, Runner's World magazine has been recognized worldwide as the leading authority on running. Now the collective wisdom of the most savvy running writers, coaches, and editors can be found in the Runner's World Complete
... Read more
Mile Markers

The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run

by Kristin Armstrong ...

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 have for their sport and illustrating how running ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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 have for their sport and illustrating how running
... Read more
I Hate Running

How I Learned to Love the 5K

by James Rice ...

If you've ever said: "Running isn't for me." This book was written for you. For most of his life, James believed he simply wasn't "a runner." Then life forced him to ask a difficult question: If you want to change your life, are you willing to do the thing you hate most?After losing more than 150 pounds, becoming the National Body Transformation Champion, and transforming his health, James ... Read more

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If you've ever said: "Running isn't for me." This book was written for you. For most of his life, James believed he simply wasn't "a runner." Then life forced him to ask a difficult question: If you want to change your life, are you willing to do the thing you hate most?After losing more than 150 pounds, becoming the National Body Transformation Champion, and transforming his health, James
... Read more

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