books about: runner

books about: runner

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Runner

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Dean Karnazes

Tarcher, 2006

Amazing Inspiration
This is one of my most favorite books! Everytime I read it I feel like I have to go running..ASAP!!As a trainer I make all of my clients read this weather they are a runner or not! His story is amazing and extremely motivating.

The Complete Runner's Day-By-Day Log: 2009 Desk Calendar

Marty Jerome

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008

How did they mangle this product?
I must say I have an interest in this journal. I have owned one every year it has been published since Jim Fixx started it and I am also the only person to ever have a letter published in it some years ago about Jim's passing. I had met him in 1984 a couple of months ...

Runner's World Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary FIRST Training ...

Bill Pierce, Scott Murr, ...

Rodale Books, 2007

FIRST worked for me and the book is great information
I'll start by saying most of the information in this book is available online for free. You can read about the theory and the success stories at various running websites and figure out the custom paces you will need to execute the plan on your own. I did exactly this ...

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

Matt Fitzgerald

NAL Trade, 2007

Excellent - Best Running Book I've Read
I read a lot of running books but for me, this is the best. It's an easy read with a lot of useful training tips. His exercises have really helped me. I've been suffering for 2 years with groin/hip pain and have spent a small fortune on doctors to no avail. The ...

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Riverhead Trade, 2004

Tear Jerker!
I can't count the amount of times I was holding the tears back to keep from balling. Such a powerful story about sin, guilt, betrayel, and forgiveness. It's unbeleivable how the emotions toil page after page from anger to hatred to sadness and even love. This is ...

Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running: The Best Advice to Get Started, Stay Motivated, Lose Weight, ...

Dagny Scott Barrios

Rodale Books, 2007

Attention women runners (and nonrunners)!
This book is great for getting you off the couch and out into the running world! The author includes her own personal stories of her running adventures and makes you feel like you can do anything. And best of all, it's written by a woman for women: young and old, fat ...

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Riverhead, 2007

One of the Few Bestsellers that Deseves the Hype
First off, I must say that this is an important book. There are some reviewers who claim that Khaled Hosseini must have written this with the western reader in mind. This may be true, but in my opinion it is a good thing. He has brought the plight of Afghanistan into ...

Once a Runner: A Novel

John L Parker

Scribner, 2009

Fantasic capture of an elite runner's "trials and tribulations"
I just finished this book; could hardly put it down. It really captures the experience of hard training and hard racing and the effect it can have on your life. I can see why other reviewers say it inspires them to train harder - it would have done the same for me if I ...

My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon

Bart Yasso, Kathleen Parrish

Rodale Books, 2008

Great running stories by a well-traveled runner
I was wondering when Bart would get around to writing a book about his running experiences. My Life On The Run made it worth the wait. If you want to find out what it's like to run in some of the strangest and most exotic races around the globe (and how to train for ...

The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer

David A. Whitsett, Forrest A. Dolgener, ...

McGraw-Hill, 1998

Just buy it. You'll finish your marathon.
Prior to training, I had run ONE 5k race (mostly walked), and never actually ran for excercise for more than 3 miles. I began this training wanting to see how far I'd get and the next thing I know I was 15-20 pounds lighter and crossing the tape at that Dallas ...

The Runner's Handbook : The Bestselling Classic Fitness Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Runners (2nd rev ...

Bob Glover, Jack Shepherd, ...

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996

Runner's Handbook has a great plan.
I cannot imagine being a successful beginning runner without a plan like those presented in this book. I have tried running before, but with this book, I have been much more successful. It was a great find!

The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life

Amby Burfoot

Skyhorse Publishing, 2007

Burfoot Delivers Again
Burfoot's "The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life" is so simple yet so thorough. It's such a quick read, but the depth and variety of each short, powerful chapter is incredible. I literally could not put it down. I particularly connected with the chapter on ...

Again to Carthage

John L. Parker Jr.

Breakaway Books, 2008

Frustrated throughout - until Cedar Mountain
I had to put this book down a few times because I did not believe that a sequel to OAR had little to do with running. However, as I was reading about his law practice, his vacation in Bermuda, his lack of relationships and on and on...I realized that this is the ...

The Runners' Repair Manual: A Complete Program for Diagnosing and Treating Your Foot, Leg and Back Problems

Murray F. Weisenfeld, Barbara Burr

St. Martin's Griffin, 1981

Got me through my first half marathon
This book was recommended to me by a co-worker and it got me through my first half marathon. I still use it as a reference. I've since gifted it to several friends who also run.

Cold Rock River

J. L. Miles

Cumberland House Publishing, 2006

Gripping, a page turner!
I recommend this book. It was so interesting-it had so many plot twists that I couldn't put it down. Adie reads the journal of a slave girl, Tempe. The journal was so gripping because it chronicled the horrible things that happenend to Tempe. After "the freedom" ...