Truth is stranger than fiction.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
No Bugles No Drums
Ackley wrote:
A Cold Clear Day by Frank Murphy (A bio of Buddy Edelen — An American who held the World Record in the Marathon in the early 1960s.)
Yes. Also very good. The UK was certainly the place to be in the 1950s and 1960s for marathoning.
Cross Country 101...
I liked it because it's about high school cross country....
Feet in the Clouds by Richard Askwith a great run about fell running. Adharanand Finn written a few good reads too - Running with the Kenyans,Way of the runner and rise of the ultra runners
There's been a lot of discussion about this, but it's one of my favorite topics. The sequel to Once a Runner is pretty decent.
dick beardsley's staying the course is a great read. he's a great inspiration to me
It's not about the running - Johnson & Johnson (not yet published)
In no order, but what have been the most insightful for me as a hs xc coach...
1. Animal Keepers, Donn Benke
2. Running with the Buffaloes, Chris Lear
3. Building Championship Cross Country Programs, Doug Soles
4. Norwegian Method: Applied, Marrius Bakken
Fiction - The Front Runner by Brad Fawley. This just came out last year and is a great story that is written by a runner who understands running. Needs to be made into a movie!!
Non-fiction - Duel in the Sun by John Brant - another one that would be a great movie!
Lots of good ones already mentioned, but some that I don't think have been:
From Last to First (Charlie Spedding), Bowerman and the Men of Oregon (Kenny Moore), On the Run from Dogs and People (Hal Higdon), Hill, Hawgs and Ho Chi Mihn (Don Kardong),
A Cold Clear Day - Buddy Edelen
To anyone who understands the sport (and appreciates it history)
"Once a Runner" c.1977- John Parker Jr.
The Marius Bakken book is quite good. highly recommend it
Iron War by matt fitzgerald is about triathlon but obviously a big 1/3 of that is running and it was quite good
Once a Runner (of course)
Again to Carthage (holds up)
Poverty Creek Journal (good, but not as re-readable)
I just read "The Running Ground" by Nicholas Thompson.
Makes a connection of the different people along his life and how they impacted his running and does a great job of showing how he came to run 2:29 marathon at the age of 45.
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I searched for "A Year in Kenya" and it found no results. Did you just plug "top running books" into ChatGPT? lol
not as well-versed in modern running books, and thought once a runner was average--wondered if other elite/sub-elites felt the same?
old school:
jim ryun's "in quest of gold"
peter snell's "no bugle no drums"
new school:
marty dugard's "to be a runner" was awesome and very relatable; just finished soon-to-be-released "the long run"--great combo of history and running, from modern olympics to the running boom and after...
i also finished mark coogan's book last year--lots of cool info in that one, especially if you're into training plans, etc.
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