Any new running books out there any good? Still have room for one or two more. Someone mentioned The Long Run, The Runner's Field Manual, and Long May You Run. Any recos?
Any new running books out there any good? Still have room for one or two more. Someone mentioned The Long Run, The Runner's Field Manual, and Long May You Run. Any recos?
B. Sell wrote the foreword to Long May You Run. I'd say check that one out.
Got that one as a Christmas present. Go for it! Good reviews on Amazon too.
Natural Running by Brian Abshire- a common-sense approach to sound mid-foot mechanics and footwear that facilitates it, without advocating abandoning footwear altogether.
Again to Carthage, John L.Parker's follow-up, some thirty years of adulthood later, to the iconic Once a Runner, which was a literate approach to what is essentially an adolescent genre.
Again to Carthage reveals a more mature and sophisticated Quinton Cassidy, and not a whit less, a more mature and sophisticated Parker.
While on the topic of Parker, a yearly reread of his Heart Monitor Training for the Compleat Idiot would do no one any harm,whether you train with a monitor or not.
You will find yourself finding renewed enthusiasm for your running, as well as running more, staying fresher, and racing better.
If you've been avoiding reading it because of something in the title,get over it. You'll be happy you did, and will begin to feel about your running the way you did when first you fell in love with it.
"My 75 years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL" by Dan Rooney.
Talks about how his dad played for the Red Sox while Babe Ruth was on the Yankees. His dad was a boxer who beat a guy and was chosen to rep the USA in the Olympics in the 30's, and rejected it because there was no money in it. The guy he beat went and won the gold! Then Art Sr. boxed him and beat him again!
The book has many great things about football and many other topics.
Unbroken- True story about a 1936 5000m runner who was shot down, survived in a raft, and as a Japanese POW in WWII.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett- Medieval novel about the building of a cathedral and the British Civil War of the 12th Century
Walden by Thoreau.
LMYR is one of my recent recommendations. Haven't read Unbroken yet but looks worthwhile.
Always good to dust off an old the classic: The Complete Book of Running by Jim Fixx (though not sure if still in print). Should be in everyone's library.
Miracle Mile, a short story by Alexander MacLeod.
In the collection Light Lifting.
Great story of high level milers, under 50 pages.
Donald Macgregor's "Running My Life" and Charlie Spedding's "From Last To First".
Macgregor's book was available in the US last Fall and Charlie's book recently had its second printing.
Both are interesting and include both running and non running aspects of each author.
Just finished Hal Higdon's "Through the Woods". Great book about cross country. Really quick read.
'I hope they Serve Beer in Hell'
'Me of Little Faith'
'Dying for Triplicate'
'Velvet Elvis'
'Ethics' by Plato
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, not a running novel but a great lesson on committment and perseverence. Not just for chicks either despite what you'd expect from the author.
Plato didn't write a book called 'Ethics.' Maybe you're thinking of Aristotle? Plato's Republic is about justice and the good.
you're right. I downloaded Ethics and Apology at the same time to my kindle, mixed 'em both up.
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Plato didn't write a book called 'Ethics.' Maybe you're thinking of Aristotle? Plato's Republic is about justice and the good.
I just finished Rome 1960 by David Maraniss. It was really good and an easy read. Obviously it's about the Rome Olympics. He gives a lot of attention to the track events. It's fascinating to read how things used to be in the sport. Everything from training methods, travel, and the horrendous AAU and amateur rules that one had to live by.
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1) Once a Runner -- to learn why it's a cult favorite
2) Galloway's Book on Running -- to learn how to run without overtraining
3) Long May You Run -- to learn the 100 things all runners should do before they die
4) PRE (or any other good profile) -- to learn about a great runner from the past.
My work here is done.
Unbroken by Laura Hillebrand.