Running with the Buffaloes - Lear
Not a book but a kickass magazine article about James Hogue: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/09/03/the-runner
Once a Runner is still the best. Period. (Yes, I now live in Quenton Cassidy's college town.)
Running With the Buffalos will make you wish you could have run for Mark Wetmore at the University of Colorado.
Best Efforts by Kenny Moore is a great selection of his Sports Illustrated articles. I especially loved Concentrate on the Chrysanthemums about the 1971 Fukuoka marathon in which he and Shorter ran.
Let me add a couple that have gone unmentioned:
Why Die by Graeme Sims about the legendary Australian Percy Cerutty, the coach of Herb Elliot. It will make you wish you could have run the sand hills at Portsea with Cerutty and Elliot and listened to the old Stotan espouse his philosophy.
Supernova by Russ Ebbetts who ran for Villanova under another legend, Jumbo Elliot. As I said on Amazon, his tales based on his experience there are fascinating, funny and moving. And inspirational.
Koharpi wrote:
At their bests it is hard for me to pick between O,J Simpson and Adrian Peterson.
Hilarious! Thanks for the chuckle.
Ron Hill - The Long Hard Road 1 and 2. The best running books ever published. Gives a good insight into how the sport is no longer relative to the average runner. Working full time, bringing up kids and getting washed in the sink... Whilst running 2.09. No TUE's no altitude, no air cushioned soles. Buy them.
Nearly to the top wrote:
Ron Hill - The Long Hard Road 1 and 2. The best running books ever published. Gives a good insight into how the sport is no longer relative to the average runner. Working full time, bringing up kids and getting washed in the sink... Whilst running 2.09. No TUE's no altitude, no air cushioned soles. Buy them.
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Bruce Tuckman's Long Road To Boston
Life At These Speeds by Jeremy Jackson
The Runner's Literary Companion by Garth Battista.
Thirty Phone Booths to Boston by Don Kardong
Finding Their Stride by Sally Pont
Running & Being by George Sheehan
Utah Girl Chronicles wrote:
Not a book but a kickass magazine article about James Hogue:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/09/03/the-runner
Awesome read
Feet in the Clouds - INCREDIBLE book about Fell running in the UK
From Last to First - Charlie Spedding's story (English marathon record holder, last GB athlete to medal in Oly marathon)
I'll second this. As someone who didn't run in high school (too busy with soccer) but competed in college The Animal Keepers was a great look at what I missed. Highly recommended!
Another book not mentioned yet but worth a read, if only for the detailed look into the Arkansas men's track/CC program, is the John McDonnell biography. It's long and drags at times but it's worth a read just to see the genius of McDonnell.
I also love The Perfect Mile and just got Feet in the Clouds and look forward to reading that soon. It's not running-related but The Boys in the Boat is a fantastic look into crew and I feel like there's a fair bit of overlap between rowing and running.
Utah Girl Chronicles wrote:
Not a book but a kickass magazine article about James Hogue:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/09/03/the-runner
Halfway through the article. This is captivating. Thanks for sharing :-)
Great Thread wrote:
This is a wonderful thread idea. Can anybody point me to any 1) sprint training and 2) running physiology-based training books (e.g. Like the book called Lactate Threshold Training)? Thanks a lot!
Speed Trap by Charlie Francis is pretty awesome. He talks a bit about the doping with Ben Johnson but he really goes into detail about his own training philosophies.
The Bolt Supremacy by Richard Moore. He writes about Bolt, Fraser Price, Powell, and the rise of the Jamaican system. It all stems from Bud Winters - So You Want to Be a Sprinter
Again not a book but a good read nonetheless. I have some respect for Jonathan Gill -- we all are human and we all screw up sometimes.
I've read the following over the last few months--born in mid-90s so I have the benefit of having a pretty blank slate.
JOCK: A memoir of the Counterculture
Bowerman and the Men of Oregon
Duel in the Sun
Today We Die a Little
Shoe Dog
My Marathon: Reflections on a Gold Medal Life
Running With the Buffaloes
Olympic Collision
River Road
Running With the Buffaloes was by far my favorite, followed by Bowerman and the Men of Oregon, JOCK, and Olympic Collision. River Road is a bit corny, more of a YA novel. Might make a good gift for a middle school runner though. Frank Shorter's My Marathon was good but could expand a bit more on the running in the 70s, but reading about his adverse childhood experiences made it valuable in other ways.
Anywhere I can find the Kenny Moore compilation? Love his writing.
That's not a bad read but this is the story I intended to post.
old coach man wrote:
Great Thread wrote:This is a wonderful thread idea. Can anybody point me to any 1) sprint training and 2) running physiology-based training books (e.g. Like the book called Lactate Threshold Training)? Thanks a lot!
Speed Trap by Charlie Francis is pretty awesome. He talks a bit about the doping with Ben Johnson but he really goes into detail about his own training philosophies.
The Bolt Supremacy by Richard Moore. He writes about Bolt, Fraser Price, Powell, and the rise of the Jamaican system. It all stems from Bud Winters - So You Want to Be a Sprinter
Fantastic! Thank you!
Looks like James Hogue is still up to his old antics:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/con-man-arrested-at-pitkin-county-library/
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Anywhere I can find the Kenny Moore compilation? Love his writing.
Look on Amazon. Some used copies but not cheap. Lowest price is $32. But worth it if you really want to learn about the great runners of Moore's racing days.
In no particular order:
"Jock" by Robert Coe (counterculture and running, Stanford late 60s)
"The Olympian" by Brian Glanville (a fine novel)
Someone else mentioned "The Ghost Runner," by Bill Jones (about John Tarrant) which is an indictment of "amateur" sports in the UK. Horrifying.
"Running: A Novel," Jean Echenoz (novel based on Zatopek)
"Endurance," Rick Broadbent (biography of Zatopek)
"Run the World," Becky Wade (memoir)
"The Four-Minute Mile," Roger Bannister (I have an autographed copy I'd sell)
"The Perfect Mile," by Neal Bascomb (quest for the 4 minute mile)