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xxi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"The definitive go-to guide for anyone looking to lace 'em up and start running. Every day, people are reaching their get-up-or-give-up moments and resolving to change. And they're realizing that running is the simplest, cheapest, and most effective way to lose weight, gain confidence, and relieve stress. For newcomers, the obstacles are fierce. There are fears of pain and embarrassment. There are schedules jam-packed with stressful jobs, long commutes,...
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305 pages ; 24 cm
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"Jennifer Pharr Davis, a record holder of the FKT (fastest known time) on the Appalachian Trail, reveals the secrets and habits behind endurance as she chronicles her incredible accomplishments in the world of long-distance hiking, backpacking, and trail running. With a storyteller's ear for fascinating detail and description, Davis takes readers along as she trains and sets her record, analyzing and trail-testing the theories and methodologies espoused...
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xviii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"When Vybarr Cregan-Reid set out to discover why running means so much to so many, he began a journey which would take him out to tread London's cobbled streets, the boulevards of Paris, and down the crumbling alleyways of Ruskin's Venice. Footnotes transports you to the deserted shorelines of Seattle, the giant redwood forests of California, and to the world's most advanced running laboratories and research centers to discover more about the history...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
#1 The 80/20 Rule is simple: plan and monitor your training according to it, and you will run better than you ever have. However, it can be difficult to run easy, which is why you must embrace the mostly-slow approach.
#2 The average person naturally transitions from walking to running at a pace of roughly thirteen minutes per mile. If you start off at a slow walk and gradually increase...
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All sports have pivotal moments, single events that change perceptions forever after. For the sport of running, such a moment occurred on a blustery May afternoon in 1954, when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. This is the story of that epic run.
Today, fifty years later, lovers of the sport-runners and non-runners alike-will be moved by this modest but impassioned story of one of sport's true heroes.
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Get the Summary of Christopher McDougall's Born to Run 2 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Born to Run 2" by Christopher McDougall is a continuation of the author's exploration into the transformative power of running. The book follows McDougall's journey from an average, injury-prone jogger to an empowered runner, inspired by the Rarámuri people and their game of rarájipari. It introduces the "Run free!" philosophy,...
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Charlie Spedding describes himself as 'not particularly talented' – at least, compared to the group of people he had chosen to find himself among. These were the athletes in the Olympic marathon. So how did he end up with a bronze medal? How did he win the London Marathon? And why does he still hold the English record for the distance? In this remarkable autobiography he explains how – how someone who was almost bottom of the class when he first...
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What's the best way to get fitter?Running of course!Maybe you have recently decided you want to get in shape, and you need some motivation to get started?Perhaps you have been in good shape in the past, and you are keen to get back to that same level of fitness, or even fitter than before?Or maybe you have always struggled to be in the shape you want to be in, and you are desperate for a book that will genuinely help you reach your goals, and not...
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How Not To Run: A Journey to the Roof of the World is the story of a weekend runner who only ever wanted to keep fit to ride her horses with a little more finesse. Shauney always said she would never race. 'I just don't see the point. I don't think it would be for me,' she used to say. However, four and a half years later she found herself standing in the midst of the towering Himalayas, on the start line of the Everest Marathon, one of the toughest...
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Este libro es un apasionante viaje hacia el ultrafondo, uno de los deportes más extremos y exigentes que hay en el mundo. ¿Cómo se entrenan los profesionales como Kilian Jornet? ¿Cómo se alimentan durante la carrera? ¿Cómo pueden soportar tantas horas corriendo y noches enteras sin dormir? ¿Cómo son las grandes carreras del planeta? ¿Y las más duras? El libro quiere responder a estas preguntas desde la perspectiva del corredor amateur y...
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Continued Success – A Useful Guide for Beginning Runners Every year we see more people who are encouraged to hit the asphalt and the paths with the best of intentions. This is like the effect that occurs in gyms in January; people excited by their New Year resolutions to get in shape. Rookie runners have similar aspirations. However, these runners are usually overwhelmed or discouraged by not seeing progress in their new activity. What is this all...
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When two 60+ running partners, Norm Carbone and Felix Morales, sign up for a midnight 6.66k race on Friday the 13th, they get a hell of a lot more than they bargained for. They unwittingly sign an entry form with the Devil's agent, encounter an unusual cast of celebrity runners, and are left unconscious near the finish line. Their post-race suspicions that they were duped into a terrible prank are confirmed when they review the race entry form fine...
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Over 20 million Americans run recreationally, but doing it right is more than a matter of buying an expensive pair of shoes and heading for the track. Building on the popularity of The Beginning Runner's Handbook, this practical, easy-to-use guide provides a step-by-step program for running a half or full marathon for the first time. It shows readers how to get motivated and set realistic goals, choose the proper shoes, eat right, build strength and...
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Violette is a timid girl who unexpectedly faces the biggest challenge of her life when she ends up in the Fiddlemeister's cottage. The Fiddlemeister also captured the Princess' bunny, Rainbow Sparkles. In order to keep the bunny safe, Violette has to do everything the Fiddlemeister asks, which is always centered around his one favorite thing. Violette does not have to learn how to face this challenge alone, as the Council of Godmothers sends a fairy,...
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I was sitting in my hotel room after a nine-hour overnight flight clearing my emails before a busy week in Tokyo. An email from a friend popped up "Would you like to run a marathon in October?" he wrote. I replied "Of course". Questions then raced through my head like, "What is a marathon? and "How do I train for one?". This simple invitation led my wife and I into the wonderful world of running, of bloody shins, broken bones, blistered feet, puddles...
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Nearly 10 years after its first publication, Aurum are re-issuing this classic running book which has defined a genre. It includes an introduction from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane and an epilogue from Richard Askwith.
The concept of fell-running is simple: it's a sport that involves running over mountains—sometimes one, sometimes many. It's also immensely demanding. While running uphill is a stamina-sapping slog, running pell-mell down...
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Competición extrema, fiesta urbana, fenómeno global.
La Maratón de Nueva York es mucho más que una carrera infinita. Es un evento che reúne a millones de personas porque, a los más de 50.000 corredores que afrontan este reto, se suman decenas de miles de voluntarios y cientos de miles de espectadores por las calles de la metrópolis por excelencia, y millones de espectadores en todo el mundo.
La carrera infinita quiere contar y explicar, a...
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