Track and field sports, athletics Books
Three Rivers Press Born to Run
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£26.25
Zondervan Cant Nothing Bring Me Down
Book SynopsisIn Can’t Nothing Bring Me Down, you’ll meet Ida Keeling, a 104-year-old, world-record-holding runner, who discovered running after the murders of her two sons had sent her into depression. Now she shares her story to inspire you to keep going, keep running, and keep holding tight to God.
£16.14
Random House USA Inc Running Home
Book SynopsisIn the tradition of Wild and H Is for Hawk, an Outside magazine writer tells her story—of fathers and daughters, grief and renewal, adventure and obsession, and the power of running to change your life.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLEI’m running to forget, and to remember. For more than a decade, Katie Arnold chased adventure around the world, reporting on extreme athletes who performed outlandish feats—walking high lines a thousand feet off the ground without a harness, or running one hundred miles through the night. She wrote her stories by living them, until eventually life on the thin edge of risk began to seem normal. After she married, Katie and her husband vowed to raise their daughters to be adventurous, too, in the mountains and canyons of New Mexico. But when her father died of cancer, she was forced to confront her own mortality. His death was cataclysmic, unleashing a perfect storm of grief and anxiety. She and her father, an enigmatic photographer for National Geographic, had always been kindred spirits. He introduced her to the outdoors and took her camping and on bicycle trips and down rivers, and taught her to find solace and courage in the natural world. And it was he who encouraged her to run her first race when she was seven years old. Now nearly paralyzed by fear and terrified she was dying, too, she turned to the thing that had always made her feel most alive: running. Over the course of three tumultuous years, she ran alone through the wilderness, logging longer and longer distances, first a 50-kilometer ultramarathon, then 50 miles, then 100 kilometers. She ran to heal her grief, to outpace her worry that she wouldn’t live to raise her own daughters. She ran to find strength in her weakness. She ran to remember and to forget. She ran to live. Ultrarunning tests the limits of human endurance over seemingly inhuman distances, and as she clocked miles across mesas and mountains, Katie learned to tolerate pain and discomfort, and face her fears of uncertainty, vulnerability, and even death itself. As she ran, she found herself peeling back the layers of her relationship with her father, discovering that much of what she thought she knew about him, and her own past, was wrong. Running Home is a memoir about the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of our world—the stories that hold us back, and the ones that set us free. Mesmerizing, transcendent, and deeply exhilarating, it is a book for anyone who has been knocked over by life, or feels the pull of something bigger and wilder within themselves. “A beautiful work of searching remembrance and searing honesty . . . Katie Arnold is as gifted on the page as she is on the trail. Running Home will soon join such classics as Born to Run and Ultramarathon Man as quintessential reading of the genre.”—Hampton Sides, author of On Desperate Ground and Ghost Soldiers
£999.99
Penguin Putnam Inc The Cool Impossible
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£999.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Running with Mindfulness
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£14.40
Penguin Putnam Inc The Pursuit of Endurance
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£16.15
David C Cook Away Game
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£18.99
Chicago Review Press The Track in the Forest
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£21.56
Lantern Books,US Lifelong Running: Overcome the 11 Myths About
Book SynopsisA cancer survivor, an Ironman Triathlete and widely decorated marathon runner, Ruth Heidrich has long been a role model to athletes of all ages. But over the years even Ruth herself has encountered the various, commonly held misbeliefs about running, from "women shouldn''t run" to "you need to change your diet to run," that prevent people from lacing up their shoes and getting off the couch. In this user-friendly guide, Ruth Heidrich debunks those myths and many more while providing the motivation, inspiration and resources to start or maintain an activity whose benefits will last a lifetime. Along the way, Martin Rowe offers up practical advice as well as a look into running''s storied history. You''ll find out why there''s no perfect body type for a runner, how to measure your fitness level relative to your age and how the modern marathon came to be. Accessible and informative, LIFELONG RUNNING shows that it''s possible to run well into your seventies-and beyond.
£15.29
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale 26.2: Marathon Stories
Book Synopsis26.2: Marathon Stories is an unprecedented visual and literary tour of the marathon throughout historyThe marathon is the most popular independent athletic event in the world, with over a million people set to enter one this year and another 50 million cheering them on from the sidelines. This glorious volume is the first book to set the marathon on the large world stage and examine the historic and universal appeal of this ultimate individual challenge.Hundreds of powerful images by such renowned photographers as Helmut Newton and Susan Meiselas, along with personal reminiscences from many well-known marathoners, capture the endless hours of practice and the overwhelming rush of emotion at crossing the finish line. Examining the marathon through the lenses of history, philosophy, sociology, athletics, pop culture, fashion, and science, the book salutes the determination and courage of those who willingly push themselves to test their personal best.
£22.50
Rodale Press Run! 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss
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£17.99
Experiment The Longest Race: A Lifelong Runner, an Iconic
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£11.39
Rodale Press Inc. Running Injury-Free: How to Prevent, Treat, and
Book SynopsisRunning Injury-Free uses anecdotal examples from Ellis' own patients and experiences in order to discuss injury-prevention, treatment, and recovery. He implements a clinical approach toward treating the most common running-related injuries, as well as providing detailed background situations to describe how each injury can happen, so the reader can recognise poor habits or compare training and running practices in his or her own experience. In this updated version, content relating to shoes and shoe selection, "over the counter" treatments, orthotic techniques and materials, Piriformis Syndrome, chiropractic medicine and acupuncture, stretching techniques, nutrition and supplements, injuries related to minimalist runners, as well as running issues for women, children, and endurance runners will be updated to reflect timely practices and research.
£15.29
Rodale Press Inc. Dr. Jordan Metzl's Running Strong: The Sports
Book SynopsisEvery runner at every level wants to run faster, stronger, and pain-free. Injury prevention is essential to the athlete focused on achieving his or her highest level of performance. Remaining injury-free can lead runners through a lifetime of roads and trails that offer fun, challenge, victory, camaraderie, solace, good health, good attitude, and, as some like to point out, the freedom to enjoy good food. Dr. Metzl's savvy, up-to-date book will take the reader on a heel-to-head tour of the specific kinetic chain involved in running and provide a friendly, accessible, and illustrated view of the muscles, bones, and joints used and impacted. He'll help runners define their kinetic style so that they are best equipped to adapt Metzl's injury-prevention advice to their running lifestyle.Trade Review“I know from firsthand experience how critical injury prevention and treatment are to a runner's performance, and Dr. Jordan Metzl's Running Strong covers these subjects thoroughly. If you want to achieve your distance-running goals, this book is for you.” —Meb Keflezighi, champion marathoner and author of Meb for Mortals“A while back, my knees were hurting so much that I was having trouble even walking up stairs. I met with Dr. Metzl, and after a couple of quick tips, I was back to my 5 a.m. daily runs. How great it is that now he has a book in which he can share his expertise with the world.” —Hoda Kotb, cohost, TODAY“For an ultramarathoner such as me, who is constantly pushing himself to his physical limits and beyond, health isn't just important, it's everything. And while most runners will never attempt to run 135 miles across Death Valley in the middle of summer, this outstanding book is an indispensible tool for anyone looking to stay healthy and strong no matter the distance.” —Dean Karnazes, ultramarathoner and New York Times bestselling author“Over the course of 40-plus years as a competitive runner, I've run 3,452 miles across the United States, completed 137 marathons, 9 Ironman triathlons, and logged more than 150,000 miles on the road. But there's no way I could ever have done any of that had I been plagued by injury. As a competitive endurance athlete himself, Dr. Jordan Metzl knows as well as anyone how to prevent injuries and to treat them when they inevitably arise. In Running Strong, he distills his vast knowledge in an accessible manner that is sure to benefit runners of all ages and abilities.” —Dave McGillivray, president, DMSE Sports, Inc.; race director, BAA Boston Marathon“Dr Jordan Metzl, a leading sports medicine doctor, invites runners from around the world into his office with Running Strong. The combination of information with the personal touch of video provides the desired feeling of caring help. It is an interesting and effective approach which is sure to help runners of all abilities.” —Uta Pippig, three-time winner of the Boston and Berlin marathons“Running is a gateway to a healthy and happy life. Dr. Metzl captures that spirit perfectly in Running Strong.” —Mary Wittenberg, president & CEO, New York Road Runners; race director, TCS New York City Marathon“The two words every endurance athlete holds near and dear to their heart are INJURY-FREE. Dr. Jordan Metzl's Running Strong breaks down best practices for runners of all ages and ability levels to stay injury-free while taking their training to the next level.” —Bart Yasso, chief running officer, Runner's World
£19.00
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running
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£14.39
Amicus Ink Track and Field
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£7.99
Soulstice Publishing Walking Flagstaff: A Photo Journal by George
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£34.36
Contra Reyes del Asfalto: La Época Dorada del Running En
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£13.91
