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Best Trail Runs Denver and Boulder features forty of the best trail runs within an hour of both cities-complete with color photos, maps, and detailed specs and trail descriptions, as well as GPS coordinates for all trailheads. Sidebars throughout the book highlight useful information about local restaurants, lodging, entertainment, and other amenities, as well as information about local running clubs, outdoor retail shops, and more. More than just...
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"An inspirational and intimate story well told."–Pete Pfitzinger, two-time Olympian"NAU and Flagstaff represent our sport at its best."–Meb Keflezighi, 2014 Boston Marathon winner In a remote Arizona mountain town more than half a century ago, a collegiate dynasty was born. Northern Arizona University learned about excellence in the altitude mecca of Flagstaff, a training ground for generations of legendary runners. But this school with no traditional...
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Learn Barefoot Running From the Master! Almost overnight, barefoot running has exploded onto the fitness scene. However, it involves more than simply taking off your shoes. In fact, everything you've learned about barefoot running is probably wrong"unless you've learned it from Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton. The leading instructor and proponent of unshod running, he has completed 76 marathons barefoot, survived an astounding marathon-a-month challenge in...
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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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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...
47) Running Snob
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A book for runners, marathoners, and joggers!
Runners will enjoy this fun and lighthearted look at running enthusiasts who, of course, resemble them in many ways. This is both a send-up of runners and an affirmation of certain aspects of the running life. While laughing at this satire of the habits, attitudes and lifestyle of runners, they are laughing at themselves and also getting solid advice and tips on the activity they love.
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48) Marathon Training: The Underground Plan To Run Your Fastest Marathon Ever : A Week by Week Guide Wit
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Marathon Training: The Underground Plan To Run Your Fastest Marathon Ever : A Week by Week Guide With Marathon Diet & Nutrition Plan reveals the methods used to turn runners into race winners. This book introduces method which will gradually build up the moderate-high mileage required for marathon success, spreading those miles more sensibly throughout the week. Running easy days mixed with precisely paced speed, strength, and tempo workouts, runners...
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"Strength Training For Runners" is a text written by an author that has more than a vested interest in the welfare of runners. He is a runner himself and is aware of what it takes to keep the body in shape and to prevent any sort of damage to perform optimally. The text is simple as and is well timed as more and more persons are starting to run for their health. The text can not only be used by the hardcore core well established runners but can also...
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It takes only 12 weeks to train to compete in a triathlon"no matter what level you're at now! Imagine being able to successfully compete in a triathlon in just three short months! You can, with fitness expert Tom Holland's all-encompassing, easy-to-use training manual, The 12-Week Triathlete. This completely revised and updated edition gives fitness enthusiasts the most exciting, encouraging, and up-to-date exercise information, including 12 brand-new...
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Not all victories come with medals. "Negative Splits: A Middle-Aged, Newbie Runner's Journey to the First Marathon" chronicles the author's emergence from a 20-year period of self-imposed athletic exile to first-time combatant with the "26.2-Mile Monster." Employing an engaging "you-are-there" style, David M. White takes readers through the 10 months leading to the 2010 ING NYC Marathon and a finish which challenges the conventional notion of triumph....
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Half Marathon: The Complete Guide for Women is a must-have for adult women of any age at any fitness level who want to train for a half marathon.
Using Jeff Galloway's proven Run Walk Run® method, this book offers a step-by-step program for woman that will get them started with weekly training. The training plans follow the run-walk-run format, allowing the runner to increase her mileage while decreasing her time, safely and effectively. An added...
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Beth Probst is a non-athlete. Or so she believes. After a few too-many mojitos at a dinner party with friends (including a few "real" runners) she decides to give running a try. So she signs up for a half-marathon. After all, everyone seems to be doing it. And she's Finnish-stubborn. She's never run, but… how hard can it be?
After a not-even-mediocre first attempt, one plus-size would-be runner discovers a truth about breaking into running from...
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Best Trail Runs Portland, Oregon features forty of the best trail runs within an hour of the city-complete with color photos, maps, and detailed specs and trail descriptions, as well as GPS coordinates for all trailheads. Full of inspirational photos throughout, this book also includes practical maps featuring key information and noting must-see features and attractions along the way.
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Remind me not to get involved in conversations that don't concern me!Having never than done more than run to catch the last bus home as a teenager, I unwittingly found myself part of a six man team running a half marathon.What can a Half-Marathon Virgin do?Get training and get on with it!And…yes, I did it and got the medal to prove it.Read how…..
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Dr. Legere's Guide to Diagnosing, Treating And Preventing Running Pain helps runners keep running. In this book, you will learn what type of injury you possibly have, which treatment options that you can follow to reduce the pain and finally how you can help prevent an injury from developing in the first place. You can't fix the problem effectively without knowing what the actual problem is and with this book, you can finally take your health into...
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Best Trail Runs Seattle features nearly forty of the best trail runs within an hour or so of downtown-complete with color photos, maps, and detailed specs and trail descriptions. Full of inspirational photos throughout, this book includes practical maps, elevation gains, and key information on training, safety, and must-see attractions along the way.
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Using a creative writing approach to introduce running as joy, freedom, and opportunity, The Ultra Mile is a journey of seeking the transformation of what is impossible into the beginning of possibility. For experience levels ranging from the beginner, all the way to the ultramarathon runner, this book will alter your perception and offer new perspectives. The purpose of this book is to open your mind to our true capabilities and the psychological...
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Running Until You're 100 is the must-have guide that will keep runners fit as they age and help them run for life.
Using Jeff Galloway's proven Run Walk Run® method, this book offers step-by-step programs for runners in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. These programs make the needed adjustments for each decade, which means the runner can enjoy exercise and enhance life without injury.
Also included is advice on nutrition and fat burning as well as how...