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Runners know there's a profound truth behind the old joke: Running is fifty percent physical and ninety percent mental. The Mindful Runner focuses on the mental side of running. It thoroughly explores the complex landscape of the runner's mind, offering fresh perspectives on how to get the most out of yourself while enjoying the journey along the way.
Do you enjoy reading about running, but think you've heard it all? Then this book will delight and...
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A compelling and inspiring guide to making running a spiritual sport
Imagine achieving physical fitness and spiritual growth simultaneously. Roger Joslin's step by step program is an engaging exploration of his conviction that spiritual wellbeing is as likely to happen while running along the trails of a favorite park as it is within the more traditional settings of neighborhood churches, synagogues, or mosques. Through awareness, chants and visualization,...
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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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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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'Lizzy never ceases to enthuse, inspire and amaze! She shows what it truly means to live life to the absolute fullest, step out of your comfort zone and to truly test your limits. So much more than a book about running, this memoir is about an enthralling life journey replete with peaks and troughs, highs and lows and many twists and turns. Most importantly, Lizzy reminds all of us to never stop exploring, discovering and challenging ourselves to...
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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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"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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Six Hours: Running For My Life in the Grand Canyon tells the true story of one man's attempt to defy the odds and run the Grand Canyon as a 64-year-old cardiac patient with multiple stents in his "widow-maker" aorta. It's 17 treacherous miles to the bottom and back up to the South Rim. Ultimately, the high-risk run becomes more than an athletic endeavor, as it compels him to reflect on his life, his mortality, and his legacy.
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After a while, most runners reach a point where they want more. Running for Weight Loss: 5k To Half Marathon is the book for you, the follow up to Running For Weight Loss: Ultimate Beginners Guide. It doesn't matter if you started running to lose weight or get in shape or just to fill your down time, if you've been running for very long you may start feeling the urge to push yourself farther ... to see how good of a runner you can actually be. Maybe...
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Harold Watkins gets a wake-up call after his annual physical. He is out of shape, inactive and almost needs to go shopping for a coffin. The grim reaper is out looking for him. He could try and hide. Instead, he decides that drastic changes are needed in his life and so he enlists the help of two friends and sets out on a long journey to fitness through the unlikely (for him) sport of running. He soon discovers that there is a lot more to life than...
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"If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now more than ever before, it's time to EXERCISE YOUR FAITH!! It's time to take action and take charge of your life and health! I am honored to be able to coach you on this transformational journey! As you train for your first race, next race or this Race called Life, I believe...
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