Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz
106 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago -All types of running related books are reviewed by two non-elite track, road and trail runners. Observation and description of running books intended to inform, help and inspire anyone involved or related to running at any level. Whenever possible we chat with the author about the book, but if not then we try to do it justice.
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All In Stride, by Johanna Garton
April 15, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBAll In Stride is the story of two Kenyan born athletes who have competed at the highest levels in running, and one US athlete and Olympian in the modern pentathlon. The bond that the three characters share is that they have all been in the Army’s world class athlete program (WCAP). The book is divided into two parts: Part 1: Kenya – which is about Elvin and Shadrak’s upbringing in Kenya and their journey into running. Part 2: United States of America – which is Elvin and Shadrak’s life when ...
The Boston Marathon Handbook, by Marc W. Pollina
April 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBThe Boston Marathon Handbook is part of the Falcon Guides series, which cover the entire spectrum of outdoor activities. This book covers everything about Boston from what makes Boston so special, to getting in and training, and even what to do after the race and more! There are 12 chapters that make up the book: Chapter 1 - Why Is The Boston Marathon Special? Chapter 2 - There's Only One Boston Chapter 3 - Getting In Chapter 4 - Training Chapter 5 - The Course: A Step-by-Step Guide to Town...
In The Spell Of The Barkley, by Michiel Panhuysen
March 15, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBIn The Spell Of The Barkley tells the story of the Barkley race in Tennessee with its history and traditions, how the author discovered it and became determined to finish the “fun run”, and explores the reasons why participants keep coming back despite being almost guaranteed to fail. The book is a mix of the authors experience and stories of the people he met in the ultrarunning world. A few people he talks about in the book are: Frozen Ed; the author of the book Michiel read, and the pers...
There Is No Wall, by Allie Bailey
March 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBThere Is No Wall is ultrarunner Allie Bailey’s brutally honest and sometimes shocking account of alcoholism, depression and severe mental breakdowns which almost cost her her life. Told with disarming vulnerability, heartbreaking depth of feeling and dark humour, this isn’t a story about how running saved her – she was already running and at the height of her struggles sometimes even winning 100-mile-plus races. But somewhere between the darkest excesses of the music industry and the simple ...
Becoming A Sustainable Runner, by Tina Muir and Zoe Rom
February 15, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBBecoming a Sustainable Runner is a guide written by two environmental advocates, Tina Muir and Zoe Rom, who love running. This book teaches us about the impact running has on the environment, but also how to be a lifelong runner and how to contribute to the running community in a way that is positive and inclusive. The book has 3 parts: Sustain Your Runners Mind and Body Sustain Your Running Community Sustain Your Planet Tina Muir is the founder and CEO of Running for Real, a support netwo...
Pain and Performance, by Ryan Whited and Matt Fitzgerald
February 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBIn this episode we get to chat with author, Ryan Whited, about his book (co-authored with Matt Fitzgerald) Pain + Performance. Pain + Performance is a book that aims to explain how pain is a normal human experience and not something that we need to try and get rid of… at least not completely. Pain also doesn’t always mean tissue damage as we are mostly taught to believe. Author Ryan Whited has been helping athletes at his gym, Paragon Athletics, for many years using the biopsychosocial mo...
The Psychology of Running, by Noel Brick and Stuart Holliday
January 17, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBThe Psychology of Running is part of The Psychology of Everything series which also includes: The Psychology of Art The Psychology of Wellness The Psychology of Comedy The Psychology of Democracy The Psychology of Counselling The Psychology of Travel The Psychology of Attachment This book dives into the science of running to answer six questions that make up the 6 chapters of the book: Why do we run? Why do we slow down or stop? What will help me run faster? What should I focus my atten...
BONUS TRACK: Alan Runs A 3000m On The Track?
January 10, 2024 02:00 - 40 minutes - 22.4 MBIn this bonus episode, Liz interviews Alan about his recent attempt at a Quebec age group record on the indoor track. Alan has never worn spikes or raced on an indoor track. This should be interesting! Support the show Any feedback or suggestions on this review or any of our other podcast episodes would be greatly welcomed. Leave us a review using your favorite podcast player or contact us on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/runningbookreviews/ Twitter: https://twitter.co...
Running Away from Cancer by Greg Schnoor
January 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBRunning Away from Cancer is the story of the author, Greg Schnoor's, journey to becoming an ultramarathoner after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The thing is, he wasn’t even a runner before his diagnosis and started running while receiving maintenance chemotherapy once a month. Greg first started running because two of his kids had joined a cross country running team at school and he wanted to spend time with them as much as possible. Running ended up making his life better. Greg had mo...
BONUS TRACK: Alan and Liz Behind The Scenes of 8020 Endurance Coaching
December 22, 2023 06:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBThis bonus was recorded after we just finished chatting with Matt Fitzgerald and Layla Porteous about 80/20 Endurance High Performance Coaching Course and companion book. It took us months to complete the course so obviously there were a lot of questions that we couldn't get to with our guests. We chatted about coaching principles and the nuance of calculating training intensity, but we didn't get to other things like: Carbohydrate supplementation in longer events The endurance coaching busi...
80/20 Endurance Book + High Performance Coaching Course, by Matt Fitzgerald and Leyla Porteous
December 15, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBThis episode is a little different because Matt Fitzgerald's book, 80/20 Eandurance, is a companion to a new coaching course created by Leyla Porteous, Director of Training and Operations at 80/20 Endurance. We refer to the course a lot, but all the information is also in the book. The book is divided into 12 chapters which cover the 12 topics in the coaching course: 1 - Principles of Endurance Training 2 - Training Intensities and Workout Type 3 - Guidelines for Balancing Training Intensit...
Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on the Last 10 Books
December 01, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWe love these episodes because it means we get to reminisce about the books we've read over the last 5-6 months. Since we're on a strict reading schedule of one book every 2 weeks, we don't get to wallow in that after-good-book feeling you get after finishing a book, so these recaps are the next best thing. In this episode we reflected back on this list of books (with links to the episodes in case you haven't heard them or want to re-listen): The Humiliation Tour, by Jeffrey Recker https:...
The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook, by Claire Maxted
November 15, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBIn this episode we had the pleasure of chatting with Claire Maxted (a.k.a. Wild Ginger Runner) about her book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook, and also found out that she is currently writing her second book which will be specifically for ultra trail runners! The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook is not called “ultimate” for no reason. It goes through many topics in a beginner friendly way with lots of lists and pictures. Almost every trail running question is touched on during the 7 cha...
BONUS TRACK: 2023 Marathon Race Recap - What Happened and What's Next
November 07, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBFor those of you who have been following the podcast, you know that we were gearing up to run a sub-3 hour marathon at the Petit Train du Nord Marathon on October 1st, 2023. You've likely seen our social media posts and know that neither of us achieved the goal on race day (and if you didn't see those posts then stop right here and click on the links at the bottom to follow us on FB and Instagram!) but some of our listeners wanted to hear more about it anyway. It took us a while, but in th...
Just Finish! by Sean Kachmarski
November 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBJust Finish is author Sean Kachmarski’s story of going from watching The Great North Run on TV every year and telling his wife “I’m going to run that next year”, to actually running it! Sean played football while he was in school but never described himself as athletic. By the time he decided to start running he had 2 kids, a full time job and was overweight, so he wasn’t even sure if he could do it. It all started with a health scare in 2004, and finally deciding to download a couch to 5k t...
BONUS TRACK: Mini-Nutrition Chat with Andrew Snow
October 27, 2023 16:00 - 20 minutes - 13.1 MBWe had a great chat with Andrew Snow about his book, Run Elite. It was so great in fact, that it ended up being one of our longest episodes because Andrew is so knowledgeable and passionate about running. As we were wrapping up the podcast we discovered another topic that he is passionate about; nutrition! Andrew touches on nutrition in his book but knows that it can be a controversial topic. In this little bonus chat he shared the way that focusing on nutrition has improved running perform...
Run Elite, by Andrew Snow
October 15, 2023 05:00 - 2 hours - 69.6 MBIn this episode we chat with author Andrew Snow about his book Run Elite. Andrew is very passionate about helping runners improve their performance and it shows in the podcast. Run Elite covers all aspects of high-level marathon training. Although the reference is mostly to marathon running throughout the book, the information provided is applicable to longer and shorter distances also. The book consists of 22 chapter divided into 3 sections: Mindset Elite Training Special Workouts and Eli...
Run Healthy, by Emmi Aguillard, Jonathan Cane and Allison Goldstein
October 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBRun Healthy is a book dedicated to injuries. The authors tell runners about the different tissues in the body and how they respond to stress and healing, areas of the body to pay attention to so that you can prevent injury, common injuries that runners get and what the issues commonly are, and components of healthy training. The book is divided into 4 parts: The runner’s body Body regions Common conditions Healthy training Some common injuries mentioned in the “common conditions” sectio...
On The Run, published by Gestalten
September 15, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes - 30.8 MBOn The Run is a hard cover coffee table style book featuring a collection of runs and stories about running from around the world. Each run is its own story so you don’t need to read the book cover to cover and each run features large photos of spectacular scenery. The book has an introduction to running in the first section, and the remainder is divided into 6 sections: Distances and Terrains City runs Mountain Runs Quirky Runs Heritage Runs Wild Runs This book was conceived, edited, and d...
Get to the Line in the Best Shape Possible, by Eoin Everard
September 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBGet to the Line in the Best Shape Possible is a collection of articles written by the author and assembled into a book under one of 4 categories: Lifestyle Training Supplemental training Injury and Health The book is available in both PDF and audiobook format. Eoin Everard is a sub 4-minute miler, Sub 14 minute 5K and sub 30 minute 10K Runner. He is the current European over-35 3000m indoor champion and has represented Ireland from 800m to 10K. He is a chartered physiotherapist and Pi...
Personal Best Running, by Mark Coogan and Scott Douglas
August 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBPersonal Best Running is a two-part training manual outlining Coach Coogan’s coaching practice and training plans. Part 1 includes 5 chapters about the theory: 1. Coach Coogan’s training principles 2. Building a good training environment 3. Staying strong and healthy 4. Using your mind to run faster 5. Being a student of the sport Part 2 includes 9 chapters starting with a chapter about mastering the skill of racing, and a chapter that describes how to follow the programs. The rest of the ch...
Born to Run 2, by Christopher McDougall and Eric Orton
August 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 40.5 MBWith a name like Born to Run 2 you might be expecting that this is part 2 of Chris McDougall’s story from 2009; there's a little of that, but also so much more. This is the training manual to accompany Born to Run and also features returns of some of the athletes who ran Caballo Blanco’s race organized with the Tarahumara in the Copper Canyons. The book is divided into 3 parts: Part I - Born to Run – Where the authors reminds us that we are born to run, explain why we might be struggling wit...
Do Hard Things, by Steve Magness
July 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 40 MBIn this episode Alan and Liz chat about Steve Magness' book, Do Hard Things. This book talks about toughness and how we all probably think of toughness wrong. Toughness has long been defined as an absence of weakness, but this book challenges that with research to back up the authors claims. In addition, the author proposes 4 pillars for all of us to become more resilient: Pillar 1 - Ditch the Facade, Embrace Reality Pillar 2 - Listen to Your Body Pillar 3 - Respond, Instead of React Pillar ...
You (Only Faster), by Greg McMillan
July 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBYou (Only Faster) puts a new spin on the training book. In this book you get some good training principles but Greg uses them to guide you through a 6 step process to modifying a training plan, that you may have gotten online or from a book, to better suite you as a runner. So if the plan follows good training principles, why would you need to modify it, right? Well, you’re an individual who responds and recovers differently to different types of workouts. Although everyone should be doing a...
The Humiliation Tour, by Jeffrey Recker
June 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBThe Humiliation Tour is a running themed fiction novel that could’ve probably been 2 novels. There are 2 separate stories, one starting in 1933 during the great depression and the other starting in 1993, that are related in an unexpected way towards the end of the book. Both stories feature a young man that discovers running and this changes his life in some way. Both stories are centered around running and both involve some humiliation. Since the book is a novel and we didn’t want to give...
Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on Books 61 to 70
June 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBAlready 10 books since the last recap episode and also another marathon under our belts. This marathon didn’t go well for either of us but we’ll have another chance in October. Here are the books we chat about in this episode: The Mock Olympian, by Michael Long You can get a copy here: https://a.co/d/3Fu37FX Fast 5k, by Pete Magill You can get a copy here: https://a.co/d/cqjh7cg Out And Back, by Hillary Allen You can get a copy here: https://a.co/d/1kIdHa3 A Runner’s High, by Dean Ka...
The Longest Race, by Kara Goucher and Mary Pilon
May 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 36.3 MBIn this episode, Alan and Liz chat about Kara Goucher’s recently released book, The Longest Race. They’ll tell you what they learned, what they thought, and why they wanted to read the book in the first place. Kara Goucher grew up with Olympic dreams. She excelled at running from a young age and was offered a Nike sponsorship deal when she graduated from college. Then in 2004, she was invited to join a secretive, lavishly funded new team, dubbed the Nike Oregon Project. Coached by distance ...
A Beautiful Work In Progress, by Mirna Valerio
May 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBA Beautiful Work in Progress is Mirna’s memoir and the story of how she got into ultrarunning and subsequently finishing her first 100k race. Although the book starts with her running, she goes back to her childhood and talks about her family, how she grew up surrounded by cousins, and the time she spent outside with them. Mirna grew up in a body positive environment where all the women who surrounded her were curvy, and where she was never described as “fat” until much later in life. She al...
Run Faster Marathons, by Chris Knighton
April 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBRun Faster Marathons is dedicated to providing advice that you can incorporate onto your marathon training, to make you faster. The information is divided into 3 sections: Essential Concepts for Marathon Success – Which talks about knowing your “why?”, some running rules, the right way to increase mileage, improving running form, and the importance of a good warm-up. The Six Phases of Marathon Training – Which explains each of the 6 phases of marathon training starting with base building,...
Run Your Best Marathon, by Sam Murphy
April 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBRun Your Best Marathon is a guide to training and racing the marathon distance. The marathon has many challenges if you are trying to run at your full potential; you need to run at a hard effort while managing fuel stores and try to stay focussed for several hours. This book uses science as a base, for concrete tips and recommendations for approaching everything from training, to race day execution and many other topics in between. The book has 19 chapters which are divided into 6 sections: ...
The Villanova Track Story, by Jerry Bouma
March 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBThe Villanova Track Story is the story of Villanova University’s dominance in the DMR, distance medley relay, at the Penn Relays from 1966 to 1981. The book features this piece of running history, the athletes involved, and the circumstances that brought it all together. The author, Jerry Bouma, was himself a scholarship athlete from 1970 to 1974, but he tells the story by piecing together information gathered from many people who were present during a more than 16-year span. Jerry Bouma gr...
Taking Life in Stride, by Harvey Mitro
March 01, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBTaking Life in Stride is Harvey’s memoire divided into short stories. The stories are divided into themes, and each theme section has an introduction story. There are 6 themes: Racing Moments Fun on the run Life’s Little Difficulties People Family The stories can be read independently but some characters are featured in multiple stories throughout the book, like Harvey’s first dog Chachka. Harvey Mitro is a husband and father who lives in Toronto. With a degree in Kinesiology, he has been w...
A Runner’s High, by Dean Karnazes
February 15, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBA Runner’s High; My Life in Motion is the story of Dean Karnazes’ return to Western States 100 in his 50’s, at a time when he is also wondering about the future of his running career. He is waitlisted, so doesn’t feel the motivation to train. As he gets to within only a few months of race day, Dean enters a 100k race to kick off his training. Throughout the book Dean reminisces about the past, talks about his family and how they have supported him throughout his life and his running career, ...
Out And Back, by Hillary Allen
February 02, 2023 07:00 - 57 minutes - 31.7 MBOut and Back; A Runner’s Story of Survival Against All Odds is about Hillary Allen’s miraculous survival and recovery after she fell off a ridge in Tromso Norway during the 2017 Tromso Skyrace 57k. Hillary’s survival and recovery was not only due to her perseverance and desire to live, but also because she had the right help at exactly the right time. During the race there was another competitor, Manu, that was tracking Hillary less than 10 seconds behind her and he saw the fall. He immediat...
Fast 5k, by Pete Magill
January 19, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBFast 5k; 25 Crucial Keys and 4 Training Plans is about two-thirds reading and one-third training plans. The reading consists of 25 short chapters, each one about a key to running a fast 5k. There are 15 training keys, 5 lifestyle, diet and gear keys, 5 race day keys, and a bonus key for masters athletes with age-related adjustments and advice. There are various charts and tables throughout the book to demonstrate the principles visually. Pete Magill is a masters runner, coach, and writer. I...
The Mock Olympian, by Michael Long
January 01, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBThe Mock Olympian is the story of author Michael Long’s journey to run in every Olympic city, 23 in total, between the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games. Although he tried to combine trips if he was in a particular corner of the world, this goal required a lot of travel and even a month off once it was time to run in North America, which luckily, Michael’s employer approved. The book is divided into 25 short chapters. The first 2 chapters are general background about how the idea came about and a ...
Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on Books 51 to 60
December 15, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 35.1 MBWhat do you mean we have read another 10 books? Already?! Well then we are due for another reflection on the things we remember, and how all this reading helped us. Here are the books we chat about in this episode: Breakthrough Women’s Running, by Neely Spence Gracey and Cindy Kuzma Running The Orient, by Gavin Boyter Running Throughout Time, by Roger Robinson Chase That Smile, by Harold Cabrera Depression Hates a Moving Target, by Nita Sweeney On Pace, by Matt Fitzgerald Endure, by Alex H...
How She Did It, by Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery
December 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBHow She Did It is a compilation of stories from 50 legendary female distance runners spanning 6 decades! The book starts with a short introductory section called “Part 1: The Experts”, that addresses some key factors you need to pay attention to if you want to perform to your full potential. These are physical health, hormonal health, sound nutrition and mental health. “Part 2: The Athletes”, is where you find the 50 female athlete profiles . This section is divided into sub-sections: The p...
Running With The Kenyans, by Adharanand Finn
November 15, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutes - 30.7 MBRunning With The Kenyans is the story of how Adharanand moved his family to Kenya for 6 months so that he could explore why Kenyan runners are so dominant. Adharanand discovered a talent for running at a young age, but like many kids in sport, ended up getting distracted along the way and not realizing his potential. He continued to run in adulthood, but never really pushed his limits due to family obligations with 3 young kids. As the world was watching Kenyan athletes rise to the top and s...
Catch Me If You Can, by Filbert Bayi
November 01, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBCatch me if you can is the story of 1970’s running legend, Filbert Bayi’s, life. The book is divided into 3 parts: In the shadow of Kilimanjaro – Which talks about Filbert’s upbringing and childhood Setting the pace – Which talks about Filbert’s introduction to the sport and the hurdles he had to overcome during his long and successful running career. Chasing a legacy – Which talks about Filbert’s life after retiring his spikes, and all the other contributions he has made, and continues ...
Endure, by Alex Hutchinson
October 15, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBEndure; Mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of Human Performance explores all the science that has been done to find out what limits or endurance performance. The book has a total of 13 chapters divided into 3 parts: Part I: Mind and muscle Part II: Limits Part III: Limit breaker Alex Hutchinson holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge and has worked as a researcher for the U.S. National Security Agency. He is a columnist for Outside magazine and was a long-time c...
On Pace, by Matt Fitzgerald
October 01, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBOn Pace is Matt Fitzgerald’s most recent book where he delves into pacing. He talks about the importance of pacing to get the most out of yourself, how good the pros are at pacing, why the rest of us are not so good at pacing, and how we can get better. There are 8 chapters about pacing: 1. Why Pacing matters 2. The science of pacing 3. Why you suck at pacing 4. Pacing as self-regulation 5. The mind of a pacing master 6. Pacing in training 7. Pacing in competition 8. Macro pacing The las...
Depression Hates A Moving Target, by Nita Sweeney
September 18, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBDepression Hates A Moving Target is about author Nita Sweeney’s experience with crippling anxiety and depression and how she got into running despite often not being able to get out of bed before taking up the sport. Nita was inspired by some posts from her Facebook friend who got into “jogging” by following a run-walk plan, and one day took the kitchen timer and her dog Morgan out to try it out for herself. Nita’s mind was not her only challenge to overcome, she also had an ankle that would...
Chase That Smile, by Harold Cabrera
September 01, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBChase That Smile is Harold Cabrera’s autobiography and account of how he managed to train for 3 big endurance events in the year he turned 40: The Paris marathon, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro (this one was with his wife Tania), and completing an Ironman Triathlon. The book has 3 sections that correspond to the 3 challenges. Each section is sub-divided with dates in chronological order like a journal, but the journal entries talk about more than just what happened that day. Harold has a full-time...
Running Throughout Time, by Roger Robinson
August 15, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBRunning Through Time aims to tell key stories about the history and evolution of running. A comprehensive book of every story that makes up running history would be massive, so this book tries to pick stories that were not told as often or not told correctly. It starts with the story of the marathon and how it became the 42.2km distance we know today, and ends with Alison Roe from New Zealand and her inspiring but short professional running career. All the stories chosen in this book have in...
Running the Orient, by Gavin Boyter
August 01, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBRunning the Orient is the story of Gavin Boyter’s 2300 mile run across Europe with his girlfriend Aradhna who follows him in their camper-van Roxy. The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883. It started in Paris and end in Istanbul, and along the way stopped in Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, and Bucharest. Gavin’s goal was to run the same route and stop at each of the station locations in the corresponding cities. Along the way Gavin and Aradhna don...
Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on Books 41 to 50
July 15, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBIn this episode we start with some general run chatter before reflecting on everything we learned and thought about related to books 41 to 50. Here is a list of the books we talk about: One Last Mile, by Roger Saltsman Run Like a Pro, by Matt Fitzgerald and Ben Rosario Race Across America, by Charles Kastner Could Have Happened at Parkrun, by Simon C. Jones Runner’s World Meals on the Run, Edited by Joanna Sayago Golub Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide, by Hal Higdon Daniels’ Running F...
Breakthrough Women's Running
July 01, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBBreakthrough Women’s Running is a guide written by Neely Spence Gracey and Cindy Kuzma to help get female runners to their next breakthrough in running, regardless of their running ability. The book is divided into 4 parts and covers everything from goal setting to training plans you can follow for the 5k through marathon distances. In between it covers female specific challenges like training at different times during your menstrual cycle, running through pregnancy, and coming back to runni...
Running With Purpose, by Jim Weber
June 15, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBRunning with Purpose is Jim Weber’s story of how he developed his leadership qualities and was able to elevate Brooks to the power house running brand it is today. As a child Jim loved hockey and hoped to play professionally one day, which never happened despite his dedication to the sport. Luckily he discovered running and became just as passionate about helping runners through the development of quality technical running gear. The book is divided into 2 parts: Part 1 is about Jim’s begin...
Finding Gobi, by Dion Leonard
June 01, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBFinding Gobi is both Dion’s memoire and the story of how a little dog from the Gobi desert ended up finding his way to a family in the UK. Dion talks about some difficult moments in his life like when his father died of an asthma attack when he was only 9 years old, and then how his mom told him that his dad was never really his dad. Despite a difficult start, Dion made a good life for himself and found the love of his life, Lucja. Although neither Dion nor his wife were runners when they ...