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Based on his own experience transforming himself from a degenerate bar fly into a dedicated runner who qualified for the Boston Marathon, Ben Kaplan provides a week-by-week training program, split into four sections, each concluding with a race from 5km to a full 26.2-mile marathon. With wit, self-deprecation, and the input of experts from around the world, he provides critical information on nutrition and hydration, selecting shoes, race strategy,...
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Publisher
Meyer & Meyer Sport
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
190 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Runners will explore the RUN-WALK-RUNTM Method the principles of and mental and physical benefits behind the method. You will learn Jeff's Magic Mile, how to set up a running strategy, mental training, proper form and technique, drills, transitions, problem solving, running faster, race rehearsals, and more."--Amazon.com.
3) Running well
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Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
184 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Description
Providing the keys to maximizing performance while avoiding injuries, "Running Well" allows runners at all levels to easily assess and improve technique. Anatomical art supplements the thorough coverage of causes and symptoms of dozens of running injuries.
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Once a runner novels volume 1
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
272 p. ; 23 cm.
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Distance runner Quenton Cassidy is suspended from the track team for his involvement in an athlete protest and risks his future prospects to train on a monastic retreat with an Olympic medalist.
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
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xv, 220 pages ; 24 cm
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Provides both beginner and experienced runners with all the information they need to run more efficiently and with better biomechanics and to minimize strain and potential injury by describing the best type of shoes and the safest type of foot strike, in a book that includes more than 100 instructional photos and a four-week training program.
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Random House Studio
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
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All over the world—on city roads and country lanes, on beaches, high in the mountains, across fields, in sun, rain, and late at night, people get ready to race. It’s a BIG DEAL to run in the New York City Marathon! In this energetic and ever-so-fun nonfiction picture book about the world's most famous race, readers follow runners from all over the world as they stretch, make their playlist, eat a spaghetti dinner, and then pound, pound, pound...
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Fair Winds Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
239 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
"Barefoot running has garnered lots of attention due to the mega-bestseller Born to Run while products like the Vibram®FiveFinger Shoes have tripled in sales and top athletic companies like Nike®and Adidas®are declaring barefoot running the next big thing. However, barefoot running involves more than simply taking off your shoes and hitting the track and Barefoot Running Step by Step teaches runners how to train their feet and body to run barefoot...
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Rodale
Pub. Date
c2011
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x, 294 p. ; 23 cm.
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"New hunger for reliable information on marathon and half-marathon training, as well as new technologies that have revolutionized ordinary people's ability to train intelligently, means the time is right for a new edition of longtime Runner's World contributor Hal Higdon's classic guide to taking the guesswork out of preparing for a marathon, whether it's a reader's first or fiftieth."--www.Amazon.com.
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Meyer & Meyer Sport
Pub. Date
2016.
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207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"In Mental Training for Runners you will find many useful tips on how to deal with stress. Jeff Galloway describes typical everyday situations and how to go out and run even if your brain is making up excuses. Jeff explains drills to help you rehearse a good response to those excuses so that over time you will change your habits; he presents training tools that will lower your stress and help you learn to set realistic goals."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
213 pages
Description
"Updated with full-color exercise photography; cutting-edge training, strength, core, and flexibility programs; and specific instruction for the most popular version of the marathon, the Half-Marathon, this book starts with s simple premise: training methods for younger athletes no longer work for athletes over forty. Melanie and Don Fink present step-by-step action plans for faster times, fewer injuries, and more enjoyment for the Master?s marathoner....
16) The robber
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A champion marathoner leads a double life as a serial bank robber, sprinting between fixes, and away from police cavalcades, as many as three times a day. A lean, visceral study of pathological compulsion from Austrian director Benjamin Heisenberg, featuring a riveting central performance by Andreas Lust.
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xviii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"The first running book by a world's leading pioneering running doctor and athlete, creator of the Air Force's Efficient Running program--the result of more than three decades of study, practice, and science that shows us in clearly illustrated and accessible text how easy it is to run efficiently and injury-free, whether you're in your 20s, 60s or 70s; for beginning runners and experienced marathoners. In Run for Your Life, Dr. Mark Cucuzzella explains...
19) Free running
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With its acrobatic thrills and "no limits" attitude, free running is creating a sports revolution in our towns and cities. Inside you'll find these features: Real-life story: read about the thrilling life of an adrenaline-seeking free runner; star story: discover the Hollywood actor who pulls cool street stunts; five-minute interview: get the inside story from On the Radar's free-running expert, Matthew Dickerson.--From publisher description.
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Publisher
Rodale Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"One Part personal quest to discover running greatness after age 50, one part investigation into what the women's running boom can teach athletes about becoming fitter, stronger, and faster as we age, Older, Faster, Stronger is an engrossing narrative sure to inspire women of all ages. A former overweight smoker turned marathoner, Margaret Webb runs with elite older women, follows a high-performance training plan devised by experts, and examines research...
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