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...

"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...

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...

The physical fortitude to run 40 miles is in itself a laudatory feat. Repeating that performance 100 consecutive times, from one coast of the country to the other, is a spectacle. Doing it all as a recovering alcoholic fighting a debilitating intestinal disease would be impossible without one vital component-courage. Down for the count for far too many rounds in his life, Steve Knowlton summoned courage and sent it into the ring for the knockout blow...

"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...

Charlie Spedding describes himself as 'not particularly talented' – at least, compared to the group of people he had chosen to find himself among. These were the athletes in the Olympic marathon. So how did he end up with a bronze medal? How did he win the London Marathon? And why does he still hold the English record for the distance? In this remarkable autobiography he explains how – how someone who was almost bottom of the class when he first...

What's the best way to get fitter?Running of course!Maybe you have recently decided you want to get in shape, and you need some motivation to get started?Perhaps you have been in good shape in the past, and you are keen to get back to that same level of fitness, or even fitter than before?Or maybe you have always struggled to be in the shape you want to be in, and you are desperate for a book that will genuinely help you reach your goals, and not...

Este libro es un apasionante viaje hacia el ultrafondo, uno de los deportes más extremos y exigentes que hay en el mundo. ¿Cómo se entrenan los profesionales como Kilian Jornet? ¿Cómo se alimentan durante la carrera? ¿Cómo pueden soportar tantas horas corriendo y noches enteras sin dormir? ¿Cómo son las grandes carreras del planeta? ¿Y las más duras? El libro quiere responder a estas preguntas desde la perspectiva del corredor amateur y...

A complete and comprehensive book to help you reduce your risk of injury, overcome a current injury or increase your running performance safely. Runners are constantly looking for information to reduce their risk of injury because nobody likes the 'injured runner' life. Despite what you may have been told, the primary cause behind running-related injuries is not from heel striking, poor flexibility, over-pronation or any other biomechanical variations....