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[2015]
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English
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A Comprehensive Guide to Fulfilling your Nutrition Needs for Training and Competition and Weight Loss Everywhere you turn you will find some sort of advice that will make you skinny by tomorrow or change in pattern that will make you the leanest you have ever been! And every single time you look at it- The Information Has Changed! Now we no longer have to worry about always ambiguous information. We have a steady, stable, tried and true, proven system...
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[2016]
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English
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"First Ladies of Running tells the inspiring stories of these and other fiercely independent runners who refused to give up despite the cultural and sports barriers they faced. Legends such as Doris Brown, Francie Larrieu, Mary Decker, Jackie Hansen, Miki Gorman, and Grete Waitz are chronicled by Runner's World editor Amby Burfoot. Burfoot even runs the 1994 Marine Corps Marathon with Oprah Winfrey, whose successful finish opened the floodgates for...
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2013.
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English
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Fitzgerald teaches you the most effective ways to fuel your training to achieve your best performance. Geared to runners of all levels, he aims to help you attain your ideal racing weight, build a satisfying diet based on the best meals and snacks for runners, and avoid common pitfalls such as GI discomfort.
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2020.
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English
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"In her first book, popular runner blogger Amanda Brooks lays out the path to finding greater fulfillment in running for those who consider themselves "middle of the pack runners" -- they're not trying to win Boston (or even qualify for Boston); they just want to get strong and stay injury-free so they can continue to enjoy running. Run to the Finish is not your typical running book. While it is filled with useful strategic training advice throughout,...
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[2019]
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English
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"Longtime running writer Scott Douglas marshals expert advice (especially his own, cultivated from more than 110,000 miles of personal experience), and a growing body of scientific research to show how running can make us happier. How? Everyone knows that running builds stronger muscles and a healthier heart; science now shows it also helps develop a healthier brain. For those struggling with depression and anxiety, a consistent running routine can...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Chronologically organized by marathon, [this book] offers wisdom Meb has gleaned about life, family, identity, and faith, in addition to tips about running, training, and nutrition. Equal parts inspiration and ... advice, [it] will provide readers an inside look at the life and success of one of the greatest runners living today"--
11) The Jericho mile
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Rain Murphy is a man serving a life sentence for killing his father. A man whose home is Folsom Prison, a place where only the toughest breed of criminals, murderers, rapists and armed robbers, are sent. His passion is running; he runs to escape the mean and hopeless life he must lead; to free himself from the inmate tensions and power struggles. Then he2s given a chance, a chance to train for the Olympic, a chance at glory and freedom.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Running brings joy and health benefits to all participants, especially those of the baby boomer generation. But when legs get sore, joints feel achy, and old age creeps up, sometimes senior runners need a little extra motivation to get out of the door and on the road. In Running Past Fifty, lifelong runner Gail Waesche Kislevitz provides helpful tips and motivation from more than thirty runners aged fifty or older. Presenting time-tested recommendations,...
14) Running on empty: an ultramarathoner's story of love, loss, and a record-setting run across America
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[2011]
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English
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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“Julius can’t remember who first saw the men. He heard no warning sounds—no dog barking or twig snapping. Until this point, events had moved too swiftly for Julius to be afraid, but now panic seized him. In another instant, he realized that his old life was finished.” Thus begins the extraordinary odyssey of Julius Achon, a journey that takes a barefoot twelve-year-old boy from a village in northern Uganda to the rebel camp of the notorious...
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2018.
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English
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Peter Sagal, the host of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! and a popular columnist for Runner's World, shares lessons, stories, advice, and warnings gleaned from running the equivalent of once around the earth. At the verge of turning forty, Peter Sagal--brainiac Harvard grad, short bald Jew with a disposition towards heft, and a sedentary star of public radio--started running seriously. And much to his own surprise, he kept going, faster and further,...
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[2017]
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English
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For as long as four-time Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross can remember, life has been measured in seconds--the fewer, the better. The Jamaican-American sprinter has been a star track and field athlete since she first began racing, ranking No. 1 in the world and bringing home Olympic and World Championship accolades. A role model for runners around the world, Sanya's incredible success is matched only by her spirit both on and off the track....
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"There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and...
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2014.
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English
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"The definitive guide to injury-free running, racing, and marathoning, from top sports medicine specialist Vijay Vad, The New Rules of Running illustrates proper technique, shows step-by-step exercises, and explains how to prevent and treat the most common running injuries to keep you running healthily and happily for life"--
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