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"An infectiously positive and inclusive guide to running from everyone's favorite Apple Fitness+ and Nike trainer, coach Cory Wharton-Malcolm. Think running isn't for you? Cory Wharton-Malcolm challenges this idea head-on with this joyful love letter to running and a motivational guide for everyone. Advocating running as an inclusive and community-focused activity, Cory shows us how to celebrate the incredible mind-body connection by getting your...
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"This book has all the answers for the running newbie . . . Laugh with [Field], lace up your shoes and head out the door." —Canadian Running
Is there a large ass-shaped dent in your sofa? A gym membership burning a hole in your bank account? Does the sight of your wobbly thighs leave you cowering under a blanket?
Straight-talking, funny, and brutally honest, Get Off Your Ass and Run! will give you—yes, you—the...
Is there a large ass-shaped dent in your sofa? A gym membership burning a hole in your bank account? Does the sight of your wobbly thighs leave you cowering under a blanket?
Straight-talking, funny, and brutally honest, Get Off Your Ass and Run! will give you—yes, you—the...
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"Take a loop around stunning Lake Bled, jog along a section of China's famous Great Wall or tackle the historic Boston Marathon: Run celebrates 100 of the world's most amazing races and routes. Featuring a mix of iconic races and epic ultras, off-the-beaten-path trails and welcoming park runs, it's the ultimate inspiration for adventuring on two feet, whether you're a marathon devotee, hardcore trail runner or gentle jogger." --publishers' website...
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A fun, easy, and economical route to fitness and health" "This book will give women everywhere the guidance they need" (Grete Waitz, 9-time winner of the New York City Marathon) . Women's fitness pioneer Kathrine Switzer has been on her feet for 53 years. She knows how running or walking is the fastest, easiest, and least expensive road to fitness for women of any age. For women over forty in particular, it's vital to fit an exercise regimen into...
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In Slow Burn, endurance master Stu Mittleman delivers a program for creating energy and increasing endurance so you can go the distance and feel great doing it every day, week, and year.
Change your workout, change your life:
• Think: Stu shares his proven formula for breaking down seemingly insurmountable goals into a series of manageable tasks.
• Train: Learn to understand your body's signals and refocus your training so that the movement...
6) Track star
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Miles Lewis volume no. 4
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Determined to be a top runner at his school's annual Fun Run, Miles creates a health regimen to boost his endurance, but on the big day, he notices a friend struggling to keep going, forcing Miles to decide what winning really means to him.
8) Keeping pace
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Determined to regain her sense of accomplishment after losing her top-class ranking to Jonah, Grace decides to compete against him in a Labor Day half-marathon, but as they train together, she learns valuable lessons about what truly matters.
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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 through the five boroughs of New York City, all the way to the finish line.
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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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Get the Summary of Christopher McDougall's Born to Run 2 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Born to Run 2" by Christopher McDougall is a continuation of the author's exploration into the transformative power of running. The book follows McDougall's journey from an average, injury-prone jogger to an empowered runner, inspired by the Rarámuri people and their game of rarájipari. It introduces the "Run free!" philosophy,...
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Good nutrition is an important facet of good health, and good nutrition is even more important for runners. Whether a person is running a 5-minute mile or a 15-minute mile, their body needs the right fuel for performance, recovery, and overall health. In Run. Walk. Eat., runners will have the best nutritional guidelines to eat for training and performance. Olympian and running coach Jeff Galloway and registered dietitian nutritionist Carissa Galloway...
13) Adorer Sparte
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Considéré dans ce texte: La Spartan Race. L'alcool et le sport. La fraternité. Hérodote. Aruki Murakami. Notre propension à croire que ramper dans la boue sous des barbelés électrifiés fait de nous de meilleurs êtres.
14) Alessandra
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ALESSANDRA VERSIÓN LARGA.
Alessandra en el libro de "Felipe y las tres Tortuguitas" fue encargada junto con su hermana Erika de meter los goles ganadores a los equipos de Estados Unidos, Alemania y China .
Después de muchos meses, Alessandra regresa a Lima, Perú, para competir en la Maratón de Lima, ganando con un récord mundial de 1:58"1
Es seleccionada para representar el equipo Olímpico de Maratón, ganando la medalla de oro en las...
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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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"Strides To Success: A Beginner's Guide to Running"Are you ready to transform your life through running? Whether you're a complete novice or returning to running after a hiatus, "Strides To Success: A Beginner's Guide to Running" is your comprehensive companion on the journey to becoming a confident and accomplished runner.In this empowering guide, you'll embark on a transformational adventure that takes you from your couch to completing a 5K race...
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A paradox lies at the heart of distance running: we are born to run, yet we still need to learn to run. In understanding this paradox, we not only understand running, we also understand ourselves.
The Runner's Paradox explores the depths of sensory, emotional, and physical experiences that distance running provides. Physiotherapist and former elite runner Mok Ying Rong offers an authentic perspective on the art of running. Learn how to identify...
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2012 is certainly heating up to be another banner year for minimalist running shoes. For the past two years, I've been on a journey to search for the perfect minimal shoe for myself. Fortunately, I've been able to wear-test almost every pair of barefoot-style running shoe on the planet. My bare feet have tested more minimalist running shoes in every sub-category (road, trail, casual, recovery, water, fitness) than Runner's World and Running Times...
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Fifty runners-from the world's elite to passionate amateurs-share the races they'll never forget. Every runner that enters a race has a unique reason for competing: racing for the challenge, for the achievement, for the health benefits, or for more personal reasons. But whether they are twenty-mile-a-day elite marathoners or twenty-mile-a-week recreational runners, each of them can invariably point to a singular performance as "the best race I ever...
20) Did Not Try
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After signing his wife Rachel up for her first marathon without her knowledge and living to tell the tale, George is now struggling to keep up with her. He risks her wrath once again by entering her into a half-Ironman triathlon against her will: a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run.
Did Not Try sees George and Rachel travel to Barcelona, Cornwall and the Cotswolds, and helps answer the age-old question: what happens when you are...
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