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Best Running Books
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Five Pretty Good Books About Running
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The 5 Best Running Books for Runners Over 50
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HOW I STAY MOTIVATED | 2020 GOALS | Best running books
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The Best Training Books for Running: Coach’s Top 6 Recommendations
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BEST RUNNING BOOKS (With Virgin Radio’s Vassos Alexander)
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Running Wild: A Quest for Healing across 7 Continents by Bobby O’Donnell Bobby O’Donnell was a 19-year-old college student and passionate runner when the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings left him.Contents. 1 This Fall and Upcoming Year’s Hottest Books; 2 Best Running Books: Our Criteria; 3 Best Running Books for Runners Age 50 and Over: 3.1 1. Running Past Fifty, Advice and Inspiration for Senior Runners, Gail Waesche Kislevitz: 4 Best for runners looking for a reason to get out the door. 4.1 Older Yet Faster The Secret to Running Fast and Injury Free, Keith Bateman & Heidi Jone.
The Best Books for Runners. From memoir to fiction, health to hope, here are some great reads about running. The 18 Best Cheap Running Shoes You Can Buy. ©2020.
Best Running Books to Motivate Your Training Following are true stories or biographies of runners that will inspire you to push your own limits yes many are tales of doing things we may never dare like running across the country or even 200 miles, but it’s the moments they go through that make you believe you can do more.When looking for these resources, books offer the best depth and most accessible means of staying informed. So, with this in mind, we decided to put together a review of the best books out there for those looking at starting running. The 12 Best Running Books For Beginners Running Books for Beginners #1: 10 Minute Toughness.
The wisdom imparted through running doesn’t always come while pounding the pavement. Sometimes, it’s gleaned in moments of quiet contemplation and recovery curled on the couch with an ice pack, the occasional chocolate milk and a good book.Some running apps are best for beginners, some are best for weight loss, and some are best for serious long-distance runners. Check out our list of top picks below to find the perfect running.
The 18 Best Affordable Running Shoes You Can Buy Right Now. 2020 We get it. While everyone likes to say, “All you need is to step out the door and start running,” you at least need some.
Mark Remy Mark Remy has been with Runner’s World since January 2007—for the first 5 ½ years as executive editor of RunnersWorld.com, and currently as a writer at large.Pfitzinger is probably best known for his performances in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic marathons, but he is an impressive runner across all distances, running 10k in 28.41. Pfitzinger is now a respected coach and exercise physiologist he has worked with over 400 Olympic-level and emerging international athletes.Moms RUN This Town is a running club with a huge percentage of beginner runners. This easy-to-read guide is exactly what I needed to prepare my new runners with the basic knowledge they need to get started.
Readers will find all the “must know” topics covered for beginner runners and will definitely leave feeling more knowledgeable, inspired.The undisputed classic of running novels and one of the most beloved sports books ever published, Once a Runner tells the story of an athlete’s dreams amid the turmoil of the 60s and the Vietnam war. Inspired by the author’s experience as a collegiate champion, the novel follows Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four.For those times when you’re not out on the road, trail or track, reading about running can be the next best thing. Whether it’s new training techniques, tips for losing weight or learning about what it’s like to run with the Kenyans, these 10 books will keep you in-the-know about the sport and help you stay motivated to continue pushing forward.
Runner’s World Complete Book of Beginning Running by Amby Burfoot is the newest addition to the heralded Runner’s World series focuses exclusively on the concerns of the tens of thousands of new runners who take up the sport every year. Recognizing that newcomers to a sport need all the help they can get, Runner’s World now devotes an entire book to guiding the beginning runner.“The Brooks Ghost 12 is reliable as ever as a daily trainer and long-run shoe that will deliver a plush, smooth ride mile after mile.
Ghost loyalists will be pleased to discover that the 12th edition is substantially similar to the Ghost 11 with only a couple of updates.Perhaps the most noticeable difference is an aesthetic update to the shoe’s upper which uses 3D printed overlays on an.
List of related literature:
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| from Anatomy for Runners: Unlocking Your Athletic Potential for Health, Speed, and Injury Prevention | |
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| from The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing | |
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Happy New Year Flora! I can’t believe it’s been a year that I found your channel. I started watching your video when you were preparing for Tokyo Marathon and really enjoy your content! Looking forward to an amazing running year!
BTW: Born to run was an amazing read, I absolutely loved it!!!
Love your videos flora, went on my first run of the year yesterday.. only 4K but the hardest bit was just getting out of bed!��
George Sheehan was always a great inspiration, he would be my first choice. I’ve tried a few times to find some of the articles I remember Chris Brasher writing in the Sunday press, but they don’t seem to have made it onto the internet, he was another great writer.
I’m an old guy. In the mid-1970s, finding Garth Gilmour’s Running The Lydiard Way changed my running life. It laid out the basic Aerobic-first/Lactate Threshold approach, and did so clearly, with not only good reasons, but with the persuasive background of Halberg, Snell, Davies, et al.
(Also, Ryun was far from the first American to run a 4-minute mile. He was the first high-schooler to do it, which is probably what you meant to say, but Don Bowden was first in 1957. Other great American runners of my youth: Jim Beatty, Jim Grelle, Dyrol Burleson, Tom O’Hara, and others were running sub-4 before Ryun came along.)
Running with the Buffs. All other choices are wrong. Also a classic, of course, is once a runner.
I read just a few books Born to Run had a big impact on me. I used to run in my 20-30’s but was a heel striker. That produced a lot of injuries like IT Band, Back of Knee cap wear and damaged meniscus. I gave up running. Then read Born to Run and learned how to run on the forefoot now I can run again… Loving it!
@kofuzi I really enjoyed David goggins book. Whenever I go for a long run and I need some inspiration I put it into audible.
I want to buy a shoe for speedwork/intervals, lightweight and highly responsive.Which one would you recommend?
Distance Training Simplified and the Sprinter’s Compendium. However I am biased.
“Ready to Run: Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally” by Kelly Starrett & TJ Murphy
QD-Book: Feet in the clouds by Richard Askwith is a great read. It’s about the history and the legendary characters of fell running in the north of the UK. It also details the author’s own attempt at a Bob Graham Round. Love Scott Jurek’s book too!
My favourite running book? The running book I am reading at the time of course! �� Just today finished ‘Running Up That Hill: The Highs and Lows of going that bit further’ by Vassos Alexander. An account of his venturing further and further beyond the marathon distance. Includes some interviews and contributions from ultra runners and others who have done likewise. Humorous, insightful, and simply all about the love (and often the real pain!) of running. Recommend it for an easy, enjoyable read.
Jack Daniels Running Formula is my favorite running book. So many other coaches have you used this book as the jumping off parts of their athletes training. I look at it like a cookbook and learning from a chef. So yeah I thought I understood how to run, but after reading this I learned that there was plenty more I could do within running to have better and more predictable running results. These are some good recommends and I plan to expand my reading during this offseason. Thanks for the video!
Glad you did this! Was just thinking I needed some new books for these solo sessions
“Let your mind run”Deena Kastor
beautiful story about mind body soul connection
AND her rise to greatness
A FEMALE perspective…..won me!!!
You probably know this one and its a bit different than the ones you mention but its still a great read from a great writer: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BG6TWAG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-M2IEbBK4QFHS
Yup I’m also agreeing with recommending ‘Endure’ by Alex Hutchinson. Perhaps one of the best science-y books out there that goes pretty deep into what makes human being becomes better at enduring pains and discomfort. The findings aren’t conclusive by any means, but the knowledge provided in that book is tremendously fascinating even for a layman/non-elite jogger like me.
Check out The Happy Runner by David and Megan Roche. Not sure they have an audiobook version.
Thanks for the great and inspiring work Mike.
Good to Go, Christine Aschwanden (NY Times best seller)
Shoe Dog, Phil Knight
Finding Ultra, Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the Worlds ‘s Fittest Man and Discovering Myself, Rich Roll (vegan wellness endurance athlete & podcaster)
Feet in the Clouds by Richard Askwith. It describes the UK fell-running (hill running) scene and its history, and also the author’s own attempt at a Bob Graham Round, a circuit of 42 of the Lake District peaks to be completed within 24 hours. (Kilian Jornet recently set the record for the route https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RiU3Ot-giPw)
It’s a great combination of stories about great athletes with the more easily relatable exploits of the author.
I want to recommend another running book, “Road to Sparta” by Dean Karnazes. I had the pleasure of getting to know him at a fitness spa called Rancho la Puerta, where we go perform music in exchange for stays (all presenters have the same arrangement). He was there to talk and run with guests and despite how some of the internet tries to portray him otherwise (Let’s Run, eg?!?) you couldn’t find a nicer, gentler, humbler person in reality. The book is beautifully written and very entertaining. Anyone who has ever done or will ever do a marathon can appreciate it even more after reading this book which interweaves his own person experiences with a very well researched history of the marathon. I asked him to sign my copy and he added “See you in Boston” because at the time I was training for my first ever marathon. It must have had some magic because I qualified, ha ha!
ok, can’t find this now in my bookcase, but i believe the title was on the edge. it’s a journalist’s account of training to run badwater when he had never run even a marathon. beautifully wriiten. also marshall ulrich’s running on empty, and dean karnanzes ultramarathon man. all of this, plus a growing sense of running out of time, inspired me to do my first ultra, and hopefully, many more to come. Scott jurek’s books also a major inspiration. Love your videos.
Enjoyed this video you Flora, I recently did a video like this also, one of my tips was to write it down on a big poster/calendar, when you see it on paper you feel proud, and no one likes to see a row of days with nothing on it. Eat & Run is a really great book, NORTH which is also by Scott Jurek is really great also
Here is one that I really really liked: “Running with the Buffaloes”, Chris Lear. Fo me a more interesting read than any of the following; Born to Run, Endure or How bad do you want it.
Some that I have really enjoyed:
Feet in the Clouds by Richard Askwith a great introduction to British fell running, and the story of the author’s attempt at a Bob Graham Round.
Running the Red Line by Julie Carter a memoir of a doctor who is also a keen fell runner.
Runner by Lizzy Hawker another memoir, featuring very interesting descriptions of some of her most notable races & challenges.
Personally I’ve read some amazing books on running and would love to pass on a few suggestions:
NorthScott Jurek (the attempt at the appalacean trail)
Feet in the clouds-Richard Askwith (one of my favourite books if all time. He shares his love of trails and mountains)
Dean Karnazes50/50, The Road to Sparta, ultramarathon man, run! (50 marathons in 50 days and the journey through the Spartathlon)
Some great biographies too:
Meb Keflezighi26 marathons
Jo PaveyThis mum runs
Bryony Gordon-Eat, drink, run
Bart YassoMy life on the run
Jessica EnnisUnbelievable
Lisa Jackson-Your pace or mine
Mo FarahTwin Ambitions
Mark AtkinsonRun Like Duck
And some strange but fun ones:
Dion LeonardFinding Gobi
Never wipe your ass with a squirrel-Jason Robillard
I would add “What I talk about when I talk about running” by Murakami. The greatest speculative fiction writer in Japan just going 100% running geek for a whole book and I couldn’t put it down.
my fav. book is “What i talk about running” Murakami Haruki…he is my fav. author as well =)
Everything about David Goggins is great. But not too great for most millennials, unfortunately.
Both Hannah Phillips books (No Run Intended and Run Intended) for me when I forget why I started running. Very funny, honest and relatable. Also The Pants Perspective by Anna McNuff for when you want to go on an adventure.
Wait a minute: what do you mean by “fallacies of zone training”?
Awsome footage!!Please take care out there.Thanks for the book choices.
Here’s a really great book for you:
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307389839/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_apa_i_Mp3IEbHZ4NK5F
The type of experimentation around cycling, I think we can do without ��
Just got round to watching this, luke tyburki’s chasing extreme has to be my favourite book, really helped pushed me with my running even though it’s not explicitly about running!
Bill Rodgers “Marathon Man” I got lucky and received an autographed copy from my running coach who’s mom dates him!
Your viewers not only from US & UK I’m from SAUDI ARABIA and I really enjoy watching your videos
Born to run: a hidden tribe. I’m halfway in tho I’m waiting for the paperback Spanish version my step dad is an avid reader but he doesn’t know a thing in English.
PS I’m spending to much time here and reading hasn’t been a priority, time to change.
Great video, looking for my next book after reading “The rise of the ultra runners” by Adharanand Finn which was amazing!
Unbroken (kind of generic) my favorite book of all time is The Way of the Kings by Brandon Sanderson.
Hi Seth!
I’m the guy from Switzerland. I will run on the roads and in the woods so I need like an allrounder shoe.
Just started running at the start of 2018, haven’t stopped since and i really enjoy trail running.
I must say that your videos are a treat to watch, i learned a lot plus i like your mellow style very easy to watch and listen.
Keep up the good work, thanks for sharing your journey trough life
Not forgetting both his both (and many others) can be listened running
Good to see you running outdoor. I red Born to Run, fantastic book! Ciao my friend!
Eat Drink Run by Bryony Gordon. A funny book with a serious message. Talks about the benefits of running on mental health, a real journey from couch to 26.2 miles, by a real non runner.
Awesome. Few I’ve read/listened to but I’ve added some others to my lists.
Really enjoyed all of Adharanand’s books and he’s got a podcast now as well. Would love to see if you could get on your Instagram dailies.
Seth, I’ve been watching your videos while, and I’m pretty inspired. I’m starting my long distance track season next month. I got a pair of puma evospeed track spikes. My best mile is 5:29, and my best 2 mile is 11:30. Any tips?
Really helpful video:).. i used to be the kind of person that would tell everyone about what I was GOING to do… Then not doing it or not keeping it up.. so now I try not to tell anyone and just work on the goal myself first:D
https://www.amazon.com/Bulletproof-Your-Knee/dp/1457544687/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
https://www.amazon.com/Treat-Your-Own-Iliotibial-Band-Syndrome/dp/1457517604/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
https://www.amazon.com/The-5-Minute-Plantar-Fasciitis-Solution/dp/1457539268/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
https://www.amazon.com/Treat-Your-Own-Achilles-Tendinitis/dp/1457510928/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Good stuff. Actually, your vids and Goggins’ “Can’t Hurt Me” inspired me to experiment with run commuting last year. He’s an amazing dude.
Since you asked: I really enjoyed Sakyong Mipham’s “Running with the Mind of Meditation” as it really got me in a good mental place running, and out of my own head:) Sadly I understand his own career has ended in an ugly controversy, but the book was meaningful and I think it’s available as an audio book.
I enjoyed Mark Cucuzzella’s “Run For Your Life” for his experiences in the medical field and coaching running for the US Air Force. It’s a nice primer in one man’s ideas, and I definitely incorporate bits of it, anyway.
I am listening to Goggins’ book, and it fuels me while running. What a person.
Peak Performance is a really easy read, and one of the authors was a runner in high school. Shoe Dog is a must read for runners. It was not at all how I thought it’d be.
Read Murakami. Japan’s greatest contemporary novelist is also an avid runner! His book is titled “What I talk about when I talk about running”. I only read it to get some insight into his creative process since I was reading one of his novels at the time, but by the end of the book I was already researching tracks and narrowing down what would be my first ever pair of running shoes. I wouldn’t call running an obsession but it definitely has become a way of life and this book was the inspiration.
Loved Chrissie Wellingtons book and also Reborn on the run by Catra Corbett ♥️
My favorite running book is Hansons Marathon Method. Starting running 5 years ago and this was the first book that helped me understand some of the science behind running and helped me to structure my training.
Great reviews and suggestions, thanks. My fave running books are Lizzy Hawker’s as well as Beyond Impossible by Mimi Anderson (a British mum who ends up with the world JOGLErunning the length of the UKrecord) and Fat Man To Green Man and its sequel Still Not Bionic by Ira Rainey.
Can’t hurt me is by far the best running book and book I have ever read. I also agree the audio book is really special and unique
Was Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World by Christopher McDougall on your list? Very influential in the US ultra community.
If you haven’t read “Once a Runner” by John L Parker I highly recommend. There’s something in the book that everyone can relate too. Though it is fictional it captures you and makes u fee like your running right along sign main character Quinton Cassidy. The book is truly moving.
Keep it up! Liking the tour through Chicago. Although not from Winnipeg but an hour west in Carman, they sometimes refer to Winnipeg as “Little Chicago” reflecting the history and architecture.
Hey Seth!
I am a high school distance runner, as you were as well. I would love to run competitively in college. My question is, what did you do to get noticed by the Colorado coach/ any college coach?
Thanks for the video you are really providing us with a break during these troubled times with these video’s.! I will start with the Can’t Hurt Me my next run. Stay safe!
I personally prefer audiobooks as I find it hard to read books while I’m running.
everybody’s different though.
Useful video! Have you found that it is a case of matching the runner to the theory/book? Trialing different techniques to find which one is most appropriate or can the runner adapt to the theory?
Great video! Thank you for the recommendations! I ordered Brain Training right away.
I heard this video is also good for runners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_l-kTOKnas
Great insight. Do you have any recommendations for running podcasts? I m currently listening to RunPod which is great. I actually feel these are more effective for me than music especially for long runs. Thanks
Love me a good book! Stay safe Mike out there in the windy city….personally I’m liking the new routes you’re on throughout Chi town! Fun to see the city from new vantage points.
Hi Flora! Currently reading Endurance and trully enjoying it ����
I liked the insights about saboteurs and how many people to tell.
Ooh I’m halfway through Eat and Run on Audible (long run company in my ears ��) I’m liking it ��
IV read ‘endure’ really good. Do you remember your fav part?
That is such a great point about the endorphin hit of telling people what your goals are; I’m definitely guilty of this:P
Fab videos as always x
Mo Farah autobiography, thats one of the best book out there
I have been trying to get the goggins book thru my local library.., never able to get it. I would buy it.., but I have a stack of books I haven’t read in my possession right now. so I am waiting to get the audio, thru my library
The dopamine thing… yup, I never thought about it that way, but it is so true lol
Pre: The Story of America’s Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine
Great suggestions! I’m making my way though Phil Knight’s “Shoe Dog”
I’ve been watching a lot of your videos lately and i gotta say this has gotta be one of the best montage scenes I’ve seen so far. And great choice of bg music, too! Where do you get your music for your montage scenes? I love them! Stay safe:)
I’ve been catching up on your past vlogs and just saw this one. One of the best Endurance books out there is “How bad do you want it” by Matt Fitzgerald. Amazing stories and applicable training/science behind it all. I think you would love most of his books!
Have read Scott Jureks “Eat & Run” 3 times & used the recipes (I’m not vegan). Rich Rolls “Finding Ultra” about his journey from alcaholism to vegan & ultra endurance athlete is a great read too. You’d also like “Let Your Mind Run” by Deena Kastor. I think every runner has read “Born to Run”. I have twice. Am a bit of if an addict when it comes to these biographies. These are just a few.
I love me a good sit down video.:) You bring up good points here. I like running books, yes they do motivate (I have a few reviews on my channel, but not of these books).
My picks for running:
From M.Fitzgerald: “Brain Training for Runners” for semi & full marathons training plans
From Dr M.Cucuzella: “Run for Your Life” for techniques & nutrition,…
Another 2 books for more than just running;
Another from D.McDougall: “Natural Born Heroes” for its story/history side
From R.Roll: “Finding Ultra” for his background and achievements.
Enjoy.
Another very good video. Have you tried Voodoo Floss on your PF? I highly recommend.
Seth, a couple from my early years of running: Running to the Top by Derek Clayton and The Unforgiving Minute by Ron Clarke. More recently, From Last to First by Charlie Spedding is a good read.
Thanks for your great videos! Really enjoy the content and have benefited from it. Appreciate it!
Good old sit down chatty video, missed these, some good points put across Flora ����❤️
By far my favorite running book is Running with the Buffaloes by Chris Lear, amazingly written and emotionally charged.
Excellent stuff as always Endure is one that I have been thinking a lot about reading I will have to put that on the list… really depends on your focus in terms of books I have read Finn’s book on the Kenyans and the one on the Japanese runners as well both interesting books I picked up The Rise of the Ultrarunner but have not read it yet. If you like Biography type one I really enjoy the ones about Olympic athletes of the past No Bugles No Drums about Peter Snell and A Clean Pair of Heels about Murray Halberg are good as is the one about Buddy Edelen A Cold Clear Day he went over to the UK to train and held the World Best in the Marathon as well. Cross Country Running Running with the Buffaloes of course, I also finished Amazing Racers recently about the Fayetteville Manilus teams up in NY. No track runner should miss Once a Runner of course I enjoyed Parkers other books as well. Also track would be The Perfect Distance which was the Ovett-Coe of the 80s. From a Coaching one similar to Larsen I did like the Bowerman Bio by Kenny Moore.
So nice to see you back Flora!
Would love to see a gym workout/routine to see what your up to training wise in the new year!
All the best for 2020 xx
Favorite running books:
Novel: Once a runner
Informative: Endure by Alex Huchinson.
Books. You &/or True Love should write a book b/c y’all are sp inspiring to others. Great video. God bless.
How do you rotate your shoes? Do you have a system for your shoe rotation?
I got quite a few running books on my shelf and it is almost impossible to pick just one. Being 64 years old and a runner since september 9 1974, I went through many differnet phases in my running life. So please allow me to pick 3 books, which had the most influence on me. When I was young, I was more a racer, I cared about medals, places and times. That was the time I read and reread Running the Lydiard way. When i got older and slower there was a time when running almost got buried by my duties and responsibilities, and I did not quite know, how, when and why I could satisfy my urge to run. A little book called Why we run by Bernd Heinrich showed me the way. Now in the autumn of my life, I just do what I have to do, go out into the nature and move. Call it racing, running walking hiking skiping or jumping…..breath and move…..and read the book running buddha by Sakyong Mipham
Here is a list of the Best Running Books Check them out on amazon https://amzn.to/2CMBMTi
Lore of Running by Tim Noakes. It’s like the encyclopedia of running. I bought it before my neuroma surgery. It’s crazy technical about everything from bio-mechanics, to VO2-Max, to training methods. I’m a technical guy and love the details. I still use it 20+ years later as a reference. Not for light reading!
I recommend The Incomplete Book to Running by Peter Sagal. It’s an interesting read and talks a bit about his experience with the Boston Marathon bombing. I also recommend (but suggest skimming a few parts to keep the story going) The Ghost Runner: The Epic Journey of the Man They Couldn’t Stop by Bill Jones. It’s about John Tarrant and his struggles to be accepted in the British running world in the 1950s and 1960s.
Love the shots of Wrigley, Goggins for sure!! Makes me want to run through a wall!
Thanks for the book recommendations. I will be checking out the ones that I didn’t read before, and also growing my list of books to read/listen to from the comments section!
And the book that inspired me to start running outdoor is “Eat and Run” by Scott Jurek. I thought it was a great read/audiobook!
Thank you for the books recommendations! I have already ordered them!
Somewhere I have one of Jim Fixx’s original books very hard to come by now!
I also read the first 2 books. Loved Born to Run a bit more. I also loved squash. Great motivation.
I was recommended Born to Run last year and it got me running again after a break of over 15 years (stopped because I kept getting ITBS). Maybe it does have a few threads in it about running barefoot, what really runs through it for me is the sheer joy of running. Of getting out there, putting one foot in front of the other and getting lost in your thoughts. The advice of “Easy, light, smooooth, fast” takes the pressure away of chasing times and just moving. I’m still running. And the ITBS? Nope. What I learned from the book shorter strides and higher turnover means I’m no longer a heel striker.
My favourite book about running is by far North by Scott Jurek, about his attempt to beat the fastest known time on the Appalachian Trial. I love it because it reads like a novel and Scott Jurek is a legend. On top of that his book “Eat and run” changed my way of life. Before I read his book I was a meat eater, but while I was Reading it, I started to question my way of life. Over the months following my Reading of Eat and Run I started to eat less and less meat to the point where I am now and eat meat once a week. So Eat and Run is the most important book about running for me, but I liked North more. Also a special mention for “Why we run” by Scott Harvie, make sure you pick That up if you didn’t read it yet.
Nothing ever gets done by being a bitch!
David Goggins
Love this man and his attitude. Nothing ever pushed me like Goggins telling me to go out and run 30miles and stop being a little bitch.
Nice recommendations, I remember reading born to run and getting into minimalist running. Sadly, my feet did not agree.
Really helpful video considering the times. I’ve been reading some of Matt Fitzgerald’s running books but I’ll check out the books you recommended. Running with the Kenyans has my interest.
I thought you’re talking about Brooks, my bad.. Anyway keep it tight
My favorite book is Endure by Alex Hutchinson because he connects to me (13 years old) because he goes into his high school Xc and track meets
Really enjoyed reading ‘Run Like Duck’ by Mark Atkinson.
Great for anyone starting out with running.
Brilliant… love this video, and my reading list has just massively increased… perfect, thank-you.
Adharanand Finn has two other books. The Way of the Runner and The Rise of the Ultrarunners, both fantastic books also, both worth a read by everyone!
Really enjoyed Running with the Kenyans. Thanks for the recommendations on the others.
I just started reading my first ‘running book’, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
It’s hard to pick one so I’ll give a few.
Inspiration The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life by Amby Burfoot
Training 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster By Training Slower by Matt Fitzgerald
Motivation How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle by Matt Fitzgerald
Appalachian Trail Pronounce BOTH ways you pronounced it. It is location dependent. North/South sort of thing.
“Can’t Hurt Me”….not just a book about Goggins but probably the best “self help ” book as well.
Hey kofuzi, I just wondering do you always ingest energy gel every time you run or it is just reserves for long day run?
26 Marathon by Meb Keflezighi
The Mile You’re In Ryan Hall
Check them out
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami is another great book/memoir about Murakami’s adventures with running!
Bill Rodgers’s Marathon Man is an easy fast read. For something that is like a school course, Steve Magness’ The Science of Running and you’ll know everything physical and mental and how they relate physiologically. Heavy book! I’m highlighting and rereading when done it’s so long….
I am reading “Chi Running” again and will probably read “Born to Run again”.
Love seeing Wrigley Field in the background as you run. Almost makes me miss living in Chicago. Almost…..LOL! I enjoyed reading Bart Yasso’s book, My Life on the Run.
“Why We Run” by Bernd Heinrich who has previously been the record holder in the 100K, I believe. Definitely worth your time.
Thanks for the recommendations! I would recommend Jo Pavey’s Running Adventures of a Supermum, and Mimi Anderson’s Beyond Impossible. I’ve read both Vassos’ books too Don’t Stop Me Now was one of my first running books:)
If you want a memoir of a middle of the pack kind of runner, “What I talk about when I talk about running” is interesting, particularly if you have read some of Murakami’s fiction. It really shows how running can interact with one’s life work.
Kicksology by Brian Metzler. Good read about history and progression of running shoes and shoe technology, plus some on history of brick and mortar running specialty stores.
QD: Running with the Kenyans: Discovering the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth (A. Finn)
‘Once a Runner’ by John Parker-the BEST. Also, Michael Sandrock’s ‘Running With the Legends’, Bill Rodgers’ ‘Marathon Man’, and ‘Best Runs’ by Joe Henderson. Among others.
I saw the text in the thumbnail and thought it said 5 pretty good BROOKS, lol
Great list, thanks! I’ve read some (Hey Vassos, read Eat and Run, it’s awesome), and got some nice recommendations! I’d like to suggest Running with the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn. This Brit Author rediscovers his passion for running and go to Kenya with his family for six months to learn why the country is home of so many elite runners. I enjoyed his other books too (about running in Japan and Ultra running) but this one is his best.
Running with the Buffalos is probably my favorite, closely followed by The Perfect Mile. RWB was great for me as a high school CC runner because it followed the day to day training and racing, preseason expectation and late season manifestations. The Perfect Mile is just so well written and researched.
I also really like The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman. I think of it as the academic version of Born to Run.
Books / Qd: not a running book per se, but Unbroken is a really good one that has some running elements and at least one substory in it about running a race in a Japanese POW camp:).
In no particular order: 401, Fatman to Greenman, Still Not Bionic: Adventures in Unremarkable Ultrarunning, Finding Ultra, Born to Run(naturally), What I talk about when I talk about running, Eat and Run(again naturally), North and Don’t stop me now: 26.2 Tales of a runners obsession. Feel free to google them, read and enjoy them all to various degrees. Im sure there is more, but can’t remember if there are any others……:S
Dean Karnazes:Ultra Marathon Man started me Ultra Running especially training late at night or early early am.
Congratulations on 4K. It couldn’t happen to a better family!
Bernd Heinrich,Why we run “is an interesting book.
He is a biologist and marathon and ultra marathon runner with several american records on his name.
Seeing as you’ve been jumping into Zwift lately you might be interested in another Huchinsons book, Faster by Michael Hutchinson. No relation to Alex as far as i know. He is a Northern Irish cycling Time Trial specialist. Very funny audiobook about his efforts to make it in time trialling as well as the science behind speed. Thumbs up to Endure. Check out Alex Hutchinsons Sweat Science column in Outside magazine.
The Ghost Runner by Bill Jones, it’s very British but fascinating. Zatopek by Richard Askwith is fantastic and a real surprise but a great for a normal slower runner like myself is Fat man to Green man by Ira Rainey
Great stuff thanks. Can’t wait for Vassos to publish his next book.
You should check out Charlie engle’s book. He ran the Sahara and did badwater.
And I thought this video wouldn’t contain any running montage, glad I was wrong and that you could still run outdoors.
IMO the best book about running is “Once A Runner.” It encapsulates the feelings and experiences of serious athletes better than anything else I’ve ever seen or read.
Loved born to Run Reads like an exciting adeventure novel. Will check out the others!
Endure and The Perfect Mile are my personal favorites:) might make a video about them on my channel
#1 david googins “can’t hurt me”
#2 “living with a seal”
Best books to listen to
Best pep talk I’ve heard in a while. Loooooved it. Thank you! Best wishes for 2020 beautiful xx
Great review mate,
have read most of the books in your review,
would recommend them ����
Great video @fordyruns I love reading and have many books one of my favourite is What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami
Fordy, I’ve been reading some books about running, but not the usual sort and I’ve been trying to finish the current one up before I do a brief telling about them. Good job on highlighting these gem, though!