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"An inspirational memoir from Olympian and Boston Marathon winner Des Linden, sharing both her personal story and what motivates her to get up and run every day"--
"Featuring both the story of an historic, unforgettable win and insight into the life of an indelible champion, Choosing to Run is a truly inspirational memoir from Boston Marathon winner and Olympian Des Linden, sharing her personal story and what motivates her to keep showing up. When...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Twilight Whispers and “a first-rate storyteller” (The Boston Globe) comes a masterful family portrait, filled with thought-provoking insights into how letting go can be the hardest thing to do—and the greatest expression of love.
Molly and Robin Snow are sisters in the prime of life. So when Molly receives the news that Robin has suffered a massive...
Molly and Robin Snow are sisters in the prime of life. So when Molly receives the news that Robin has suffered a massive...
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Broad Book Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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“An insightful tour of an intense athletic world unknown to most.” —Kirkus Reviews Looking at life through the lens of this unique sporting community, journalist and veteran marathon runner John Trent draws a direct line between the mentors, companions, and challenges he's met on the trail and the paths we all face in life in Running Toward Life. When covering the 100-Mile Western States Endurance Run as a pace runner, John found himself running...
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Seal Press
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Dawn Dais hated running. And it didn't like her much, either. Her fitness routine consisted of avoiding the stairs in her own house, because who really has the energy to climb stairs? It was with this exercise philosophy firmly in place that she set off to complete a marathon. The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women is a fun training manual for women who don't believe that running is their biological destiny but who dream of crossing the finish line...
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Experiment
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c2012
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English
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Having competed in over 600 long-distance races across fifty-five years, Ed Ayres is arguably the most experienced American distance runner still competing today. A book no one else could have written, The Longest Race is his urgent exploration of the connection between endurance athletes and a sustainable society. The Longest Race begins with Ayres at the starting line of the 2001 JFK 50 Mile-- the nation’s oldest and largest ultramarathon and,...
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Penguin Books
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[2021]
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English
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"A no-nonsense, interactive guide that empowers all women at all levels to run their strongest, best marathon ever. As recently as 1966, women were forbidden to run in the marathon. Professionals--including doctors--believed it was physically impossible and dangerous for women to run more than a mile and a half. But as with many other barriers women have faced over time, we fought to participate and compete. Today, women make up almost half of the...
7) My way
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Well Go USA
Pub. Date
2012.
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Korean
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Jun Shik, who works for Tatsuo's grandfather's farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, becomes rivals with Tatsuo over their mutual desire to become marathon runners, but when war breaks out both are forced to enlist in the army and embark on separate journeys.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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In the tradition of Wild and H Is for Hawk, an Outside magazine writer tells her story of fathers and daughters, grief and renewal, adventure and obsession, and the power of running to change your life. Im running to forget, and to remember. For more than a decade, Katie Arnold chased adventure around the world, reporting on extreme athletes who performed outlandish featswalking high lines a thousand feet off the ground without a harness, or running...
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Rodale
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[2016]
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English
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In 490 BCE, Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion in the Battle of Marathon. In doing so, he saved the development of Western civilization and inspired the birth of the marathon as we know it. Even now, some 2,500 years later, that run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in the history of mankind. Karnazes personally honors Pheidippides and his...
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Riverhead Books
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2023.
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English
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An epic multigenerational novel about a Korean family living under Japanese occupation"--
"From the National Book Award winning author, an extraordinary, ground-breaking, epic multi-generational novel about a Korean family living under Japanese occupation. In 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, Lee Woo-cheol was a running prodigy and a contender for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. But he would have had to run under the Japanese flag. Nearly a century later,...
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