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I've recently read Paula's autobiography and Bob Brown's Road to Deca.
I have the following on my list to read:
Feet In the Clouds
The Greatest - Haile Berry
The Ultra Marathon Man
Any other recommendations?
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I thought Feet in the Clouds was brilliant and also really enjoyed The Ultra Marathon Man.
Much as I love Paula, I found her autobiography a bit boring to be honest.
I enjoyed Barefoot Runner.
Was Road to Deca good?
Road to Deca was interesting although i wouldn't say it inspired me as Bob Brown is a bit of a nutter so it won't get you out the door thinking "i must try to be more like Bob".
But it passed my test of a good read in that i read it in under a week.
The Runners Literary Companion edited by Garth Battista has some good stories on running (published in the US by Penguin, available in UK at Bookers). Once a Runner by John L Parker published by Cedarwinds grips you and is worth a read.
Feet in the clouds- great.
Ultramarathon man - also great (gets a bit American in places, but Dean is a decent author)
Wild trails to far horizons - Mick Cudahy - is a marvellous book, if you can get hold of it
Paula Radcliffes book for me was hard going, a bit boring.
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Philosophy-Marathon-Michael-Austin/dp/1405167971/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1201011109&sr=8-1" title="Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind">Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind</a> by Michael W. Austin
an absolutely brilliant book - really gets under why we all do what we do
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Philosophy-Marathon-Michael-Austin/dp/1405167971/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1201011109&sr=8-1" title="Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind">Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind</a> by Michael W. Austin
Sorry shouldn't have tried to paste a link - what it should be is Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind
AAARGH - did it again - what I am trying to post (very badly) is:
Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind
My favourite is "Why we run: a natural history" by Bernd Heinrich
It's a biologist studying different species and their strategies/adaptations regarding endurance and fuelling and looking how he can apply his findings to his own attempt at breaking the 100km record. Not your typical running book, but extremely interesting.
mellifera - you'd love this book
Steve Prefontaine. Nothing else comes close.
There are 2 films as well - Prefontaine starring Jared Leto or Without Limits starring Billy someone and thats just awesome! I have watched it about 10 times and only had it a few weeks.
Liz McColgan;s autobiography is pretty good too