Tuesday 13th November 2012

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  • Evening you lot

    Busy thread again,which is good to see.

  • LMH: it would be good if others can add to this book list (it is by no means exhaustive but contains either what I have got (most) or what I would like!)

    Pfitzinger and Douglas, Advanced Marathoning
    Charlie Spedding, From First to Last
    Hal Higdon, The Ultimate Marathon Training Guide
    Scott Jurek, Eat and Run
    Jack Daniels, Running Formula
    Steven Downes and Duncan Mackay, Running Scared: How Athletics Lost its Innocence
    Richard Moore, The Dirtiest Race in History
    Jessica Ennis, Unbelievable
    Feet in the Clouds, Richard Askwith
    Born to Run, Christopher McDougall
    What I talk about when I talk about running, Hamuki Murakami
    The Long Hard Road, Parts 1 and 2, Ron Hill
    Running with the Legends, Michael Sandrock
    The Ghost Runner, Bill Jones
    Plus 3 books from AW: Great British Runners  
    Great Marathon Runners     
    The Greatest Games Ever   

    And, of course, Marathon Man, William Goldman

    Hope this helps!!

    Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.
  • 'Tea with Mr Newton' is a cracking read. The biography of Arthur Newton.

     

    'Plimsoles on, Eyeballs out. The story of Jim Peters

  • I knew you'd be along to add to the list, Birks! Hope you don't mind but I have added yours into the mix:

    Pfitzinger and Douglas, Advanced Marathoning
    Keith Livingstone, Healthy Intelligent Training (The proven principles of Arthur Lydiard)
    Charlie Spedding, From First to Last
    Tea with Mr. Newton: the Biography of Arthur Newton
    Hal Higdon, The Ultimate Marathon Training Guide
    Scott Jurek, Eat and Run
    Jack Daniels, Running Formula
    Steven Downes and Duncan Mackay, Running Scared: How Athletics Lost its Innocence
    Richard Moore, The Dirtiest Race in History
    Plimsoles on, Eyeballs out, The Story of Jum Peters
    Jessica Ennis, UnbelievableFeet in the Clouds, Richard Askwith
    Born to Run, Christopher McDougall
    What I talk about when I talk about running, Hamuki Murakami
    The Long Hard Road, Parts 1 and 2, Ron Hill
    Running with the Legends, Michael Sandrock
    The Ghost Runner, Bill Jones
    Plus 3 books from AW: Great British Runners  
    Great Marathon Runners     
    The Greatest Games Ever   

     

    And, of course, Marathon Man, William Goldman

    Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.
  • Phew!! Just back from my club night, got put in with the fastest lads, we did Thursdays hilly course backwards with an extra 3/4 mile thrown in for good measure...

    Didn't notice how many down hill sections there were on Thursday, but I'll definitely remember them backwards!!

    7:15 minute miles was pretty tough for me as well, how some of them lads can have a natter at that speed running up hill is beyond me! image
  • RFJRFJ ✭✭✭

    Ale - there is also a good book by Lopez Lomong Running for my life - is a good read and one of the missing boys from Sudan area fro the civil war and how he sees Michael Johnson running in the Olympics on a TV in farm house when in refugee camp and says he wants to do the same......BTW love the books and wine together....

    Dustin - You have a message waiting for you, likewise he was in our pics...

    What - 6.14m with 4 x 5 mins (.80m, .80m, .81m, .81m) with 60 sec rec.
    Why - Last hard session before Gosport 1/2 on Sunday
    Last hard - Today
    Last Rest - On the massage table earlier... BLISS with the odd yelp

    Take care

  • Another good session, RFJ! Going well! Will add your book to the list tomorrow: sounds good.



    Sweep: good session too. I'm sure in another six months you will be talking on the hills as well...and I don't mean the downhill.
    Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.
  • Tom.Tom. ✭✭✭
    A couple more for the list:



    Adharanand Finn, Running with the Kenyans

    Wilson, Watts and Horwill, The Complete Middle Distance Runner

    Bill Adcocks, The Road to Athens





    List now becomes:



    Pfitzinger and Douglas, Advanced Marathoning

    Keith Livingstone, Healthy Intelligent Training (The proven principles of Arthur Lydiard)

    Charlie Spedding, From First to Last

    Tea with Mr. Newton: the Biography of Arthur Newton

    Hal Higdon, The Ultimate Marathon Training Guide

    Scott Jurek, Eat and Run

    Jack Daniels, Running Formula

    Steven Downes and Duncan Mackay, Running Scared: How Athletics Lost its Innocence

    Richard Moore, The Dirtiest Race in History

    Plimsoles on, Eyeballs out, The Story of Jum Peters

    Jessica Ennis, UnbelievableFeet in the Clouds, Richard Askwith

    Born to Run, Christopher McDougall

    What I talk about when I talk about running, Hamuki Murakami

    The Long Hard Road, Parts 1 and 2, Ron Hill

    Running with the Legends, Michael Sandrock

    The Ghost Runner, Bill Jones

    Plus 3 books from AW: Great British Runners

    Great Marathon Runners

    The Greatest Games Ever

    Adharanand Finn, Running with the Kenyans

    Wilson, Watts and Horwill, The Complete Middle Distance Runner

    Bill Adcocks, The Road to Athens



    I also recommend highly "The Cutting Edge Runner" by Matt Fitzgerald. However for some reason not many people rate it that highly - but what do I know!
  • Tom.Tom. ✭✭✭
    Club night was a blast - 8 x 400m stretches run hard up and down the road. Feeling a bit heavy legged on the warm up so decided to not to hammer it. Thing is when you're surrounded by runners your natural instincts take over.....easy day tomorrow.
  • Tom.Tom. ✭✭✭
    Oh and "Better Training For Distance Runners" by Martin and Coe. This is quite a demanding read, on a par with Noakes' "Lore of Running", and in a different league to P&D's lightweight Jack Daniels rip off effort image
  • Straycelt: As it appears that you haven’t strayed THAT far from Dragon country, let me know what you are seeking and I’ll keep an eye out. I’m in Gloucester. There’s usually a 20 miler in January, along with a 10 miler and a marathon (I’m in for that) on 20th January.

    LMH: I presume that Fatman to Ironman, and Going Long are already in the library?

    Monday, shredded legs
    Tuesday, just feeling fat.

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