Because I'm old and male and 'difficult to get presents for', my family insist on me providing them with a list of my Christmas present wishes. I thought of maybe suggesting some books about running - more about training or theory, rather than biographies. Does anyone have any recommendations?
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I just did a search with 'books' as the search word and it pulled up at least half a dozen threads.
For what it's worth here's three from me.
Feet in the Clouds, Born to Run and Running on Empty. And if you're serious about your running every bookshelf should have a copy of The Lore of Running by Noakes on it.
I can highly recommend 'RUN!' and 'Ultramarathon man' both by Dean Karnazes and both very good.
Mick
I have recently read Paula Radcliffe's book called How to Run and I found it very informative. It talks about what gear you should get, what you should eat, gives you advice on weight training, warm up, running techniques and also includes a few training plans. I used one of her training plans to train for the Marlow half marathon and I felt it was a great plan.
Feet in the Clouds and Born to Run are both of enduring quality. The latter is stuffed with amazing information and stories.
There are some 'how I became an ironman' triathlon books which are good at encapsulating the challenge; my favourite is How Triathlon Ruined My Life.
A slightly different angle comes from What I Talk About, When I Talk About Running
Hi Doug,
Bought Brain Training for Runners by Matt Fitzgerald. Interesting, lots of info. It´s worth a try
It's not really a training book, but definitely a good, interesting read.
I really liked Why We Run by Bernd Heinrich. It is partly autobiographical but it mainly draws on the author's experiences rather than exploring his life story and it draws parallels between humans and animals which are very interesting.
Would highly recommend it. Also liked What I Talk About When I talk About Running but I found that strongly autobiographical.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1605298611
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1891369849
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/159486649X
Lore of Running.... will turn you into a running geek.
Feet in the clouds & born to run are more fun reads I loved.