Τα καλύτερα Running Book podcast (2024)

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The Race To Be Myself, by Caster Semenya 1:03:15

17d ago1:03:15

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Send us a Text Message. The Race to Be Myself is a 4 part memoire where Caster talks about: The beginning: how she grew up, how she liked to hang out with boys and play sports, and what happened in puberty. The rise: How she got into running and eventually decided to be more serious about training. She also talks about getting more serious about sc…

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Run Through, by SB Stone 1:17:13

1M ago1:17:13

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Send us a Text Message. Running Through; my journey through moments of flight, is Steven’s journey into Running via a series of tiny moments of flight. This book is divided into short stories describing some of the moments in his personal running journey and how they ended up influencing his life. Some stories are funny anecdotes and others are not…

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BONUS TRACK: Boston Marathon Experience 1:11:03

1M ago1:11:03

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Send us a Text Message. If you've been following our social media accounts (mainly FB and Instagram... we're not as good about posting to X or Threads...) then you'll have seen that Alan went to Boston this year. Before the Boston Marathon, we reviewed The Boston Marathon Handbook buy Marc Pollina, and it turned out that Alan and Marc ran very simi…

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All In Stride, by Johanna Garton 1:20:16

2M ago1:20:16

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Send us a Text Message. All In Stride is the story of two Kenyan born athletes who have competed at the highest levels in running, and one US athlete and Olympian in the modern pentathlon. The bond that the three characters share is that they have all been in the Army’s world class athlete program (WCAP). The book is divided into two parts: Part 1:…

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The Boston Marathon Handbook, by Marc W. Pollina 1:41:10

2M ago1:41:10

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Send us a Text Message. The Boston Marathon Handbook is part of the Falcon Guides series, which cover the entire spectrum of outdoor activities. This book covers everything about Boston from what makes Boston so special, to getting in and training, and even what to do after the race and more! There are 12 chapters that make up the book: Chapter 1 -…

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In The Spell Of The Barkley, by Michiel Panhuysen 1:34:23

3M ago1:34:23

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Send us a Text Message. In The Spell Of The Barkley tells the story of the Barkley race in Tennessee with its history and traditions, how the author discovered it and became determined to finish the “fun run”, and explores the reasons why participants keep coming back despite being almost guaranteed to fail. The book is a mix of the authors experie…

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There Is No Wall, by Allie Bailey 1:42:00

3M ago1:42:00

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Send us a Text Message. There Is No Wall is ultrarunner Allie Bailey’s brutally honest and sometimes shocking account of alcoholism, depression and severe mental breakdowns which almost cost her her life. Told with disarming vulnerability, heartbreaking depth of feeling and dark humour, this isn’t a story about how running saved her – she was alrea…

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Becoming A Sustainable Runner, by Tina Muir and Zoe Rom 1:37:11

4M ago1:37:11

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Send us a Text Message. Becoming a Sustainable Runner is a guide written by two environmental advocates, Tina Muir and Zoe Rom, who love running. This book teaches us about the impact running has on the environment, but also how to be a lifelong runner and how to contribute to the running community in a way that is positive and inclusive. The book …

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Pain and Performance, by Ryan Whited and Matt Fitzgerald 1:24:32

4M ago1:24:32

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we get to chat with author, Ryan Whited, about his book (co-authored with Matt Fitzgerald) Pain + Performance. Pain + Performance is a book that aims to explain how pain is a normal human experience and not something that we need to try and get rid of… at least not completely. Pain also doesn’t always mean ti…

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The Psychology of Running, by Noel Brick and Stuart Holliday 1:36:25

5M ago1:36:25

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Send us a Text Message. The Psychology of Running is part of The Psychology of Everything series which also includes: The Psychology of Art The Psychology of Wellness The Psychology of Comedy The Psychology of Democracy The Psychology of Counselling The Psychology of Travel The Psychology of Attachment This book dives into the science of running to…

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BONUS TRACK: Alan Runs A 3000m On The Track? 40:56

5M ago40:56

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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode, Liz interviews Alan about his recent attempt at a Quebec age group record on the indoor track. Alan has never worn spikes or raced on an indoor track. This should be interesting! Support the Show. Any feedback or suggestions on this review or any of our other podcast episodes would be greatly welcomed.…

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Running Away from Cancer by Greg Schnoor 1:13:09

5M ago1:13:09

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Send us a Text Message. Running Away from Cancer is the story of the author, Greg Schnoor's, journey to becoming an ultramarathoner after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The thing is, he wasn’t even a runner before his diagnosis and started running while receiving maintenance chemotherapy once a month. Greg first started running because two of …

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BONUS TRACK: Alan and Liz Behind The Scenes of 8020 Endurance Coaching 43:41

5M ago43:41

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Send us a Text Message. This bonus was recorded after we just finished chatting with Matt Fitzgerald and Layla Porteous about 80/20 Endurance High Performance Coaching Course and companion book. It took us months to complete the course so obviously there were a lot of questions that we couldn't get to with our guests. We chatted about coaching prin…

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80/20 Endurance Book + High Performance Coaching Course, by Matt Fitzgerald and Leyla Porteous 1:23:30

6M ago1:23:30

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Send us a Text Message. This episode is a little different because Matt Fitzgerald's book, 80/20 Eandurance, is a companion to a new coaching course created by Leyla Porteous, Director of Training and Operations at 80/20 Endurance. We refer to the course a lot, but all the information is also in the book. The book is divided into 12 chapters which …

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Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on the Last 10 Books 1:24:10

6M ago1:24:10

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Send us a Text Message. We love these episodes because it means we get to reminisce about the books we've read over the last 5-6 months. Since we're on a strict reading schedule of one book every 2 weeks, we don't get to wallow in that after-good-book feeling you get after finishing a book, so these recaps are the next best thing. In this episode w…

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The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook, by Claire Maxted 1:28:23

7M ago1:28:23

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we had the pleasure of chatting with Claire Maxted (a.k.a. Wild Ginger Runner) about her book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook, and also found out that she is currently writing her second book which will be specifically for ultra trail runners! The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook is not called “ultimate” …

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BONUS TRACK: 2023 Marathon Race Recap - What Happened and What's Next 35:29

7M ago35:29

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Send us a Text Message. For those of you who have been following the podcast, you know that we were gearing up to run a sub-3 hour marathon at the Petit Train du Nord Marathon on October 1st, 2023. You've likely seen our social media posts and know that neither of us achieved the goal on race day (and if you didn't see those posts then stop right h…

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Just Finish! by Sean Kachmarski 1:41:28

7M ago1:41:28

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Send us a Text Message. Just Finish is author Sean Kachmarski’s story of going from watching The Great North Run on TV every year and telling his wife “I’m going to run that next year”, to actually running it! Sean played football while he was in school but never described himself as athletic. By the time he decided to start running he had 2 kids, …

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BONUS TRACK: Mini-Nutrition Chat with Andrew Snow 20:58

7M ago20:58

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Send us a Text Message. We had a great chat with Andrew Snow about his book, Run Elite. It was so great in fact, that it ended up being one of our longest episodes because Andrew is so knowledgeable and passionate about running. As we were wrapping up the podcast we discovered another topic that he is passionate about; nutrition! Andrew touches on …

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Run Elite, by Andrew Snow 2:08:00

8M ago2:08:00

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we chat with author Andrew Snow about his book Run Elite. Andrew is very passionate about helping runners improve their performance and it shows in the podcast. Run Elite covers all aspects of high-level marathon training. Although the reference is mostly to marathon running throughout the book, the informati…

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Run Healthy, by Emmi Aguillard, Jonathan Cane and Allison Goldstein 1:16:25

8M ago1:16:25

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Send us a Text Message. Run Healthy is a book dedicated to injuries. The authors tell runners about the different tissues in the body and how they respond to stress and healing, areas of the body to pay attention to so that you can prevent injury, common injuries that runners get and what the issues commonly are, and components of healthy training.…

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On The Run, published by Gestalten 57:00

9M ago57:00

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Send us a Text Message. On The Run is a hard cover coffee table style book featuring a collection of runs and stories about running from around the world. Each run is its own story so you don’t need to read the book cover to cover and each run features large photos of spectacular scenery. The book has an introduction to running in the first section…

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Get to the Line in the Best Shape Possible, by Eoin Everard 1:35:16

9M ago1:35:16

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Send us a Text Message. Get to the Line in the Best Shape Possible is a collection of articles written by the author and assembled into a book under one of 4 categories: Lifestyle Training Supplemental training Injury and Health The book is available in both PDF and audiobook format. Eoin Everard is a sub 4-minute miler, Sub 14 minute 5K and sub 30…

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Personal Best Running, by Mark Coogan and Scott Douglas 1:40:05

10M ago1:40:05

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Send us a Text Message. Personal Best Running is a two-part training manual outlining Coach Coogan’s coaching practice and training plans. Part 1 includes 5 chapters about the theory: 1. Coach Coogan’s training principles 2. Building a good training environment 3. Staying strong and healthy 4. Using your mind to run faster 5. Being a student of the…

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Born to Run 2, by Christopher McDougall and Eric Orton 1:15:24

10M ago1:15:24

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Send us a Text Message. With a name like Born to Run 2 you might be expecting that this is part 2 of Chris McDougall’s story from 2009; there's a little of that, but also so much more. This is the training manual to accompany Born to Run and also features returns of some of the athletes who ran Caballo Blanco’s race organized with the Tarahumara in…

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Do Hard Things, by Steve Magness 1:15:04

11M ago1:15:04

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Alan and Liz chat about Steve Magness' book, Do Hard Things. This book talks about toughness and how we all probably think of toughness wrong. Toughness has long been defined as an absence of weakness, but this book challenges that with research to back up the authors claims. In addition, the author proposes …

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You (Only Faster), by Greg McMillan 1:14:31

11M ago1:14:31

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Send us a Text Message. You (Only Faster) puts a new spin on the training book. In this book you get some good training principles but Greg uses them to guide you through a 6 step process to modifying a training plan, that you may have gotten online or from a book, to better suite you as a runner. So if the plan follows good training principles, wh…

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The Humiliation Tour, by Jeffrey Recker 1:21:17

12M ago1:21:17

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Send us a Text Message. The Humiliation Tour is a running themed fiction novel that could’ve probably been 2 novels. There are 2 separate stories, one starting in 1933 during the great depression and the other starting in 1993, that are related in an unexpected way towards the end of the book. Both stories feature a young man that discovers running…

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Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on Books 61 to 70 1:23:45

1y ago1:23:45

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Send us a Text Message. Already 10 books since the last recap episode and also another marathon under our belts. This marathon didn’t go well for either of us but we’ll have another chance in October. Here are the books we chat about in this episode: The Mock Olympian, by Michael Long You can get a copy here: https://a.co/d/3Fu37FX Fast 5k, by Pete…

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The Longest Race, by Kara Goucher and Mary Pilon 1:06:40

1y ago1:06:40

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Alan and Liz chat about Kara Goucher’s recently released book, The Longest Race. They’ll tell you what they learned, what they thought, and why they wanted to read the book in the first place. Kara Goucher grew up with Olympic dreams. She excelled at running from a young age and was offered a Nike sponsorshi…

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A Beautiful Work In Progress, by Mirna Valerio 1:40:05

1y ago1:40:05

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Send us a Text Message. A Beautiful Work in Progress is Mirna’s memoir and the story of how she got into ultrarunning and subsequently finishing her first 100k race. Although the book starts with her running, she goes back to her childhood and talks about her family, how she grew up surrounded by cousins, and the time she spent outside with them. M…

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Run Faster Marathons, by Chris Knighton 1:24:20

1y ago1:24:20

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Send us a Text Message. Run Faster Marathons is dedicated to providing advice that you can incorporate onto your marathon training, to make you faster. The information is divided into 3 sections: Essential Concepts for Marathon Success – Which talks about knowing your “why?”, some running rules, the right way to increase mileage, improving running …

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Run Your Best Marathon, by Sam Murphy 1:42:19

1y ago1:42:19

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Send us a Text Message. Run Your Best Marathon is a guide to training and racing the marathon distance. The marathon has many challenges if you are trying to run at your full potential; you need to run at a hard effort while managing fuel stores and try to stay focussed for several hours. This book uses science as a base, for concrete tips and reco…

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The Villanova Track Story, by Jerry Bouma 1:22:48

1y ago1:22:48

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Send us a Text Message. The Villanova Track Story is the story of Villanova University’s dominance in the DMR, distance medley relay, at the Penn Relays from 1966 to 1981. The book features this piece of running history, the athletes involved, and the circumstances that brought it all together. The author, Jerry Bouma, was himself a scholarship ath…

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Taking Life in Stride, by Harvey Mitro 1:33:29

1+ y ago1:33:29

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Send us a Text Message. Taking Life in Stride is Harvey’s memoire divided into short stories. The stories are divided into themes, and each theme section has an introduction story. There are 6 themes: Racing Moments Fun on the run Life’s Little Difficulties People Family The stories can be read independently but some characters are featured in mult…

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A Runner’s High, by Dean Karnazes 1:05:58

1+ y ago1:05:58

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Send us a Text Message. A Runner’s High; My Life in Motion is the story of Dean Karnazes’ return to Western States 100 in his 50’s, at a time when he is also wondering about the future of his running career. He is waitlisted, so doesn’t feel the motivation to train. As he gets to within only a few months of race day, Dean enters a 100k race to kick…

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Out And Back, by Hillary Allen 57:36

1+ y ago57:36

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Send us a Text Message. Out and Back; A Runner’s Story of Survival Against All Odds is about Hillary Allen’s miraculous survival and recovery after she fell off a ridge in Tromso Norway during the 2017 Tromso Skyrace 57k. Hillary’s survival and recovery was not only due to her perseverance and desire to live, but also because she had the right help…

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Fast 5k, by Pete Magill 1:54:07

1+ y ago1:54:07

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Send us a Text Message. Fast 5k; 25 Crucial Keys and 4 Training Plans is about two-thirds reading and one-third training plans. The reading consists of 25 short chapters, each one about a key to running a fast 5k. There are 15 training keys, 5 lifestyle, diet and gear keys, 5 race day keys, and a bonus key for masters athletes with age-related adju…

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The Mock Olympian, by Michael Long 1:17:36

1+ y ago1:17:36

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Send us a Text Message. The Mock Olympian is the story of author Michael Long’s journey to run in every Olympic city, 23 in total, between the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games. Although he tried to combine trips if he was in a particular corner of the world, this goal required a lot of travel and even a month off once it was time to run in North America…

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Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on Books 51 to 60 1:10:31

1+ y ago1:10:31

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Send us a Text Message. What do you mean we have read another 10 books? Already?! Well then we are due for another reflection on the things we remember, and how all this reading helped us. Here are the books we chat about in this episode: Breakthrough Women’s Running, by Neely Spence Gracey and Cindy Kuzma Running The Orient, by Gavin Boyter Runnin…

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How She Did It, by Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery 1:22:02

1+ y ago1:22:02

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Send us a Text Message. How She Did It is a compilation of stories from 50 legendary female distance runners spanning 6 decades! The book starts with a short introductory section called “Part 1: The Experts”, that addresses some key factors you need to pay attention to if you want to perform to your full potential. These are physical health, hormon…

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Running With The Kenyans, by Adharanand Finn 56:30

1+ y ago56:30

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Send us a Text Message. Running With The Kenyans is the story of how Adharanand moved his family to Kenya for 6 months so that he could explore why Kenyan runners are so dominant. Adharanand discovered a talent for running at a young age, but like many kids in sport, ended up getting distracted along the way and not realizing his potential. He cont…

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Catch Me If You Can, by Filbert Bayi 1:17:52

1+ y ago1:17:52

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Send us a Text Message. Catch me if you can is the story of 1970’s running legend, Filbert Bayi’s, life. The book is divided into 3 parts: In the shadow of Kilimanjaro – Which talks about Filbert’s upbringing and childhood Setting the pace – Which talks about Filbert’s introduction to the sport and the hurdles he had to overcome during his long and…

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Endure, by Alex Hutchinson 1:25:03

1+ y ago1:25:03

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Send us a Text Message. Endure; Mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of Human Performance explores all the science that has been done to find out what limits or endurance performance. The book has a total of 13 chapters divided into 3 parts: Part I: Mind and muscle Part II: Limits Part III: Limit breaker Alex Hutchinson holds a Ph.D. in phy…

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On Pace, by Matt Fitzgerald 1:26:16

1+ y ago1:26:16

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Send us a Text Message. On Pace is Matt Fitzgerald’s most recent book where he delves into pacing. He talks about the importance of pacing to get the most out of yourself, how good the pros are at pacing, why the rest of us are not so good at pacing, and how we can get better. There are 8 chapters about pacing: 1. Why Pacing matters 2. The science …

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Depression Hates A Moving Target, by Nita Sweeney 1:36:21

1+ y ago1:36:21

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Send us a Text Message. Depression Hates A Moving Target is about author Nita Sweeney’s experience with crippling anxiety and depression and how she got into running despite often not being able to get out of bed before taking up the sport. Nita was inspired by some posts from her Facebook friend who got into “jogging” by following a run-walk plan,…

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Chase That Smile, by Harold Cabrera 1:37:55

1+ y ago1:37:55

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Send us a Text Message. Chase That Smile is Harold Cabrera’s autobiography and account of how he managed to train for 3 big endurance events in the year he turned 40: The Paris marathon, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro (this one was with his wife Tania), and completing an Ironman Triathlon. The book has 3 sections that correspond to the 3 challenges. Each…

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Running Throughout Time, by Roger Robinson 1:31:40

2y ago1:31:40

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Send us a Text Message. Running Through Time aims to tell key stories about the history and evolution of running. A comprehensive book of every story that makes up running history would be massive, so this book tries to pick stories that were not told as often or not told correctly. It starts with the story of the marathon and how it became the 42.…

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Running the Orient, by Gavin Boyter 1:24:25

2y ago1:24:25

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Send us a Text Message. Running the Orient is the story of Gavin Boyter’s 2300 mile run across Europe with his girlfriend Aradhna who follows him in their camper-van Roxy. The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883. It started in Paris and end in Istanbul, and along the way stopped in Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, …

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Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on Books 41 to 50 1:44:43

2y ago1:44:43

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we start with some general run chatter before reflecting on everything we learned and thought about related to books 41 to 50. Here is a list of the books we talk about: One Last Mile, by Roger Saltsman Run Like a Pro, by Matt Fitzgerald and Ben Rosario Race Across America, by Charles Kastner Could Have Happe…

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