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Slow Burn: Burn Fat Faster by Exercising Slower
: :Life Is A Marathon...Are You Ready To Go The Distance?Here's your chance to train for the marathon of life with endurance master Stu Mittleman.Learn the three-part program he used to set a world record in the ultramarathon so you can go the distance and feel great doing it every single day.ThinkYour attitude determines how far you go. Whether you want unbounded energy in your everyday life or to run your best marathon ever, you must believe it is possible. Stu will show you his magic steps to focus on the present moment ...
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26.2: Marathon Stories
: :An unprecedented visual and literary tour of the marathon throughout historyThe marathon is the most popular independent athletic event in the world, with over a million people set to enter one this year and another 50 million cheering them on from the sidelines. This glorious volume is the first book to set the marathon on the large world stage and examine the historic and universal appeal of this ultimate individual challenge.Hundreds of powerful images by such renowned photographers as Helmut Newton and Susan Meiselas, along with personal reminiscences from many well-known marathoners, capture ...
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The Marathon Method: The 16-Week Training Program that Prepares You to Finish a Full or Half Marathon in Your Best Time
: :Get Ready to Run!A complete guide to training for a half or full marathon in sixteen weeks, this book follows the format of TomÆs previous book The 12-Week Triathlete with simply the best advice on how to run your fastest race while staying injury-free. Whether you are a first-time marathoner, trying to set a new 'PR' or looking to qualify for Boston, this book is for you. 'TRAIN LESS AND RUN YOUR BEST'Some worry that running a marathon will involve hours upon hours of training each week. Others fear that they will ...
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Strides: Running Through History With an Unlikely Athlete
: :Acclaimed novelist Benjamin Cheever--author of The Plagiarist, Famous After Death, and The Good Nanny--brings his buoyant literary style to this impassioned memoir about the sport that changed his life. From Pheidippides, who rant the first marathon in 490 BC--bringing news to Athens of the Greek victory on the plains of Marathon--to our own soldiers in Iraq today, running is an integral part of human culture and legend. In Strides, heralded author Benjamin Cheever explores the role of running in human history while interspersing this account with revelations of his own decades-long devotion to ...
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Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports
: :Katherine Switzer ran the Boston Marathon in 1967 where she was attacked by one of the event's directors who wanted to eject her from the all-male race. She fought off the director and finished the race. From the childhood events that inspired her to winning the New York City Marathon in 1974, this liberally illustrated book details the struggles and achievements of a pioneering women in sports.
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The Runner's Training Diary: For Fitness Runners and Competitive Racers
: : Now in a completely revised second edition, with more essential charts and training schedules than any other runner’s diary Developed by the universally respected coaching duo that produced the bestselling Runner’s Handbook and Competitive Runner’s Handbook, this must-have guide has been a runners’ favorite for years. Now completely revised, it combines an attractive week-by-week diary with lots of room for notes, plus all the helpful information runners need at their fingertips: expanded and updated pacing charts with minutes per mile and per kilometer; revised training schedules for beginners, competitors, and all ...
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Better Training for Distance Runners
: :Better Training for Distance Runners provides a prescription for success for today’s competitive distance runners and their coaches. The book combines cutting edge research, sound training principles, and proven program strategies to improve performance in events ranging from the 800-meters to the marathon. In this comprehensive book on the art and science of distance running, Dr. David Martin and Peter Coe explain how to • accurately assess running fitness, • gauge training intensity, • adjust training loads to achieve peak readiness for competition, • determine the most effective racing strategy for each ...
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Alberto Salazar's Guide to Road Racing : Championship Advice for Faster Times from 5K to Marathons
: :A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL A complete program for taking runners to the next competitive level, from one of the world's greatest marathoners Written by distance runners' Hall of Famer Alberto Salazar, Alberto Salazar's Guide to Road Racing arms novice and veteran runners, 5Kers, and ultramarathoners alike with a complete program for running farther, faster, and with greater reward and enjoyment. Drawing upon his experiences, Salazar offers expert training advice tailored to specific events, showing runners of all ages and abilities how to customize their workouts for maximum physical and mental toughness.
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26 Miles to Boston: The Boston Marathon Experience from Hopkinton to Copley Square
: :26 MILES TO BOSTON slips squarely into the running shoes and minds of the athletes as they traverse the 26-mile, 385-yard course of America's most venerated long-distance race. From suburban Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the center of metropolitan Boston, here are the mile-by-mile sights and sounds experienced by the runners. Interwoven throughout is the colorful history of the men and women of manifold skills who have competed in this preeminent event over the span of more than a century. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps, 26 MILES TO BOSTON is a book for ...
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First Marathons
: :Introduction by Gail Waesche Kislevitz'If you have the passion, you have the power.'I had already been pounding pavement for twenty-four years when I made the decision to run my first marathon. Growing up in the late sixties when women's sports was called cheerleading, I had no formal training in running techniques. I just ran, pure and simple. I ran for the joy of it, the thrill of it, the escape of it. During college, I played lacrosse because there wasn't a women's track team and it seemed like the next best thing ...
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