the best Running books list – by an expert in all things reading. Today I have an incredible guest post by Christine from Bookishly Boisterous. She’s passionate about literature and reviews books on her site. and when she’s not reading she enjoys running too! So she’s the ideal person to create a list of should read Running Books! These are some of the best books written by runners, about running and good listens on the run.
Chime in with your favorite running book in the comments! I primarily listen to books so I’ll share links to how to purchase or get the audio version of each suggestion.
Best books for Runners list with a short review
If we’re going to be quite honest, I think I actually choose reading about running that actually lacing up my shoes and pounding the pavement (or, in my case, the treadmill). Over the past ten or twelve years I’ve run fourteen half marathons, a handful of 5 and 10ks, and diligently get in three or four runs a week, and yet I still much rather stretch out on the couch learning from someone else than actually putting their words to use. and because of that I’m here to share some of the best running books I’ve read, leaving the actual running suggestions to Monica.
So whether you need inspiration from someone else’s story, want to explore new running plans, or just need some new reading material for a holiday flight, I’ve got a few options for you:
The best Running books for Inspiration:
We’ve all read born to Run by Christopher McDougall, right? If not, purchase or download the insanely popular book that helped put the infamous barefoot running craze on the map, while also talking about trail running and ultramarathons. It was the first running book I ever read, hooking me to the genre immediately.
Deena Kastor’s let Your Mind Run is a incredible memoir recalling the blood, sweat, and tears she put into becoming an Olympian. the time she spent training, mostly with men, to be a cross-country champion was especially fascinating and shows her extremely determination. Kastor spends a lot of time talking about how she trained herself psychologically, instead of focusing primarily on the body (super essential when dealing with injuries).
I found myself channeling my inner-Kastor on a 10k I ran a month or so ago that I was not feeling it mentally or physically (“Come one, Christine, if Deena can run up a dirt hill in the rain with her male teammates nipping at her heels you can do this!”)
In The long Run: A Memoir of Life and Loss in motion by Catriona Menzies-Pike uses running to help push through dealing with the loss of her parents’ deaths, while exploring her identity and women in running as a whole. I honestly didn’t anticipate the historical component, but I actually learned quite a bit while being able to identify with her as an average runner who uses running as an awesome therapeutic option.
Running man by Charlie Engle starts off with the author about to run the equivalent to Badlands around a prison track, because he wasn’t able to attend the actual event. Biliyorum. Badlands. Hapishane. difficult stuff.
Charlie Engle is many known for the documentary he starred, Running the Sahara, where he did just that. like him or love him, he accomplished some incredible running credentials and has had to conquer some major personal demons.
The best Running books for training plans and Philosophies:
I’m a high school teacher, the mother of a four-year-old, and a classic over-extender (my to-do lists have subgroups, I kid you not). I also have some foot issues, so between my time-limitations and chronic sore feet, I simply cannot spend a million hours a month training. because of this, I’ve always welcomed training plans and books that are reasonable and efficient. I really learned a lot from Matt Fitzgerald’s 80/20 Running: Run stronger and Race faster by training Slower.
The basic theory is that we can run at a slower pace 80% of the time while going balls-to-the-wall the other 20%. He provides a great deal of research supporting this idea, as well as numerous training options. While I didn’t follow any of his plans completely, I did start adapting the viewpoint and saw a certain increase in endurance and decrease in pain.
I also appreciate pretty much anything by Hal Higdon and Kara Goucher. Goucher’s Running for women is an awesome guide for beginners, focusing on different training options and how to deal with problems that are distinct to women, like menstruation and pregnancy (I also have her newest book, which is much more like a goal-setting journal, but I haven’t really dove into it yet).
Higdon’s Marathon provides training plans for every level for every distance race- I consider it a solid instructional guide (he also wrote about his time at the Boston Marathon when the finish line was bombed, in 4:09:43 Boston through the Eyes of the Runners, which certainly made me tear up a few times).Ekstra kredi:
Sadece bitirmek için birkaç tane daha! Benim gibi daha yavaş bir koşucuysanız ama yine de yarışlara kaydolmaya devam ediyorsanız, beklenmedik bir koşucunun itirafına bayılacaksınız: Dana Ayers tarafından adanmış ortalama uygun ve yarıya kadar yarış ve engel kursları için bir rehber. Bu ince cilt, Washington DC’de koşan zamanının mizahi fıkralarının bir koleksiyonudur ve zamanlarınız ne olursa olsun, koşma konusunda iyi hissetmenizi sağlayacaktır.
Edebiyat sevgim göz önüne alındığında, birkaç yıl önce Haruki Murakami’nin koşma zamanı hakkında bir anı yazdığını gördüğümde heyecanımı zar zor dahil edebilirdim (inanılmaz yazar ve hızlı koşucu? Kahramanım!). Koşu hakkında konuştuğumda konuştuğum şey, iki tutkusunun nasıl iç içe geçtiği ve her ikisinde de disiplini hakkında konuşuyor.
Bu sonuncusu hakkında tereddüt ettim, çünkü belki de harika bir şekilde yazılmamış ve birçok nedenden dolayı eleştirilebilir, ama çok etkileyiciydi. Birkaç ay önce bu anı dinledim, Suzy Favor Hamilton’un hikayesine aşina değil, Olimpiyat Runner eskortu döndü.
Hızlı kızın ilk yarısı kesinlikle nasıl bir atlet olmasıyla ilgili… diğer kariyeri hakkında ikincisi. Kesinlikle PG-13, ancak rekabet ve takıntı tartışması kesinlikle dikkatli olmazlarsa koşucuların düşebileceği bir tuzaktır.
Ve koşu hakkında okumak istemiyorsanız, David Sedaris’in Calypso’yu, orada Tommy Orange tarafından veya R.O. Kwan.
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Koşu Kitabı Reviewer ve Edebiyat Blogcumuz Christine…
Http://bookishlyboisterous.blogspot.com/ adresindeki diğer kitap önerilerine ve incelemelerine göz atın.
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