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For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force — and darling — in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead of the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile traverse over the old Gold Rush trails of the California Sierra Nevada. He won that race seven years in a row, setting a course record along the way. Twice he won the Badwater Ultramarathon, a 135-mile “jaunt” through...
2) Chi marathon: the breakthrough natural running program for a pain-free half-marathon and marathon
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Touchstone Book
Pub. Date
c2012
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xxii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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In Chi Marathon, Danny Dreyer, creator of the revolutionary ChiRunning program, highly respected running coach, and accomplished distance runner, takes a whole-body approach to long-distance running—much like T’ai Chi—making ease and efficiency of movement the prime goal of one’s training. Chi Marathon is the first book to focus not on building stamina first (though that is covered here) but on how to run all those miles without harming your...
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Geronimo Stilton. Original volume 30
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2007
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IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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98 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
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English
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Geronimo Stilton is entered in the Mouse Island Marathon by his friend Champ Strongpaws who then forces him to train for it.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
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xv, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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I’m running to forget, and to remember.
For more than a decade, Katie Arnold chased adventure around the world, reporting on extreme athletes who performed outlandish feats—walking high lines a thousand feet off the ground without a harness, or running one hundred miles through the night. She wrote her stories by living them, until eventually life on the thin edge of risk began to seem normal. After she married, Katie and her husband vowed to...
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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Descubre cómo la ciencia puede ayudarte a lograr el máximo rendimiento sin lesionarte Tanto si estás empezando como si eres un corredor experimentado, este libro te ayudará a lograr tus objetivos sin lesionarte. -Analiza tu forma de correr y aprende cómo mejorar para lograr un rendimiento más eficiente y evitar lesiones. -Transforma tu entrenamiento con ejercicios de fuerza, flexibilidad y recuperación. Cada ejercicio explica la mecánica muscular...
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Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
338 pages
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English
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After an ignominious early retirement, Remington announces to his wife Serenata that he’s decided to run a marathon. This from a sedentary man in his sixties who’s never done a lick of exercise in his life. His wife can’t help but observe that his ambition is “hopelessly trite.” A loner, Serenata disdains mass group activities of any sort. Besides, his timing is cruel. Serenata has long been the couple’s exercise freak, but by age sixty,...
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For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare -- poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical...
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"The stories and lessons in this raw, revealing, unflinching memoir offer the reader a blueprint they can use to climb from the bottom of the barrel into a whole new stratosphere that once seemed unattainable. Whether you feel off-course in life, are looking to maximize your potential or drain your soul to break through your so-called glass ceiling, this is the only book you will ever need."--Back cover.
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
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224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Science of Running answers all your running-related questions, from what's going on in your lungs during a sprint to the science behind the legendary "runner's high." Learn how to run faster, further, and for longer--scientifically." -- provided by publisher.
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