Book Reviews

Bunion Derby Part 2 – A Tribute to Black History Month

by vince February 28, 2011 Book Reviews

“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” – Jackie Robinson In November 2010 Monumental Effort published the story “The Bunion Derby – Part 1”.  On the eve of the 3rd edition of The Mother Road 100-mile run, we briefly presented the [...]

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The Bunion Derby – Part One

by vince November 13, 2010 Book Reviews

“It winds from Chicago to LA, more than two thousand miles all the way.  Get your kicks on Route 66” – Nat King Cole On November 13th and 14th, Monica Scholz will run in the third edition of the Mother Road 100-Miler in Oklahoma, and in the process she will eclipse her World Record of [...]

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Trail Runner: One Dirty Magazine

by vince October 27, 2010 Book Reviews

“Trail running is a unique sport…that transcends the mere act of running and embodies the essence of being in the outdoors.” – Brian Metzler, Founding Editor of Trail Runner Over the course of our first year of blogging, Monumental Effort has reviewed nearly a dozen (what we thought were) inspirational books on running.  From memoirs [...]

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Barefoot Running and Fixing Your Feet

by vince September 19, 2010 Book Reviews

« My feet are like gnarled old tree branches. »  – Dennis Rodman Does anyone else feel inundated, and frankly really annoyed by all the talk about the barefoot running craze?  Sure I’ve read and very much enjoyed Christopher McDougall’s bestseller “Born to Run”.  I’m also a strong advocate for minimalist shoes.  Whether I’m running a [...]

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Once a Runner

by vince July 31, 2010 Book Reviews

“In order to win you’ve got to avoid losing first” — Dick Doobey, football coach at fictitious Southern University Since I started writing reviews, first for the Burlington Runners Times newsletter then here at Monumental Effort, one book that has been recommended to me on occasion is Once a Runner by John L. Parker Jr. [...]

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Rowboat in a Hurricane

by Bill April 13, 2010 Book Reviews

Last night I couldn’t sleep.  I tossed and turned, struggling to get comfortable in my king size bed, beneath my soft, flannel sheets and down filled duvet. At two in the morning I found myself splayed sideways across the bed and oddly my feet only lightly brushed the pajamas of my soundly sleeping spouse.  As [...]

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – A Memoir

by Bill April 5, 2010 Book Reviews

It is becoming more and more common to read about celebrities who are runners. In many cases, they have taken to the road for a cause of some sort; are running along side other celebrities to promote something, be it a new film or a political cause; or are training for a role in an [...]

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100 Miles to Destiny – a Novel on Running

by vince March 1, 2010 Book Reviews

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.” Dr. Napolean Hill Over the past seventeen days the 2010 Winter Olympics provided the World with dozens upon dozens of Monumental Effort stories.  Seeing as we were already inundated with coverage of the games, we felt that reporting on these stories on our blog [...]

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Running Through the Wall

by vince February 12, 2010 Book Reviews

Running Through the Wall – Personal Encounters With the Ultramarathon By: Neal Jamison “Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.“ — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   Chock-full of Monumental Effort stories, Running Through The Wall – Personal Encounters With the Ultramarathon [...]

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Staying The Course: A Runner’s Toughest Race

by vince January 27, 2010 Book Reviews

“It’s unbelievable that wherever I go, people still want to talk about that race.  It beat me up more than any other race in my life.” – Dick Beardsley Until recently I knew very little about Dick Beardsley.  I vaguely remembered that he was involved in one of the greatest races ever, but that was [...]

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