Book Reviews

Racing the Antelope – What Animals Can Teach Us About Running and Life

by vince January 22, 2010 Book Reviews

“Human ingenuity may make various inventions, but it will never devise any invention more beautiful, nor more simple, nor more to the purpose than Nature does, because in her inventions nothing is wanting and nothing is superfluous” -Leonardo Da Vinci A professor of Biology at the University of Vermont, Bernd Heinrich is the author of [...]

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More Fire – How to Run the Kenyan Way

by vince December 13, 2009 Book Reviews

More Fire – How to Run the Kenyan Way By:  Toby Tanser “You will see why Kenyans win if you train with us.” Paul Tergat – former marathon World Record holder 2:04:55 There are more and more studies that attempt to explain why Kenyan athletes have become so dominant in the world of running, specifically [...]

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Great Races, Incredible Places + Extreme Running

by vince December 10, 2009 Book Reviews

“The more restricted our society and work becomes, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom.” — Sir Roger Bannister Although retailing at $19 and $39 respectively, these two books are going to cost me A LOT of money over the years! Author Kimi Puntillo became the first [...]

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50/50 Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days

by vince December 7, 2009 Book Reviews

50/50 Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days – and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance By: Dean Karnazes   “I run because long after my footprints fade away, maybe I will have inspired a few to reject the easy path, hit the trails, put one foot in front of the other, [...]

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Born to Run

by vince November 27, 2009 Book Reviews

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen By: Christopher McDougall “When you run on the earth and Run with the earth, you can run forever.” — a Tarahumara saying He passed us, hooting and hollering, at approximately the 97-mile mark of the Mother Road 100.  “Damn,” [...]

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A Step Beyond – A Definitive Guide to Ultrarunning

by vince November 26, 2009 Book Reviews

Guide to Ultrarunning Edited by: Don Allison “Ultrarunning:  An extravagant form of exercise, in which the athlete runs, or from time to time, walks beyond the distance of 26.2 miles. Races of ultra distance are distinguished by slowness of foot, extreme garrulity and gorging on so-called “food” they yell at their children for eating.“ — [...]

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