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"Among endurance runners, there are those who have run very long distances, and then there are those who have run very long distances for a very long time. Ed Ayres exemplifies the latter; having run in over 600 races across fifty-five years, he is arguably the most experienced American distance runner still competing today. 'The Longest Race' begins at the starting line of the 2001 JFK 50 Mile--the nation's oldest and largest ultramarathon and, like...

Exercise? Geronimo? Not a chance! So when he accidentally gets signed up to the Mouse Island Marathon, Geronimo can't pull out fast enough. Unfortunately his family has other ideas, and they soon have a whole fitness plan set out for him. Will Geronimo make it across the finish line on the day?

An endurance athlete and coach reveals how the marathon transforms the lives of everyone who attempts it--and how it has helped his own family cope with serious adversity Step after step for 26.2 miles, hundreds of thousands of people run marathons. But why--what compels people past pain, lost toenails, 5.30 am start times, The Wall? Sports writer Matt Fitzgerald set out to run eight marathons in eight weeks across the country to answer that question....

"This book provides advanced marathoners with reliable information on how to train smarter and remain injury free. It includes advice on heart rate training, nutritional guidelines, recovery products and technology, and how to adjust training schedules for recovery and weekly mileage" -- Provided by publisher.

In Feet Don't Fail Me Now, running and music columnist Ben Kaplan describes how to train for a marathon in one year, even if you have never run before. Based on his own experience transforming himself from an "average guy" into a dedicated runner who qualified for the Boston Marathon, the book provides a week-by-week training program, split into four three-month sections — each concluding with a race from 5 kilometres to...

Fitzgerald teaches you the most effective ways to fuel your training to achieve your best performance. Geared to runners of all levels, he aims to help you attain your ideal racing weight, build a satisfying diet based on the best meals and snacks for runners, and avoid common pitfalls such as GI discomfort.

"In this spellbinding book, journalist Ed Caesar takes us into the world of elite marathoners: some of the greatest runners on earth. Through the stories of these rich characters, like Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai, around whom the narrative is built, Caesar traces the history of the marathon as well as the science, physiology, and psychology involved in running so fast for so long. And he shows us why this most democratic of races retains its brutal, enthralling...

A step-by-step training program for adult women of any age at any fitness level who want to train for a half marathon. "Using Jeff Galloway's proven Run Walk Run(R) method, this book offers a step-by-step program for woman that will get them started with weekly training. The training plans follow the run-walk-run format, allowing the runner to increase her mileage while decreasing her time, safely and effectively. An added benefit of these training...

When she started running at the age of 35, Suzy Seeley never dreamed all the places running would take her. A busy mom with two young kids and an advertising business, Suzy had little time for herself. She picked up the hobby of running as a way to stay healthy, and almost three decades later, she has been around the world, earned two world records.

At the age of 22, Ben Davis weighed over 360 pounds. Depressed, addicted to food, and morbidly obese, he thought he’d lost all hope. But after a Christmas Eve conversation with his grandmother, Ben promised himself that he would finally take control of his life.
Ben decided to “do life,” and so can you.

He started running—slowly at first, but as the pounds came off and his outlook on life started to change,...