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Science of Running

Analyse your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize your Training

par Chris Napier ...

Collections series The Science of Fitness
Discover the hard science that will help you run faster, endure for longer, and avoid injury.Analyze your running style and learn how to enhance your gait for optimum efficiency and safety.Transform your performance with exercises targeting strength, flexibility, and recovery - each exercise annotated to reveal the muscle mechanics so you know you're getting it right.Understand the science behind ... En savoir plus

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Discover the hard science that will help you run faster, endure for longer, and avoid injury.Analyze your running style and learn how to enhance your gait for optimum efficiency and safety.Transform your performance with exercises targeting strength, flexibility, and recovery - each exercise annotated to reveal the muscle mechanics so you know you're getting it right.Understand the science behind
... En savoir plus
Marathon, Revised and Updated 5th Edition

The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons

par Hal Higdon ...

Now completely updated and revised--a new edition of the long-running marathon training guide that has helped more than half a million people reach their goals.Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide is among the bestselling running books of all time for many reasons, but above all others is this one: It works.Marathon running has changed in the seven years since the fourth edition--there are more ... En savoir plus

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Now completely updated and revised--a new edition of the long-running marathon training guide that has helped more than half a million people reach their goals.Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide is among the bestselling running books of all time for many reasons, but above all others is this one: It works.Marathon running has changed in the seven years since the fourth edition--there are more
... En savoir plus
Outsider

An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past

par Brett Popplewell ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner of the 2024 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-FictionFinalist for the Ottawa Books AwardsInto the Wild meets Born to Run meets The Stranger in the Woods in a fascinating true story of a marathon-running hermit and a journalist’s quest to solve the mystery at the core of the enigmatic man’s existenceWhen journalist Brett Popplewell first... ... En savoir plus

$9.99 CAD

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner of the 2024 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-FictionFinalist for the Ottawa Books AwardsInto the Wild meets Born to Run meets The Stranger in the Woods in a fascinating true story of a marathon-running hermit and a journalist’s quest to solve the mystery at the core of the enigmatic man’s existenceWhen journalist Brett Popplewell first...
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SOLO

What running across mountains taught me about life

par Jenny Tough ...

'Jenny Tough writes with the same talent, imagination, and sheer courage that she displays in her athletic endeavours. This book will broaden the horizons of all who venture between its covers.' - Emily Chappell, author of Where There's a Will'I love that SOLO is part-self help and part adventure story. Jenny shows us all that the journey to self-belief comes with just as many ups and downs as the ... En savoir plus

$13.99 CAD

'Jenny Tough writes with the same talent, imagination, and sheer courage that she displays in her athletic endeavours. This book will broaden the horizons of all who venture between its covers.' - Emily Chappell, author of Where There's a Will'I love that SOLO is part-self help and part adventure story. Jenny shows us all that the journey to self-belief comes with just as many ups and downs as the
... En savoir plus
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

A Memoir

par Haruki Murakami ...

From the best-selling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and After Dark, a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running, and the integral impact both have made on his life.In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Haruki Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to ... En savoir plus

$12.99 CAD

From the best-selling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and After Dark, a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running, and the integral impact both have made on his life.In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Haruki Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to
... En savoir plus
The Art of Ultrarunning

Tried & Tested Strategies for Long-Distance Runners

par Ian Sharman ...

Run your next ultramarathon feeling cool, confident, and prepared.The Art of Ultrarunning: Tried & Tested Strategies for Long-Distance Runners compiles coaching strategies with illustrative stories from professional ultrarunners to create a convenient resource to help you improve your running. An elite-level racer and coach, author Ian Sharman provides practical guidance for runners at all levels; ... En savoir plus

$22.99 CAD

Run your next ultramarathon feeling cool, confident, and prepared.The Art of Ultrarunning: Tried & Tested Strategies for Long-Distance Runners compiles coaching strategies with illustrative stories from professional ultrarunners to create a convenient resource to help you improve your running. An elite-level racer and coach, author Ian Sharman provides practical guidance for runners at all levels;
... En savoir plus
Slow Jogging

Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Have Fun with Science-Based, Natural Running

par Hiroaki Tanaka, Magdalena Jackowska ...

Running is America’s most popular participatory sport, yet more than half of those who identify as runners get injured every year. Falling prey to injuries from overtraining, faulty form, poor eating, and improper footwear, many runners eventually, and reluctantly, abandon the sport for a less strenuous pastime. But for the first time in the United States, Hiroaki Tanaka’s Slow Jogging ... En savoir plus

$24.99 CAD

Running is America’s most popular participatory sport, yet more than half of those who identify as runners get injured every year. Falling prey to injuries from overtraining, faulty form, poor eating, and improper footwear, many runners eventually, and reluctantly, abandon the sport for a less strenuous pastime. But for the first time in the United States, Hiroaki Tanaka’s Slow Jogging
... En savoir plus
Finding Gobi

A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart

par Dion Leonard ...

The New York Times bestselling true story of an Australian ultramarathon runner and a little dog who formed an unbreakable bond in the middle of the Gobi desert.Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name ... En savoir plus

$8.99 CAD

The New York Times bestselling true story of an Australian ultramarathon runner and a little dog who formed an unbreakable bond in the middle of the Gobi desert.Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name
... En savoir plus
Shoe Dog

A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

par Phil Knight ...

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one
... En savoir plus
This Is Not About Running

A Memoir

par Mary Cain ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBy one of the fastest runners of her generation, an affecting, brutally honest memoir of elite sports gone wrong—and a clear-eyed call for how parents, coaches, and young athletes themselves can build a healthier youth sports culture.Few women have ever run 800 meters in under two minutes. Even fewer people have taken on running’s abusive training culture and won. Mary ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBy one of the fastest runners of her generation, an affecting, brutally honest memoir of elite sports gone wrong—and a clear-eyed call for how parents, coaches, and young athletes themselves can build a healthier youth sports culture.Few women have ever run 800 meters in under two minutes. Even fewer people have taken on running’s abusive training culture and won. Mary
... En savoir plus
Anatomy for Runners

Unlocking Your Athletic Potential for Health, Speed, and Injury Prevention

par Jay Dicharry ...

Running has become more and more popular in recent years, with thousands of people entering marathons, buying new running shoes with the latest technology, and going for a daily jog, whether on the track or on a treadmill. Unfortunately, with running comes injuries, as a result of wrong information and improper training. Author Jay Dicharry was tired of getting the same treatments from doctors ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

Running has become more and more popular in recent years, with thousands of people entering marathons, buying new running shoes with the latest technology, and going for a daily jog, whether on the track or on a treadmill. Unfortunately, with running comes injuries, as a result of wrong information and improper training. Author Jay Dicharry was tired of getting the same treatments from doctors
... En savoir plus
Born to Run

par Christopher McDougall ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The astonishing and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run. An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?“Equal parts quest, physiology treatise, and running history.... The climactic race reads like a sprint.... It simply makes you want to run.” —Outside Magazine**Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the ... En savoir plus

$12.99 CAD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The astonishing and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run. An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?“Equal parts quest, physiology treatise, and running history.... The climactic race reads like a sprint.... It simply makes you want to run.” —Outside Magazine**Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the
... En savoir plus
The Dragon Run

Two Canadians, Ten Bhutanese, One Stray Dog

par Tony Robinson-Smith ...

Collections series Wayfarer
Tony Robinson-Smith, his wife Nadya, and ten Bhutanese college students set out to run 578 kilometres (360 miles) across the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas. Joined by a stray dog, they slogged over five mountain passes, bathed in ice-clogged streams, ate over log fires, and stopped at every store, restaurant, guesthouse, and dzong to raise money for the Tarayana Foundation. The “Tara-thon” was ... En savoir plus

$15.99 CAD

Tony Robinson-Smith, his wife Nadya, and ten Bhutanese college students set out to run 578 kilometres (360 miles) across the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas. Joined by a stray dog, they slogged over five mountain passes, bathed in ice-clogged streams, ate over log fires, and stopped at every store, restaurant, guesthouse, and dzong to raise money for the Tarayana Foundation. The “Tara-thon” was
... En savoir plus
I Swear I'll Make It Up to You

A Life on the Low Road

par Mishka Shubaly ...

An odyssey of family, heartbreak, violence, punk rock, brokenness, broke-ness, sex, love, loss, drinking, drinking, drinking, and an unlikely savior: distance running.A misfit kid at the best of times, Mishka Shubaly had his world shattered when, in a twenty-four-hour span in 1992, he survived a mass shooting on his school's campus, then learned that his parents were getting divorced. His father, ... En savoir plus

$19.99 CAD

An odyssey of family, heartbreak, violence, punk rock, brokenness, broke-ness, sex, love, loss, drinking, drinking, drinking, and an unlikely savior: distance running.A misfit kid at the best of times, Mishka Shubaly had his world shattered when, in a twenty-four-hour span in 1992, he survived a mass shooting on his school's campus, then learned that his parents were getting divorced. His father,
... En savoir plus
Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard

A Memoir

par Ken Rideout ...

From the fastest marathoner in the world over fifty—and maybe the planet’s most determined underdog—an “extraordinary and uniquely valuable tale” (Andrew D, Huberman) of resilience, redemption, and personal transformation.Born into a broken family in Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, Ken Rideout grew up in a household persistently scarred by drugs and crime. At just eighteen, he ... En savoir plus

$20.99 CAD

From the fastest marathoner in the world over fifty—and maybe the planet’s most determined underdog—an “extraordinary and uniquely valuable tale” (Andrew D, Huberman) of resilience, redemption, and personal transformation.Born into a broken family in Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, Ken Rideout grew up in a household persistently scarred by drugs and crime. At just eighteen, he
... En savoir plus
Iron Heart

The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead

par Brian Boyle ...

It was a horrific car crash. On the way home from swim practice, eighteen-year old Brian Boyle’s future changed in an instant when a dump truck plowed into his Camaro. He was airlifted to a shock-trauma hospital. He had lost sixty percent of his blood, his heart had moved across his chest, and his organs and pelvis were pulverized. He was placed in a medically-induced coma. When Brian finally ... En savoir plus

$10.99 CAD

It was a horrific car crash. On the way home from swim practice, eighteen-year old Brian Boyle’s future changed in an instant when a dump truck plowed into his Camaro. He was airlifted to a shock-trauma hospital. He had lost sixty percent of his blood, his heart had moved across his chest, and his organs and pelvis were pulverized. He was placed in a medically-induced coma. When Brian finally
... En savoir plus
Relentless

Seven Marathons, Seven Continents, Seven Days

par David Gething ...

The World Marathon Challenge—seven marathons on seven continents in seven days—is the ultimate race for adventurous runners. It tests the athletes to their limits, going from biting cold Antarctic conditions one day to dry desert heat another. To survive the onslaught of sensations—fear, fatigue, depression, elation—takes a special sort of determination and strength of will. Few would voluntarily ... En savoir plus

$21.29 CAD

The World Marathon Challenge—seven marathons on seven continents in seven days—is the ultimate race for adventurous runners. It tests the athletes to their limits, going from biting cold Antarctic conditions one day to dry desert heat another. To survive the onslaught of sensations—fear, fatigue, depression, elation—takes a special sort of determination and strength of will. Few would voluntarily
... En savoir plus
A Runner’s Journey

par Bruce Kidd ...

In the 1960s, Bruce Kidd was one of Canada’s most celebrated athletes. As a teenager, Kidd won races all over the globe, participated in the Olympics, and started a revolution in distance running and a revival in Canadian track and field. He quickly became a symbol of Canadian youth and the subject of endless media coverage.Although most athletes of his generation were cautioned to keep their ... En savoir plus

$25.59 CAD

In the 1960s, Bruce Kidd was one of Canada’s most celebrated athletes. As a teenager, Kidd won races all over the globe, participated in the Olympics, and started a revolution in distance running and a revival in Canadian track and field. He quickly became a symbol of Canadian youth and the subject of endless media coverage.Although most athletes of his generation were cautioned to keep their
... En savoir plus
Don't Call It a Comeback

What Happened When I Stopped Chasing PRs, and Started Chasing Happiness

par Keira D'Amato ...

"D’Amato populates the book with lessons learned from her own experiences—about being open to opportunities, celebrating small wins, embracing failure." —New York TimesA victorious tale of coming back in middle age to topple marathon records, from the running world's most beloved underdog, mom of two, and woman voted "most fun follow" on Strava.Keira D’Amato was an all-American runner who used to ... En savoir plus

$21.99 CAD

"D’Amato populates the book with lessons learned from her own experiences—about being open to opportunities, celebrating small wins, embracing failure." —New York TimesA victorious tale of coming back in middle age to topple marathon records, from the running world's most beloved underdog, mom of two, and woman voted "most fun follow" on Strava.Keira D’Amato was an all-American runner who used to
... En savoir plus
Nell McAndrew's Guide to Running

Everything you Need to Know to Train, Race and More

par Nell McAndrew, Lucy Waterlow ...

Through her bestselling exercise DVDs and incredible running achievements, including running a sub three hour marathon, Nell McAndrew has built a reputation as a fitness expert.Running continues to rise in popularity, but many of us don't know where to start. This book shares Nell's love of running and will inspire you to take up the sport, as well as helping anyone already running to improve ... En savoir plus

$15.99 CAD

Through her bestselling exercise DVDs and incredible running achievements, including running a sub three hour marathon, Nell McAndrew has built a reputation as a fitness expert.Running continues to rise in popularity, but many of us don't know where to start. This book shares Nell's love of running and will inspire you to take up the sport, as well as helping anyone already running to improve
... En savoir plus
Endure

Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

par Alex Hutchinson ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Foreword by Malcolm GladwellLimits are an illusion: discover the revolutionary account of the science and psychology of endurance, revealing the secrets of reaching the hidden extra potential within us all."A voyage to the outer reaches of human capacity.” —David Epstein, author of Range"Reveals how we can all surpass our per... ... En savoir plus

$18.99 CAD

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Foreword by Malcolm GladwellLimits are an illusion: discover the revolutionary account of the science and psychology of endurance, revealing the secrets of reaching the hidden extra potential within us all."A voyage to the outer reaches of human capacity.” —David Epstein, author of Range"Reveals how we can all surpass our per...
... En savoir plus
Triathlon Training in 4 Hours a Week

From Beginner to Finish Line in Just 6 Weeks

par Eric Harr ...

Triathlons are more popular today than ever before, but for many the idea of training for a triathlon can seem daunting. In this completely updated, revised edition, triathlon champion Eric Harr shows you how to eat healthfully and effectively train for a triathlon in just 4 hours a week over the course of 6 weeks.Triathlon Training in Four Hours a Week includes four separate training programs to ... En savoir plus

$8.99 CAD

Triathlons are more popular today than ever before, but for many the idea of training for a triathlon can seem daunting. In this completely updated, revised edition, triathlon champion Eric Harr shows you how to eat healthfully and effectively train for a triathlon in just 4 hours a week over the course of 6 weeks.Triathlon Training in Four Hours a Week includes four separate training programs to
... En savoir plus
The Runner's Rule Book

Everything a Runner Needs to Know--And Then Some

par Mark Remy, Editors of Runner's World Maga ...

Collections series Runner's World
Every sport has rules. Running is no exception. If you're curious, just visit the Web site of USA Track & Field, the sport's governing body, where you'll find detailed dictates on everything from disqualification to bib-number placement to the caliber of the starter's pistol.But what about the everyday rules of running? The unspoken ones that pertain to the lingo, behavior, and etiquette that ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

Every sport has rules. Running is no exception. If you're curious, just visit the Web site of USA Track & Field, the sport's governing body, where you'll find detailed dictates on everything from disqualification to bib-number placement to the caliber of the starter's pistol.But what about the everyday rules of running? The unspoken ones that pertain to the lingo, behavior, and etiquette that
... En savoir plus
Trail Blazer

My Life as an Ultra-distance Runner

par Ryan Sandes ...

What does it take to run a six-day race through the world’s harshest deserts? Or 100 miles in a single day at altitudes that would leave you breathless just walking? More than that, though: what is it like to win these races? South Africa’s ultra-trail-running superstar Ryan Sandes has done just that. Since bursting onto the international trail-running scene by winning the first multistage race he ... En savoir plus

$17.39 CAD

What does it take to run a six-day race through the world’s harshest deserts? Or 100 miles in a single day at altitudes that would leave you breathless just walking? More than that, though: what is it like to win these races? South Africa’s ultra-trail-running superstar Ryan Sandes has done just that. Since bursting onto the international trail-running scene by winning the first multistage race he
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