Featuring over 3,000 insightful quotes from both renowned and everyday runners, this collection highlights the profound connection between running and personal identity. It explores themes of training, gear, and the philosophy of running across various life stages. Contributions from notable figures such as Carl Lewis, Shakespeare, and Bill Clinton reflect a shared understanding that running is a journey of self-discovery. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white images, this book serves as both an inspiring resource and a thoughtful gift for runners of all levels.
The book explores the historical journey of women and girls in the realm of running and racing, highlighting the challenges they faced in gaining acceptance and recognition in a male-dominated sport. It delves into the societal changes and milestones that have allowed female athletes to thrive today, celebrating their achievements and the ongoing fight for equality in athletics. Through inspiring stories, it emphasizes the transformative power of running for women across different cultures and eras.
In RUN FOREVER, Boston Marathon winner and former Runner's World editor-in-chief Amby Burfoot shares practical advice and wisdom on how to run with greater joy and health for an entire lifetime. Everyone learns how to run at an early age. It's naturally wired into your body. Yet in recent years, running has become complicated by trendy gadgets and doctrine. With a Boston Marathon win and over 100,000 miles run on his resume, Amby Burfoot steers the sport back to its simple roots in RUN FOREVER. From a warm and welcoming perspective, Burfoot provides clear, actionable guidance to runners of every age and ability level. Whether you are a beginner runner or experienced marathoner, RUN FOREVER will show you how to motivate yourself, avoid injuries, increase speed and endurance, and reach your goals. Best of all, you'll enjoy optimal health throughout your life.
Provides readers the core essentials of marathon training, nutrition, injury
prevention, and more. This book includes testimonials from real runners, more
than 25 training plans for every level and ability, workouts, a runner's
dictionary, and sample meal plans.
"As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we try to run faster. Then we try to run harder. Then we learn to accept ourselves and our limitations, and at last, we can appreciate the true joy and meaning of running."As its opening pages reveal, The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life is not merely about running. It is about living-- to your fullest potential. Amby Burfoot, one of running's wisest voices, here presents 15 essential life lessons about passion, courage, materialism, failure, regeneration, and more, all learned from experience during more than 35 years of running. In this book, Amby discusses the essential traits of a runner-- traits that also are essential for all people wishing to reach their long-term goals. He discusses the writings, music, and quotes that have inspired him throughout his long career. Most important, he explains that winners are not those who cross the finish line first, but rather those who are able to discover more about themselves with every step.The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life is one in a series of Daybreak books that provide life lessons and spiritual perspectives from the vantage point of different occupations and passions.
Es gibt gute Gründe zu Laufen - hier werden gleich 40 aufgezählt. Dazu gibt es Basis-Informationen zu Ausrüstung, Ernährung, Verletzungsprophylaxe, Cross-Training und Trainingspläne für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene
