If you love reading about running, or are looking for a gift for a runner, there is a multitude of books out there.
Here are some titles you might wish to consider.
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Advanced Marathoning – Pete Pfitzinger & Scott Douglas
Advanced Marathoning has all the information you need to train smarter, remain injury free, and arrive on the start line ready to run the marathon of your life…
Beginner’s Luck Guide for Non-Runners – George Anderson
If you are a beginner runner who would like to learn how to run for up to an hour AND surprise yourself as to how easy it really is, get Beginner’s Luck and start out on your journey today…
Born to Run – Christopher McDougall
At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world…
British Marathon Running Legends of the 1980s – Gabrielle Collison
Interviewees include London Marathon winners: Hugh Jones, Mike Gratton, Veronique Marot and Joyce Smith; Olympic bronze medallist, Charlie Spedding; and several other ‘Big City’ marathon winners…
ChiRunning – Danny Dreyer & Katherine Dreyer
ChiRunning employs the deep power reserves in the core muscles of the trunk, an approach that evolved out of such disciplines as yoga, Pilates, and t’ai chi…
Don’t Stop Me Now – Vassos Alexander
Vassos Alexander shares the highs and lows of falling in love with running, from his first paltry efforts to reach the end of his street to completing ultra marathons and triathlons in the same weekend…
In Eat and Run, Jurek opens up about his life and career as an elite athlete, and about the vegan diet that is key to his success…
With traces of ‘Chariots of Fire’ and Laura Hillenbrand’s ‘Unbroken’, Endurance is both a wonderful love story and a landmark tale of hope and strength in the face of crushing opposition…
Faster than Lightning – Usain Bolt
The fastest man of all time and a superstar whose talent and charisma have made him one of the most famous people on the planet…
Feet in the Clouds – Richard Askwith
Richard Askwith explores the world of fell-running…
For the Glory – Duncan Hamilton
Eric Liddell was immortalised in the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire, but that film barely scratched the surface of his life…
From Last to First – Charlie Spedding
How someone who was almost bottom of the class when he first went to school, and even worse at sport, eventually turned himself into a genuinely world-class athlete…
Aimed at both novices and experienced athletes, HOW TO RUN tells you everything you need to know about preparation, diet, equipment, training and technique…
Collection of unforgettable stories will inspire anyone who’s ever pounded the pavement to keep on running and enjoy every minute of this liberating sport…
This story of an ordinary guy’s addiction to running marathons – an addiction hundreds of thousands share – looks at the highs and lows, the motivation that keeps you going…
Lore of Running gives you incomparable detail on physiology, training, racing, injuries, world-class athletes, and races…
Marathon and Half Marathon – Graeme Hilditch
Essential reading for anyone intending to enter a half or full marathon. Written by a highly experienced personal trainer who has helped hundreds of runners…
Marathon Running – Richard Nerurkar
Written by Britain’s most successful marathon runner of the 1990s, the fourth edition of this classic, invaluable guide will help you get the most from your distance training…
Natural Born Heroes – Christopher McDougall
Natural Born Heroes will inspire casual athletes to dump the gym membership for cross-training, mud runs and free-running…
Nell McAndrew’s Guide to Running – Nell McAndrew & Lucy Waterlow
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 their performance…
Once a Runner – John L. Parker, Jr.
Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner, to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence…
Paula: My Story So Far – Paula Radcliffe
Her remarkable life story of highs and lows is fully chronicled in this fascinating and inspiring autobiography…
Backed by scientific research, expert advice and the experiences of female runners, Sam shows you how to stay motivated, the best food and drink for maximum energy, the optimum stretches…
Ian Corless has travelled across the globe to document the stunning beauty and incredible routes of some of the world’s most iconic ultra trails…
The 100 Marathon Club, also known as the Hell’s Angels of Running and Running Sluts (running one race whilst thinking of another) is growing in number every year…
Running for the B-Team – Mike Bannister
A comical account of the author’s long term obsession to try and run a marathon in under 3 hours…
Running Free – Richard Askwith
Running Free is an eloquent and inspiring account of running in a forgotten, rural way, observing wildlife and celebrating the joys of nature…
Running Hot & Cold – Doug Richards
Follow Doug’s journey – overcoming modern-life obstacles including a marriage breakdown, work-related stress, anxiety and depression – from that very first one-mile run to marathons at home and abroad…
Running Like a Girl – Alexandra Heminsley
This is a book for anyone who after wine and crisps for supper a few too many times thinks they might . . . just might . . . like to run like a girl…
Running Made Easy – Susie Whalley & Lisa Jackson
Warm-up and cool-down exercise plans (complete with clear step-by-step illustrations), advice on goal setting and motivating real-life stories…
Running with the Kenyans – Adharanand Finn
After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world’s biggest long-distance races, Runner’s World contributor Adharanand Finn set out to discover what it was that made them so fast…
The Art of Running Faster – Julian Goater & Don Melvin
The Art of Running Faster provides you with a new approach to running, achieving your goals and setting your personal best…
The Bolt Supremacy – Richard Moore
How is it that a small Caribbean island has come to almost totally dominate the men’s and women’s sprint events?…
The extraordinary man whom nobody could stop. As a hapless teenage boxer in the 1950s, he’d been paid £17 expenses. When he wanted to run, he was banned for life. His amateur status had been compromised…
The Perfect Distance – Pat Butcher
Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe presided over the golden era of British athletics. Between them they won three Olympic gold medals, two silvers, one bronze and broke a total of twelve middle-distance records…
The Way of the Runner – Adharanand Finn
Adharanand Finn – award-winning author of Running with the Kenyans – moved to Japan to discover more about this unique running culture and what it might teach us about the sport and about Japan…
Heartwarming and uplifting, This Mum Runs follows Jo’s roundabout journey to the top and all the lessons she’s learnt along the way…
Today We Die a Little – Richard Askwith
No runner has generated myth like Emil Zátopek, the Czechoslovakian soldier who revolutionised distance running after World War II…
A moving human story of a man who grew up in difficult circumstances, separated from his family at an early age, who struggled to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become Britain’s most decorated Olympic track-and-field athlete ever…
Two hours, to cover 26 miles and 385 yards. It is running’s Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body…
What I talk about when I talk about running – Haruki Murakami
Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon…
Wild Running – Jen Benson & Sim Benson
UK guidebook for those who love to run or want to run, and who dream of exploring Britain’s fantastic collection of mountain, forest and coastal trails…
Your Pace or Mine? – Lisa Jackson
An account of the triumph of tenacity over a lack of talent, Your Pace or Mine? is proof that running really isn’t about the time you do, but the time you have!…
4 Months to a 4-Hour Marathon – David Kuehls
Whether you’re a competitive veteran or a recreational beginner this essential guide will tell you exactly what to eat what to wear what to expect and how to train…
80/20 Running – Matt Fitzgerald
How the 80/20 running program, in which you do 80 percent of runs at a lower intensity and just 20 percent at a higher intensity, is the best change runners of all abilities can make to improve their performance…
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