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Mike P.
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favorite running book??

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My wife bought me a kindlefire for Christmas and I am looking for running books. What are your favorite running books? They could br anything to do with running.

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  • Hannah
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    An impersonal answer but there is a brief list of running books on: http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Active-Running-Book-Club.htm

    I'm right at the beginning of the journey so am reading my first running book. The classic 'Born to Run'. Had previously concentrated on running rather than reading about running but this has definitely changed my mind.

    Quite a few good pdf running resources around as well which you could get going on your kindle.

    Enjoy!

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  • Lamond V.
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    Galloway's Book on Running. I have an older version, so the name might be different now.

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  • Corey W.
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    "Once a runner" and the sequel, "again to Carthage" are great novels, I also like "running with the buffaloes" and "born to run"

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  • Peter B.
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    The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing by Phil Maffetone.
    This book is a must read for anybody interested in fitness and health. And especially beginner long distance runners.
    I bought it a year go and it changed the way I train and it changed my life. The price of the kindle version is now ridiculously low, but I would recommend the physical book instead. I bought the kindle version yesterday to have it on my kindle and iphone.

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  • Bryce H.
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    "Born To Run" is My number one book. while reading just made me want to run.

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  • Todd A.
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    "Running and Being" by Dr. George Sheehan. http://www.georgesheehan.com/

    A great book on running and life in general.

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  • Russ H.
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    My first running book (and I think still my favorite) is Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes...

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  • Alex J.
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    Not a book, but I think Sabrina Moran's blog (http://notallergictoadventure.blogspot.com) is one of the funniest on the internet, and it's all about running. She's a fast ultrarunner and a Yale philosophy grad student. I read the entire archive in the week after I discovered her blog.

    Once a Runner is a cult classic, but I found it disappointing as a piece of literature.

    I second Pete about the physical copy of Maffetone's Big Book. When I got the kindle version, it was in a sans-serif font that made it really hard to read for long. And Maffetone's got some wacko ideas in a addition to his reasonable ones, so be careful out there.

    And I liked Born to Run.

    I remember liking Running on Eggs, but I read it in middle school.

    Often I find good running-reading by doing google searches for race reports from races that sound interesting. If the writing's good, I may read the whole blog.

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  • Chad D.
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    I'm not sure you'd be able to find it for the Kindle, but The Runner's Literary Companion is one I've read a dozen times. It's short stories and poems about running, but contains my absolute all-time favorite piece of running fiction, "The Runner" by James Tabor. It's a dark story, but I love it.

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  • Jeff P.
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    "Born to Run" is good. I also enjoyed "The Long Run" and "50/50"

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  • Paul R.
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    I have a bunch. Ultramarathon Man, Once A Runner, Long Run, To Be a Runner, Born To Run, Running on Empty, Again to Carthage (a Sequel to Once A Runner) and for the geek side of me Advanced Marathoning and Chi Running.

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  • Melissa J.
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    i just finished bart yasso's book: my life on the run. easy read, mostly about the strange, exotic and just plain crazy locales and races that yasso participated in over the years.

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  • Bri C.
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    "Run Faster" by Brad Hudson, also the oldie, "The Complete Book of Running" by James Fix.

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  • Seth W.
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    "Born to Run" x1000

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  • Ben K.
    Ben K. Sendmail

    no comp - Born to Run

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