Running Exercise

Two hours to cover 26 miles and 385 yards. Its running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. Now we can glimpse the mountaintop. The sub-two-hour marathon requires an exceptional feat of speed, mental strength, and endurance. The pioneer will have to endure more, live braver, plan better, and be luckier than any who has run before. Ed Caesar takes us into the world of elite runners: the greatest marathoners on Earth.

Plantar fasciitis can be debilitating for months or years. This is due, in part, to the fact that what is actually in pain has (at times) the full body weight of the person on it. Nearly all orthopedic problems can be healed if we learn how to minimize or eliminate pressure on the area that hurts as well as minimize or eliminate strain to the area that hurts.

Running is not just a sport. It reconnects us to our bodies and the places in which we live, breaking down our increasingly structured and demanding lives. It allows us to feel the world beneath our feet, lifts the spirit, allows our minds out to play and helps us to slip away from the demands of the modern world. When Vybarr Cregan-Reid set out to discover why running meant so much to so many, he began a journey which would take him out to tread London’s cobbled streets, climbing to sites that have seen a millennium of hangings, and down the crumbling alleyways of Ruskin's Venice.

Strength Training for Runners is written by an author that has more than a vested interest in the welfare of runners. He is a runner himself and is aware of what it takes to keep the body in shape and to prevent any sort of damage to perform optimally. The text is simple and well timed, as more and more persons are starting to run for their health.

Women all over the world have changed their bodies, minds, and lives through running! The trouble for most women is that there is so much information out there that even something as simple as running can seem very confusing and overwhelming. Maybe you've "tried" running for weight loss in the past. So you begin to wonder, "could this work for me?" Right now, there are women who have lost 10 pounds or more and transformed how they feel by understanding how to run for weight loss. Don't miss out. Start your transformation today!

What has your workout journey been missing up to now? Honesty with yourself in an atmosphere free of judgement? The simplicity of only 30-45 minutes a day? With this unique six-month program you can take a truthful look at why your past attempts did not work, and how to make this time work! Starting with a focus on the 30-days, you will have a guide to a wide variety of exercises, a detailed break down of the affected muscle groups, and how to properly increase or decrease the impact. The time to make a real and lasting change is now!

Millions of runners around the country are interested in special experiences, whether it means running a bucket-list event like the world's largest marathon (New York City), or competing in beautiful and challenging locales such as Rome or Death Valley. There is no one better to guide these runners than Bart Yasso. As Chief Running Officer at Runner's World, he's run more than 7,000 races, on all seven continents, at every conceivable distance. Whether it's a 5K or half-marathon, he's done it all, and here he presents 50 of his favorite races.

The ultimate guide to injury-free running and racing, from renowned sports medicine specialist Vijay Vad with training schedules designed by coach and 2-time NYC Marathon Champion Tom Fleming Whether you’re learning to run, trying to lower your Personal Record, recovering from injury, or just getting in shape, The New Rules of Running will make you a faster, healthier runner.

The 'perfect' run, when you are in a full flow and feeling totally unstoppable, can be elusive, but this practical expert guide, written by celebrated Runner's World writer Mackenzie Havey, will ensure you find it time and time again and in the process transform your running performances.

Many believe how they treat their bodies does not affect their walk with God. They do not exercise regularly or eat healthy food. Nor is it a priority. Spirituality, yes; physical health, no. They subtly have placed a wall between the two. God has called us to be good stewards of our bodies. We have a responsibility before God and others to care for our bodies. I have a good friend, a head nurse in an urgent care facility in Washington. He often sees patients who check into urgent care due to excess eating, drinking, unhealthy eating, and so forth. He told me that people often think that ...

Run Smart: Debunking Marathon Myths uses the latest scientific research to show how preparing for and running marathons can be made easier, and in doing so challenges many of the myths that surround marathon running. The book draws on the author's experience as one of the UK's leading sports scientists, his extensive research background in marathon running and his experience as a marathon runner to provide credible advice to runners to support their preparation for a marathon.

A man sees a flashy ad online advertising a twenty dollar treadmill. Big Bob buys the machine, too cheap to be scared or cautious, and realizes much too late that this machine has a taste for blood. Run Big Bob run. Bonus Story: A Haunted House Tale Five college students on Halloween night set out to discover the secrets of the town’s most infamous haunted house. Will these students live to see the morning or will this house claim five more victims? Bonus Story: The Man from the Road A man suddenly appears on a road. He's lost, confused, no clue as to how he got there. He starts to walk ...

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.

Doug became an accidental runner in his early 20s, mostly as a way to cope with work and stress. In all the vicissitudes of life - marriage, divorce, career successes and failures, family health crises - running emerges as a constant companion and source of joy. What starts out as a way to just stay in shape becomes a path to an inner life and a guiding light through life’s complications, told through the lens of a lifelong learner.

A little-known fact: the characters in your favorite fairytales were all runners! That being the case, it might cause you to wonder if the stories you were told as a kid are true. Was there really a wolf on the way to Grandma’s house? Or was it waiting somewhere outside of Hopkinton? Was it breadcrumbs that doomed Hansel and Gretel? Or did it have something to do with an expired XXL chili burrito from the corner minimart? And what’s the deal with porridge? Are we sure Goldilocks wasn’t interested in something else entirely? Runners’ Fairytales answers these questions and more! Find ...

The most popular meditation app, Headspace, speaks about the relation of the link between mindfulness, meditation, and running. These practices rely on repetition as a means of increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the benefits. Repetition is the key to success. Running does wonders for your cardiovascular health and makes your mind less prone to age-related cognitive decline.

Low-Mileage Running provides practical training advice, workouts, and sample training plans for the 5k to marathon.

Running-related health questions crop up all the time, often at inconvenient moments. It can be hard to access the advice you need because health care professionals are often unavailable at short notice and, without an interest in running, may not have the expertise to give adequate answers. Information from the internet is often dubious, anecdotal, and not evidence-based. Dr. Juliet McGrattan has been answering health questions from runners since 2012 and has worked as a family doctor and a health journalist.

Walking is a form of exercise that’s available to most people. You don’t need any special equipment other than some supportive walking shoes. And there’s no need for an expensive membership at a fitness center. I wrote this book to break down the myths about physical, mental, and spiritual walking, to share the successes and challenges of my lifelong walking journey, to provide strategies and tools to embrace different types of walking at every age and stage of life, and to help teach others about building physical, mental, and emotional resilience and inner strength.

This audiobook is not for avid runners, or those who win 5K races and just want to get better. This book is for people who either want to run their first 5K (or first in a while) or those who just want to get into 5K shape. I'm writing this for the folks that don't run, or may never have ran in the past.