Running Sports

Voices From the Hills is a history of female participation in mountain running, a development that was fiercely resisted in its early years. Steve Chilton has researched his subject deeply, interviewing many female athletes whom he rightly describes as pioneers. Thanks to them, female participation has become accepted and followed avidly in all its aspects including the long distance, high ascent runs over ranges such as the Mamores and recognized challenges such as the Bob Graham Round.

Est-il possible de reprendre la course une fois qu'on a tout laissé tomber? Après un arrêt complet de la course à pied, l'ultramarathonien Joan Roch entreprend un long retour vers son sport. Il raconte son parcours, cinq années semées de doutes, de douleurs et de joies. Le point culminant: son arrivée triomphale au sommet du mont Royal, à Montréal, au terme d'un périple improvisé de 1135 km amorcé en Gaspésie.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Play On by Jeff Bercovici, read by Adam Sims. Sports are about challenging our physical limits. But the greatest limit of all remains undefeated: age. We're taught to believe that ageing thwarts effort and grace, talent and grit, outstanding teamwork and individual brilliance. But a new breed of top professionals - the likes of Roger Federer, Jo Pavey and Tom Brady - are overturning long-held assumptions about the duration of primetime in a sporting career. It's not that aging causes a decline in fitness; rather, a decline in fitness causes aging.

Das wohl verrückteste Laufjahr seit der Erfindung des Marathons. Nimm das, Schweinehund! Als sich der Mehltau des zweiten Lockdowns über Deutschland legt, fasst der beliebte Comedian und inoffizielle Weltmeister im Langsamschwimmen Wigald Boning einen folgenreichen Entschluss: Ich werde ein Jahr lang Marathon laufen. Jede Woche einen. 52 mal 42 Kilometer, komme, was wolle. "Lauf, Wigald, lauf!" ist seine herrlich schräge Liebeserklärung an die Langstrecke, an die Kraft der Unvernunft und an all seine Begleiterinnen und Begleiter durch ein Jahr voller Aufs und Abs.

Philipp Pflieger war bei Olympia 2016 der schnellste deutsche Marathonläufer. Ein Jahr später sorgte er für Schlagzeilen, als er beim Berlin-Marathon seine Kräfte überschätzte und das Rennen orientierungslos abbrechen musste. Daraus hat er viel gelernt, nicht nur über die Königsdisziplin des Laufens, sondern auch über sich selbst. Sein nächstes Ziel: Olympia 2020 in Tokio. In seinem Hörbuch nimmt Pflieger uns mit hinter die Kulissen des professionellen Marathonlaufens. Er erzählt über die Faszination des Laufens, lässt uns Siege und Niederlagen miterleben, und gibt Tipps, was Amateure von den Profis lernen können.

Gear up for your best performance yet with the 'Race Ready Running Bundle', an invigorating 2-in-1 audiobook collection that pairs 'Master the Marathon' with 'Run Faster Race Better'. Designed for runners of all levels, from beginners taking their first strides to seasoned marathoners aiming to shatter personal records, this bundle is your ultimate guide to running excellence.

Lessons While Running: A 21 Day Devotional is a devotional designed to inspire people who run, want to run, or want to do any physical activity but need a bit of spiritual motivation.

Achilles Tendinitis can be debilitating for months or years. Nearly all orthopedic problems can be healed if we learn how to minimize or eliminate pressure on the area that hurts, as well as to minimize or eliminate strain to the area that hurts. This book informs the listener what the heel is telling you, why it is telling you this, and exactly what to do about it.

Anything you do regularly takes on layers of meaning. Running regularly certainly gives you time to think and to find meaning in simple things and perhaps in things not so simple. In Simple Rhythms, Ray Charbonneau finds poetry in motion, the simple and basic motion of running. Take the Simple Rhythms audiobook with you on your next run!

Zwischen Wanderdünen und Oasen: Ultra Running durch eine der heißesten Wüsten der Welt. Rafael Fuchsgruber und seine Partnerin Tanja Schönenborn haben sich Großes vorgenommen: Laufend wollen die beiden Ausnahmesportler die Wüste Namib durchqueren. 1000 Kilometer in rund zwei Wochen, über 400 Liter Trinkwasserbedarf - eine absolute Weltpremiere. In diesem packenden Reisebericht nimmt das bekannte Extremlauf-Paar Sie mit auf diese Tour der Extreme.

In New York City's business districts, billions of dollars are traded every day and power deals are closed every minute. Within the hundreds of skyscrapers there are dedicated messenger centers that insure and time to the minute the delivery of business documents used to complete deals large and small. Kurt Boone has worked as a foot messenger for over 14 years, rushing throughout the city in all weather conditions, picking up and delivering these critical business documents.

Was ist das, was uns seit Jahren an- und umtreibt, das uns regelmäßig hinaustreibt aus der Geborgenheit unserer Behausungen. Was geht in uns vor, wenn wir laufen, was denken wir dabei und danach und darüber? Und was sagt das womöglich über uns aus und die Gesellschaft, in der wir leben.

Walking on the beach and holding hands with a loved one is a dream taken for granted by most. But when aspiring athlete John Maclean was struck down by a truck while training for a triathlon at the age of 22, this dream became impossible. John survived, but was left paraplegic - catastrophic for a life so full of promise. He insisted that he’d walk again, but it became clear John would need to shift his focus, and take his beloved father’s words to heart: "How far can you go?"

Most of us never truly get the chance to feel free in our environments, we never get to experience the amazing skill and abilities that our bodies inherently have. We don't often push our own limits. Free running changes all of this.

Få et unikt indblik i, hvad der får mennesker til at løbe i dagevis i ufremkommelige bjergområder, 100 km på et stadium eller 5.649 gange rundt om en boligblok i New York. Hvor det tidligere var en præstation af de helt store at løbe et maraton, stiger ultraløbet i dag eksplosivt i popularitet. Ultraløb er alt over maratonnets 42 km og kræver en helt særlig form for motivation, styrke og udholdenhed - både fysisk og mentalt. Der er i dag stort set ingen grænser for sværhedsgraden. Der er traditionelt færre kvinder end mænd, der løber ultraløb, men antallet er stigende.

Campiona del món d’ultratrails i esportista compromesa, Núria Picas reflexiona amb serenor sobre els últims èxits però també els fracassos que ha hagut d’afrontar en els darrers quatre anys, i ens ho narra en aquest audiollibre. Quan una està acostumada a guanyar, el perdre i les dificultats que se’n deriven esdevenen un gran repte. I ella l’ha superat i n’ha tret un creixement profund i ferm.

No one ever expected Catriona Menzies-Pike to run a marathon. She hated running and was a hopeless athlete. But a decade after her parents died suddenly, she started running and found that her grief started to move, too. Until very recently it was frowned upon for women to run long distances. Running was deemed unladylike - and probably dangerous.

Running in cold, wet and dark conditions can be dangerous and uncomfortable, but it doesn't have to be. This audiobook will provide you with everything that you need to know to stay warm, dry and visible during the winter months and will cover every part of your body from your head to your torso to your toes.

Jackie’s Dream Box unveils the tools that will give every kid the ability to be successful. Here is a story that celebrates what it takes to not only go far on the field of play, but life.

"The emotional pain of failing just felt like it was going to be a bit worse than the physical pain of carrying on..." Attempting to break long-distance running records used to be an underground endeavour, until the virus-stricken summer of 2020 came along. Only a few, such as the Bob Graham Round in the Lake District, had ever broken into mainstream consciousness. But an absence of running races thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in an unprecedented rise in the popularity of attempts at breaking these records.