Running Books

As I read a lot of running related books, here is a list to keep track of them. Feel free to add suggestions or ask me questions in the comments below!

The order is more or less random. I didn’t yet rate the books as it feels it isn’t giving them enough justice. I might add some notes and link them here in the future. Mostly I am hoping to get tips on more running related books!

Note: I copied the images from amazon.co.uk and if you click on them it leads you to the sales page of the book, there you can also find enough reviews to get your own idea if you might like the book. I hope linking them is enough to avoid any copyright image issues … I didn’t want to bother to screenshot/take photos of my books … if anyone knows if this is ok or not let me know! (I figure they want to sell the books so it should be fine …) I own each and everyone of them in some form legally – audiobook, real book or kindle book.

Currently Reading

The Memory Of Running

Author: Ron McLarty

 

 The Runner’s Edge

Stephen McGregor, Matt Fitzgerald

 

 

 

Previously read and liked

Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance Paperback

Matt Fitzgerald

 

 

 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower

Matt Fitzgerald

 

 

Eat and Run

Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman

 

 

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners: 101

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark (editor), Dean Karnazes

 

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

 

 

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

Rich Roll

 

 

 

Natural Born Heroes

Christopher McDougall

 

 

 

The Extra Mile

Pam Reed

 

 

 

Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health, & Life

Ben Greenfield

 

 

 

How Bad Do You Want It?

Matt Fitzgerald

 

 

 

Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run

Matt Fitzgerald

 

 

Tread Lightly: Form, Footwear, and the Quest for Injury-Free Running

Bill Larson, Peter Larson

 

I’m Here to Win

Chris McCormack, Tim Vandehey

 

 

 

The Ultra Mindset

Travis Macy, John Hanc

 

 

 

Running with the Kenyans

Adharanand Finn

 

 

 

A Life Without Limits

Chrissie Wellington, Michael Aylwin

 

Can’t Swim, Can’t Ride, Can’t Run

Andy Holgate

 

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cheryl Strayed

 

The Longest Race

Ed Ayres

 

Out There: A Story of Ultra Recovery

David Clark

 

To Be a Runner

Martin Dugard

 

Flanagan’s Run

Tom McNab

 

1:59

Philip Maffetone, Bill Katovsky

 

 

 

The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing

Dr Philip Maffetone (Author), Mark Allen (Foreword)

 

 

Running to the Top

Arthur Lydiard

 

 

 

Daniels’ Running Formula

Jack Daniels

 

 

My Life on the Run

Bart Yasso, Amby Burfoot

 

 

 

 

Runner’s World Complete Book of Running

Amby Burfoot

 

 

Runner’s World Complete Book of Women’s Running

Dagny Scott Barrios

 

 

 

50/50

Dean Karnazes, Matt Fitzgerald

 

 

 

The Long Run

Matthew Long, Charles Butler

 

 

Once a Runner

John L. Parker Jr.

 

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