Lonely Planet : Epic Runs of the World by Lonely Planet Publications Staff

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.

The next title in our Epic series celebrates the fastest growing activity in the world: recreational running. We cover the greatest routes, from fun and scenic short runs, to trails and must-do marathons that go beyond New York and London to include Kyoto, the Great Wall of China and Australia's Blue Mo untains ultra. ...Show more

Are You Tough Enough?: The Toughest, Bloodiest and Hardest Challenges in the World by Helen Summer

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

Each year, thousands of competitors pit themselves against the elements, extremes of geography and their own psyches to take part in the world's hardest physical challenges. From the cold of the highest peaks to the unforgiving heat of the desert, by water, bike or foot seemingly ordinary people are und ertaking extraordinary feats. Whether seeking to prove themselves as athletes, or attempting to escape the humdrum, one thing they all have in common is an unbreakable drive to test the very limits of their endurance. Are You Tough Enough? looks at over 60 of the most extreme marathons, triathlons, bike rides and other iconic endurance events from around the globe, taking in the hottest, coldest, highest and most remote locations, and the toughest, cruellest and wackiest challenges. With a detailed description of each event, featuring personal stories from competitors, this book offers massive highs and excruciating lows, showing just what we can achieve in pushing the bounds of human endeavour. ...Show more

One Breath by Adam Skolnick

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

Freediving is one of the most captivating, fastest growing and least understood sports in the world. Competitors push their physical boundaries to the limit, cheating death in exotic locations. It is highly dangerous, but also, for its many devotees, a way of life. For Nicholas Mevoli it was pure obsess ion, one that saw him rise from novice to record-holder in little more than a year - and that tragically claimed his life after competing in the Vertical Blue event at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas. One Breath is a riveting account of Mevoli's death, the mysterious world of freediving and its extraordinary athletes. Award-winning journalist Adam Skolnick tells a fascinating story filled with quirky characters, evocative history, unsolved mysteries of science, and extreme determination. Travelling to some of the most beautiful places on earth, he sheds light on what fuels athletes to take a single breath and make it last as long, and take them as deep, as humanly possible. ...Show more

Running with the Kenyans : Discovering the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth by Adharanand Finn

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year - Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Winner - Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards. After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest long-distance races, Runner's World contributor Adharanand Finn set o ut to discover what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up. Packing up his family, he moved to Iten, Kenya, the running capital of the world, and started investigating. Was it running barefoot to school, the food, the altitude, or something else? At the end of his journey he put his research to the test by running his first marathon, across the Kenyan plains. This edition includes a new chapter covering the 2012 Olympics. ...Show more

Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports | Reading Level: good

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's great est distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong. Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, and a barefoot wonder. With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. Born to Run is that rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run. From the Hardcover edition. ...Show more

Mean Machines - Supercars by Scholastic

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

Packed full of facts and figures about the fastest, most powerful cars in the world. Mean Machines is perfect for fact-hungry, statistic-mad children who have a love of amazing machines. Find out which supercars have over 1000 brake horsepower, which engine is made from magnesium and which supercar has tyres filled with nitrogen. ...Show more

Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere : An Illustrated Introduction by Adele Westbrook

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

Aikido neutralises aggression and renders attackers harmless. By controlling body position and harmonising their vital physical and mental powers, anyone - regardless of size, strength or weight - can fend off attacks using this sophisticated martial art. This classic text - now available for the first time in paperback- reveals the secrets which enable the stunning control practised in Aikido and is highly recommended as one of the finest books on martial arts available. ...Show more

Weapons of Fitness: The Women's Ultimate Guide to Fitness, Self-Defense, and Empowerment by Avital Zeisler

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

A groundbreaking self-defense and fitness book for women by a ballerina-turned-self-defense expert. Learn how to become your own weapon of self-defense and fitness so that you can create and target your best life. After ballerina Avital Zeisler was savagely attacked as a young woman, she lived in fear- -until she took action to train with experts in self-defense from around the world. Seeking a method specific to women and using Krav Maga as a base, she created her own self-defense program: the Soteria Method. It was an immediate sensation, and is now in demand by everyone from corporate executives to Hollywood stars--such as Amanda Seyfried, Megan Boone, Keri Russell, and Matthew Rhys, to name a few--who seek her classes both for the self-defense and for the intense, body-sculpting workout. Unique and empowering, "Weapons of Fitness" will help get you into incredible shape--and just might save your life. ...Show more

Formula One Circuits From Above by Jones, Bruce

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

On the eve of his 40th birthday, Rich Roll was in bad shape. His days were filled with work, stress, and junk food, and his nights were spent on the couch, remote in hand. Taking out the trash was the closest he came to exercise, and, at 50 pounds overweight, a walk up the stairs left him winded. He dec ided it was time to make a change. After undergoing a diet detox, adopting a vegan lifestyle, and pushing his fitness regimen to undreamed-of heights, he was profiled by Men's Fitnessas one of the world's 25 fittest men. Among Roll's many jaw-dropping athletic feats- he completed the unprecedented "Epic 5"--five back-to-back Ironman-distance triathlons on five different Hawaiian islands in under a week--an achievement many said was impossible. This is the story of that remarkable transformation, a complete physical and spiritual rejuvenation that proves that anyone can "find ultra" if they know how. ...Show more

Arnold: the Eduction of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

Five-time Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia, and Mr. World, Arnold Schwarzenegger is "the" name in bodybuilding. Here is his classic bestselling autobiography, which explains how the "Austrian Oak" came to the sport of bodybuilding and aspired to be the star he has become. "I still remember that firs t visit to the bodybuilding gym. I had never seen anyone lifting weights before. Those guys were huge and brutal....The weight lifters shone with sweat; they were powerful looking, Herculean. And there it was before me -- my life, the answer I'd been seeking. It clicked. It was something I suddenly just seemed to reach out and find, as if I'd been crossing a suspended bridge and finally stepped off onto solid ground." Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold shares his fitness and training secrets -- demonstrating with a comprehensive step-by-step program and dietary hints how to use bodybuilding for better health. His program includes a special four-day regimen of specific exercises to develop individual muscle groups -- each exercise illustrated with photos of Arnold in action. For fans and would-be bodybuilders, this is Arnold in his own words. ...Show more

50 Marathons 50 Days: The Secrets to Super Endurance by Dean Karnazes

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Category: Running, Fitness & Extreme Sports

The ultrarunning legend takes on the ultimate test of endurance. Men's Fitness magazine has hailed Dean Karnazes the fittest man on the planet. Time claimed that he is no mere mortal and Wired declared him the perfect human! Now, Dean proves them right - again - by conquering what no man has undertaken before: 50 marathons in 50 days. That's 2092 kilometers. And five pairs of shoes, 18 pairs of socks, 1,374,721 heartbeats, and three lost toenails. In 50 Marathons 50 Days, Dean shares his secrets for super endurance. How to adapt quickly to extreme conditions, prevent muscle cramps and overheating, pace yourself when you hit the wall, recover after a gruelling race, and how to stay motivated - against all odds. There's also expert nutrition advice, and a 26-week beginner's marathon training plan. But the essence of this book goes well beyond the incredible story of those 50 races. Above all, 50 Marathons 50 Days is a fascinating first-hand account of what it's like to push the limits of strength and motivation. It's an inspiring how-to book for anyone looking to go further than ever before towards their goals. ...Show more