Running


Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
Once a Runner
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
Daniels' Running Formula
80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower
The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance
The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men's Cross-Country Team
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan SillitoeThe Running Dream by Wendelin Van DraanenKeeping Pace by Laurie MorrisonWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki MurakamiFreerunner by David Trifunov
Running Fiction
15 books — 7 voters
Racing Hearts by Ann  AdamsCarve My Heart by Mara J. OvaRide by Harper DallasLet the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith MazaruraWaking Olivia by Elizabeth O'Roark
Obscure Sport Romances
63 books — 3 voters

Born to Run by Christopher McDougallIt's Not About the Bike by Lance ArmstrongJourney Through Britain by John HillabyBlack Sunrise by Christina EngelaBelieve, Live, Run by Bertalan Thuroczy
Walking and Running
28 books — 8 voters


Christopher McDougall
If you don't have answers to your problems after a four-hour run, you ain't getting them. ...more
Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Running isn't a sport for pretty boys...It's about the sweat in your hair and the blisters on your feet. Its the frozen spit on your chin and the nausea in your gut. It's about throbbing calves and cramps at midnight that are strong enough to wake the dead. It's about getting out the door and running when the rest of the world is only dreaming about having the passion that you need to live each and every day with. It's about being on a lonely road and running like a champion even when there's no ...more
Paul Maurer, The Gift - A Runner's Story

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