Sole sisters: stories of Women and Running is sometimes touching, sometimes funny, and always inspiring. 100% satisfaction is Guaranteed! Authors jennifer lin and susan Warner have interviewed women of all ages from all walks of life and all parts of the country. Among them are:* sisters who competed in a 5K race to honor a sister who survived breast cancer.
A 9/11 widow who ran her first marathon to honor the memory of her husband. A 65-year-old woman who overcame obesity and alcoholism to finish the grueling Ironman triathlon. An unknown runner from norway named Grete Waitz who decided to run a marathon-and changed the face of the sport. Sole sisters: stories of Women and Running is not just for women who run.
More than 11 million women run regularly, a number that's growing every year. There are both heartrending stories of grief and survival and lighthearted tales of friendship.
Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run
Used book in Good Condition. In mile markers, runner's world contributing editor Kristin Armstrong captures the ineffable and timeless beauty of running, the importance of nurturing relationships with those we love, and the significance of reflecting on our experiences. This collection considers the most important reasons women run, celebrating the inspiring passion runners have for their sport and illustrating how running fosters a vitally powerful community.
Running threads these touching stories together, and through each of them we are shown the universal undercurrents of inspiration, family, empowerment, growth, grace, and endurance.
Run Like a Girl
Run like a girl includes the stories of a us-ranked amateur triathlete who's raising an autistic son; a thirteen-year-old girl who falls in love with cross-country running; a woman who runs her first marathon at age sixty; an investment banker who quit her job to become a yoga teacher and adopt a daughter on her own; a young mother with scoliosis who cycled her way back to health and became a jewelry designer along the way; and countless other women—including Kathrine Switzer, Rebecca Rusch, and Molly Barker—who have been changed by their experiences with sports.
Run like a girl argues that physical strength lends itself to psychological strength, participating in sports translates into leading a happier, and that for many women, more fulfilling life. Used book in Good Condition. Used book in Good Condition.
Strong: A Runner's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You
For all our books; cargo will be delivered in the required time. This comprehensive guide to developing confidence includes: Kara's stories, experiences, and glimpses inside her personal confidence journal. Winning and losing are more a matter of mental preparation and toughness. Dr. Women's health magazine: "strong is the ultimate guide to dreaming big and reaching your goals ―whether that's qualifying for the Boston Marathon or scoring the big promotion at work.
Liz plosser editor-in-chief, kara goucher, women's Health Two-time Olympian, shares her secrets to conquering self-doubt and improving running performance using proven tools from the field of sport psychology. Strong includes tips, and real-life experiences from Olympians Emma Coburn and Molly Huddle, techniques, and New York Times best- selling author Robin Arzón.
Strong also offers perspectives from two experts in the field of sport psychology, including Kara's own sport psychologist, Dr. Insights from inspiring women in the field of running.
Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
Let your mind run is a fascinating intimate look inside the mind of an elite athlete, a remarkable story of achievement, and an insightful primer on how the small steps of cultivating positivity can give anyone a competitive edge. On the verge of quitting, she took a chance and moved to the high altitudes of Alamosa, Colorado, where legendary coach Joe Vigil had started the first professional distance-running team.
There she encountered the idea that would transform her running career: the notion that changing her thinking—shaping her mind to be more encouraging, kind, and resilient—could make her faster than she’d ever imagined possible. 100% satisfaction is Guaranteed! Used book in Good Condition. Used book in Good Condition.
. For all our books; cargo will be delivered in the required time. New york times bestsellerdeena kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, when her competitive method—run as hard as possible, yet her career almost ended after college, for fear of losing—fostered a frustration and negativity and brought her to the brink of burnout.
Running Like a Girl: Notes on Learning to Run
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When alexandra heminsley decided to take up running, she had hopes for a blissful runner’s high and immediate physical transformation. Running like a girl tells the story of getting beyond the brutal part, and glowing skin; but self-confidence and immeasurable daily pleasure, like weight loss, and reaps the rewards: not just the obvious things, along with a new closeness to her father—a marathon runner—and her brother, how Alexandra makes running a part of her life, health, with whom she ultimately runs her first marathon.
After eating three slices of toast with honey and spending ninety minutes creating the perfect playlist, she hit the streets—and failed spectacularly. The stories of her first runs turn on its head the common notion that we are all “born to run”—and exposes the truth about starting to run: it can be brutal.
For any woman who has ever run, warm, heminsley’s funny, wanted to run, or failed to run even if just around the block, entertaining, and motivational personal journey from nonathlete extraordinaire to someone who has completed five marathons is inspiring, tried to run, practical, and fun.
The Runner's Devotional: Inspiration and Motivation for Life's Journey . . . On and Off the Road
Additional features include health and fitness tips, and weekly runner’s logs. 100% satisfaction is Guaranteed! For all our books; cargo will be delivered in the required time. Each devotional includes an inspirational reading, a personal story from a runner, Scripture application, running tips, and questions to consider.
Scribner Book Company. Fifty-two devotional readings will keep runners motivated, both on and off the road, inspired, and running in the right direction, through life’s many peaks and valleys.100% satisfaction is Guaranteed! Used book in Good Condition. For all our books; cargo will be delivered in the required time.
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A Beautiful Work In Progress
Used book in Good Condition. Scribner Book Company. She’s neither skinny nor white, and she’s here to show just how misguided these stereotypes can be. In this prejudice-busting, an adventurous spirit, body-positive memoir told with raw honesty, and a sharp sense of humor, Valerio takes readers along on her journey from first-time racer to ultramarathoner and proves that anyone can become a successful athlete.
100% satisfaction is Guaranteed! Runners’ vocabulary is full of acronyms like dns for “did not start” and dNF for “Did Not Finish, ” but when Mirna Valerio stepped up to the starting line, she needed a new one: DNQ for “Did Not Quit. Valerio has tied on her running shoes all across the country, from the dusty back roads of central New Jersey to the busy Route 222 corridor in Pennsylvania to the sweltering deserts of Arizona.
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Running: A Love Story: 10 Years, 5 Marathons, and 1 Life-Changing Sport
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Jen, a middle-of-the-pack but tenacious runner, have their ups and downs, hones her skill while navigating relationships with men that, like a tricky marathon route, relying on running to keep her steady in the hard times. Scribner Book Company. Used book in Good Condition. For all our books; cargo will be delivered in the required time.
Jen first laces up her sneakers in high school, when, like many people, she sees running as a painful part of conditioning for other sports.
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Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow.: Quick-Fix Recipes for Hangry Athletes
Scribner Book Company. Cook Fast. Each and every recipe—from shalane and elyse’s signature Superhero muffins to energizing smoothies, veggie-loaded power bowls, grain salads, homemade pizza, and race day bars—provides fuel and nutrition without sacrificing taste or time. Whether you are an athlete, someone who barely has time to step in the kitchen, or feeding a hungry family, training for a marathon, Run Fast.
Eat Slow. Cook the recipes that shalane flanagan ate while training for her 2017 TCS New York City Marathon historic win!The New York Times bestseller Run Fast. 100% satisfaction is Guaranteed! Used book in Good Condition. Eat Slow. Cook Fast. Now, olympian shalane flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky are back with a cookbook that’s full of recipes that are fast and easy without sacrificing flavor.