Robin Harvie: Why We Run
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Apr 2012
9:12am, 1 Apr 2012
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Mark J
Neo hippy twaddle tye missis tells me so I'm not going to bother.
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Apr 2012
9:23am, 1 Apr 2012
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ogee
Try "Running Crazy" by Helen Summer. Its a good read & made even better by having a couple of fetchies featured in it.
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Apr 2012
9:25am, 1 Apr 2012
5,994 posts
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Mrs Winkle
I just can't get into it, really dull. I liked Marshall Ulrich's Running on Empty, and have aalso just finished Running Crazy which is indeed a good read. |
Apr 2012
12:25pm, 1 Apr 2012
101 posts
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jacdaw
You could try Bernd Heinrichs Why we run: A natural history amazon.co.uk instead. Most people seem to hate it, but I really like it. Lots of stuff about insects, and his running experiments with large quantities of beer and honey. |
Apr 2012
1:10pm, 1 Apr 2012
2,863 posts
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Wine Legs
I've started Robin's book a couple of times now, but haven't really got into it. He's a really nice bloke though - joined the running club a little while ago...something to do with Binks I think. And that's who did the reverse 'The Marathon' last year before turning around and running the actual race. He's doing the reverse again this year I think. It's been interesting talking to him because he's done quite similar stuff to Binks, but with a different result. He's also got a TED lecture if anyone's interested in him talking rather than reading his written word... |
Apr 2012
1:21pm, 1 Apr 2012
219 posts
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jacs205
I liked it and hated Marshall Ulrich's, he comes across as a total dick in it and I know he isn't from what other ultra runners say about him. Pam Reed's book was ok but out of all the running books I've read I think 'feet in the clouds' about British fell running was about the best and I don't fell run. I've just ordered 'running through the wall' for my Kindle, anyone read that?
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Apr 2012
1:29pm, 1 Apr 2012
58,761 posts
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GregP
I lived Feet in the Clouds until about half way, and then I stopped. Never did finish it. I have (but haven't read) 'What I Think About WITAR' and 'Once A Runner' which someone recommended but I can't think who.
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Apr 2012
7:31pm, 1 Apr 2012
3,604 posts
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RichHL
At the risk of sounding like someone off "Sh*t Barefoot Runners Say," have you read Born To Run?
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Apr 2012
7:53pm, 1 Apr 2012
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Velociraptor
I like "Zen and the Art of Running" by Larry Shapiro. Mainly because it's rare to find a running book that says it's inevitable that you'll quit the damn stupid hobby eventually  If anyone wants the Bernd Heinrichs book, don't spend money on it for goodness sake. I have a copy that you can have for the cost of the postage. It's the worst running book I have ever attempted to read. Worse even than the pontifications of John Letmebeyourguru Parker and Danny Televangelist Dreyer. |
Apr 2012
7:57pm, 1 Apr 2012
5,406 posts
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OllyW
Why We Run = man fails to run fast marathon, gives up trying to run fast then fails to complete very long run. The End.
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