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EarlyRiser Mar 2015 9:42am, 23 Mar 2015 1,123 posts	Quote Pin EarlyRiser You might also want to look at Julian Goater (a 70s/80s UK 10k and CC runner) - 'How to run faster' or something. Despite the California looking cover, it's very much a British old-school train-hard book. My life in the mud kind of thing. Chatty and not technical but with tons of excellent advice.
Alice the Camel Mar 2015 10:01am, 23 Mar 2015 1,633 posts	Quote Pin Alice the Camel I like the sound of the Goater book ER - I like books to be motivating but not too technical!
EarlyRiser Mar 2015 10:08am, 23 Mar 2015 1,124 posts	Quote Pin EarlyRiser It is a good read. I'm underwhelmed by the marketing copy for it and the cover is just plain naff. Presumably mostly written by his jourrnalist co-author based on interviews, but doesn't suffer for that. That's if you don't mind a potted stroll through memory lane with the likes of Brendan Foster, Dave Bedford, Charlie Spedding, Ovett, Coe and Cram and the rest of the crew.
Zorba Mar 2015 10:55am, 23 Mar 2015 1,359 posts	Quote Pin Zorba EarlyRiser , thanks for the shout on the recent P and L ....I still consult P and D 's "Serious Runners " book , but it's always good to discover a fresh title...
rhb Mar 2015 3:00pm, 23 Mar 2015 693 posts	Quote Pin rhb Cheers folks, will look at Goater also.
Lady Fleecy of Mudshire Mar 2015 7:53pm, 26 Mar 2015 20,336 posts	Quote Pin Lady Fleecy of Mudshire Gosh, I'd forgotten this thread If anyone is interested, we have Boff Whalley talking at one of our free running seminars runningdialogues.org His book is excellent, I really enjoyed it. Thoroughly recommended to anyone who wants a bit of tub-thumping talk about running
Lady Fleecy of Mudshire Mar 2015 7:55pm, 26 Mar 2015 20,337 posts	Quote Pin Lady Fleecy of Mudshire And I liked the Goater book, but bloody hell he doesn't half say 'tall and rangy' a lot! Good as a how-to, but don't buy the kindle version as the programmes aren't in there due to a snafu (they might have fixed it by now though)
steve45 Mar 2015 11:04am, 28 Mar 2015 10 posts	Quote Pin steve45 Charlie Speddings book "From Last to First" is a good read. For a fictional read you can't beat "Flannagan's Run" by Tom McNab....an exciting tale based on a true event of when there was a race right across America!
steve45 Mar 2015 11:08am, 28 Mar 2015 11 posts	Quote Pin steve45 of course , if you want a serious academic work then "The Lore of Running" by Tim Noakes is a must for serious runners and coaches even if a little old. Trouble is it costs a lot(!) but at around 1,000 pages it is almost an encyclopedia!
EarlyRiser Mar 2015 11:13am, 28 Mar 2015 1,138 posts	Quote Pin EarlyRiser I'll look out for that Charlie Speddings book. Thanks Steve. By all accounts he was a good but not great runner who found a way to really excel and succeed. Should be interesting.