Provides readers the core essentials of marathon training, nutrition, injury prevention, & more. This book

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Helps you to choose the right equipment, get going & keep going, train safely, & meet your running & racing goals. This title covers what you need to know: correct posture & mechanics, avoiding injuries & plateaus, regulating water intake, physical & mental strength, & more. ...

Running offers you a great way to get around
- & improves your level of health & well-being at the same time. Whatever your motivation,
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Running isn't a hobby, it's a way of life. Capturing the strength, the speed, the stamina & the pure exhilaration of a great run, this title features photographs & inspiring"ations that showcase the beauty of the world's most enduringly popular sport. ...

Running is my drug. To be honest, drugs (and alcohol) used to be my drug, but now I've got the healthiest addiction going. Running is what has helped me fight my demons, win five world snooker championships, & cope with all the crap life's thrown at me. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, & in this book I look at everything that hasn't killed me, but has had a good go
- my addictive personality, depression, my dad's murder conviction, the painful break-up with the mother of my children, the difficulty of balancing family life with that of a sportsman. Those are the downers. But it's also about the great things in my life
- my kids, snooker, my dad's release from prison, great mates who have helped me, & the psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters who has taught me how not to run away from life when it gets tricky. For the first time, I explain some of my madder moments
- why I walked out in the middle of a match against Stephen Hendry, why I sat with a wet cloth over my face in a match against Mark King. This is a book about what it takes to be a champion
- the sacrifices you have to make, the obsessive practice, the selfishness. Finally, it's a book about what it's like to get the buzz. & I hope anybody who's ever got the running buzz will relate to this.



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Everyone knows Danny Powell was born to run. But no one knows Danny dreams of beating the fastest man on the planet. Until one day Danny accidentally lets it slip, & that's it. His ambition is out there
- & everyone's laughing at him. Except, what if Danny could be the next 100m world champion?
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Ray Zahab was once a pack-a-day smoker, but through dedication & persistence, he managed to achieve a level of fitness that allowed him to run in some of the world's toughest tests of endurance, including the crossing of the entire Sahara Desert on foot. This autobiography follows Zahab's travels down the roads to destruction & redemption. ...

A premier resource that is dedicated to running mechanics & injury prevention. Referencing over 250 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, it is a comprehensive review of the most recent research & clinical concepts related to gait & injury analysis. ...

At the age of sixty, & having lived with Parkinson’s disease for over ten years, Guy Deacon CBE set out on one last adventure: to drive solo from his home in the UK 18, 000 miles & through twenty-five countries to Cape Town on the southern tip of Africa. This incredible journey, across Europe & down the full length of Africa, took the former British Army officer over twelve months. Along the way, he broke down five times, underwent one emergency evacuation, & took 3, 650 prescription pills. There are only a handful of vehicles each year which attempt this difficult journey; many never complete it. Ongoing conflicts in Libya, South Sudan, Mozambique & many other countries make any journey exceptionally dangerous. In central Africa, road conditions, particularly in the rainy season, often make the going treacherous. Further hazards include illegal checkpoints, extortion, contaminated fuel & a lack of services. Guy drove, lived & slept in his VW Transporter, often in remote... ...

Beginning in summer with clouds of breeding seabirds in Shetland & ending with crepuscular nightjars like giant moths in the heart of Engl&, this title maps the author's own observations & encounters over the years of tracking birds across the globe. It tells of near-global birds like sparrows, starlings & ravens, & exotic species. ...