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Zen and the Art of Running: The Path to Making Peace with Your Pace
"All that I am, I am because of my mind."
Paavo Nurmi, Olympic runner with nine gold medals in track & fieldAll runners strive to get in the ?zone, ? but here they?ll learn to enter the ZEN ?zone?! By adopting Buddha's mindful approach, you will discover you can run longer, faster, and harder. This book shows how to align body and mind for success on?and off?the track!...more
Paavo Nurmi, Olympic runner with nine gold medals in track & fieldAll runners strive to get in the ?zone, ? but here they?ll learn to enter the ZEN ?zone?! By adopting Buddha's mindful approach, you will discover you can run longer, faster, and harder. This book shows how to align body and mind for success on?and off?the track!...more
Paperback, 206 pages
Published
November 18th 2009
by Adams Media Corporation
(first published 2009)
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Practice mindfulness by separating fact from attitude. Figure out what thoughts & emotions prevent you from running. Figure out why you are attached to those thoughts & emotions. Negative attachments to an idea are a choice. Figure out what you can do to get rid of the attachments and just accept the facts. Obstacles arise from within.
Knowing and acting on knowledge are two different things. Don't let a harmful attachment control your mind and actions. Prioritize commitments, deadlines &...more
Knowing and acting on knowledge are two different things. Don't let a harmful attachment control your mind and actions. Prioritize commitments, deadlines &...more
Meh. Got it as a Nook deal of the day thing, so I think I paid 99c for it. It was worth about that.
It seemed mostly a collection of obvious statements. I guess if you've truly never thought about Buddhism/zen/meditation/whatever concepts before *and* you've never thought about running before, you could get things out of this book, but...then why are you picking up the book? I'm not even a practitioner of Buddhism; I've just read enough to read this and go "yep, yep, yup, okay, yup, skimming now....more
It seemed mostly a collection of obvious statements. I guess if you've truly never thought about Buddhism/zen/meditation/whatever concepts before *and* you've never thought about running before, you could get things out of this book, but...then why are you picking up the book? I'm not even a practitioner of Buddhism; I've just read enough to read this and go "yep, yep, yup, okay, yup, skimming now....more
For an author who has gained his PHD in philosophy Larry Shapiro's Zen and the Art of Running reads like an average fifth grade essay assignment; complete with tips on how to double tie your shoelaces. On the other hand, could his writing style actually reflect the true spirit of Zen? Simplicity after all is synonymous with both practices. Zen and the Art of Running is either a brilliant handbook for a contemplative approach to running or a professors bored attempt at reaching the 200 page goal...more
The book promises a bit more than it delivers, or at least it creates expectations that it can't quite meet. I'd have liked to read more about zen then about running. At times, it feels like Shapiro ran out of things to say about zen and instead started writing a running guide. Other books do that better, this book should have staid closer to the zen side of things. There are some good parts, like the meditation exercises and how to meditate during a run, but that part felt a bit too short and s...more
I always am motivated when I read a good running book. Most of the book will help me, especially if I'm tired & still have further to go in the run. Shapiro still didn't convince me, however,to run outside on a dark, cold rainy morning. I can't dismiss it as being what it is & just run anyway. Its still cold & wet & unpleasant.
Motivational, yet at times you may feel like it opens more questions than answers. A good book that can make you, think, reflect and focus on what's important in your life. Being in the present is its main philosophy.
I liked this book there were some interesting points that have stuck with me; I give three stars because, looking back, it seemed kind of short and repetitive. The information that was in it was good.
I tried to read this book straight through, but came to realize that it's more of a reference book that I'll go to when I need it. For example, I loved the "Zen Motivation: Getting Out the Door" section since I often need an extra push to convince myself to go running when it's dark and I'm tired from working all day. However, I gave myself permission to just browse about half the book (the racing, injury, and aging sections) since it didn't pertain to my life right now. I enjoyed reading about...more
I learned more about Zen Buddhism than I did running. It's kind of an introduction to Buddhist thought presented as a runner's guide. There's certainly a lot of practical application for runners but it's more about how you think about running than how you actually do it.
I see it didn't get great ratings by others but I liked it a lot and could see rereading it. Easy and fast but motivational..
Torture! Bought this to regain some motivation, and got it because I needed to get away from this book!
This book was just okay. A lot of the scenarios the author discussed I could not relate too.
"Vähintään 75%:sti kirkastettua kavioeläimen ulostetta."
meh. Probably nothing wrong with it, just didn't speak to me.
one step closer to not hating running
Not terribly useful to me.
Pretty good, overall, though I will admit to skipping the sections on training and racing, as I currently run for the sheer enjoyment of it. I'll hold on to the book, though, should that ever change.
Not a great book, but got me to run a couple times I wouldn't so worth the read.
This book is not perfect, but I think I can give it partial credit for the fact that I consider myself a runner now. I have my first 5K coming up next month and while I've tried to start running before, I believe I always had the wrong mindset going in - this book definitely helped in that regard.
If you like running and reading about running it's hard to understand why you wouldn't like this book.
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