Running


Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
Once a Runner
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
Daniels' Running Formula
80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower
The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance
The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men's Cross-Country Team
Der große Trip by Cheryl StrayedBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallNowhere Near First by Cory ReeseThe Way of the Runner by Adharanand FinnBekenntnisse eines Nachtsportlers by Wigald Boning
FatBoysRun Reads
43 books — 2 voters

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb CalettiSince You've Been Gone by Morgan MatsonNot If I See You First by Eric LindstromThe Running Dream by Wendelin Van DraanenThe Runner by Cynthia Voigt
YA Books ft. Runners
61 books — 14 voters
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan SillitoeThe Running Dream by Wendelin Van DraanenKeeping Pace by Laurie MorrisonWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki MurakamiFreerunner by David Trifunov
Running Fiction
15 books — 7 voters

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan MatsonThe Girl She Used to Be by David CristofanoSecond to No One by Natalie PalmerTake Me There by Carolee DeanLeaving Unknown by Kerry Reichs
Up a Road Slowly
16 books — 8 voters

It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else. We can enjoy every moment of movement, as long as where we are is as good as where we'd like to be. That's not to say that you need to be satisfied forever with where you are today. But you need to honor what you've accomplished, rather than thinking of what ...more
John Bingham, No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running

Victoria Schwab
After all, if you run far enough, no one can catch you.
V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

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