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These books are all about running but are not instructional. Could be about a specific runner, group of runner(s), a race, etc.
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THE ZEN OF RUNNING
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Running with Raven: The Amazing Story of One Man, His Passion, and the Community He Inspired
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26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
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Lessons of a Lakota: A Young Man's Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding
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Kazimira : biografski roman o deklici, ki se ni pustila postarati
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Paula: My Story So Far
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Running the Rift
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Naomi Benaron (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 7,209 ratings
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Meditations from the Breakdown Lane: Running Across America
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Terry Fox: His Story
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The Boy Who Runs: The Odyssey of Julius Achon
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Der Ultralauf-Kompass: Für alle, die es wirklich wissen wollen
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Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive
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Hills, Hawgs & Ho Chi Minh: More Tales of a Wayward Runner
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My Marathon: Reflections on a Gold Medal Life
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4.18 avg rating — 388 ratings
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Training for Ultra Running
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For the Glory: Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr
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North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
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Tekaški dnevnik čisto navadne gospodinje
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3.71 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Daughters of Distance
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Vanessa Runs (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 133 ratings
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Delaj, teci, živi
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Zagret za tek: 42 spoznanj bosonogega viteza
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Na dolge proge
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Did I Win?: A Farewell to George Sheehan
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Joe Henderson (Editor)
4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
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The Essential Sheehan: A Lifetime of Running Wisdom from the Legendary Dr. George Sheehan
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Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
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Aug 25, 2013 07:19AM
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a very good book, BUT I do not see how it fits on a list of books about running.
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Linda wrote: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a very good book, BUT I do not see how it fits on a list of books about running."Good catch. Took over a year, but I removed it haha
You are missing the Olympian (fiction) and perhaps the best fictional book ever written about running The Other Kingdom by Victor Price
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