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Running for fitness Running for fitness Sebastian Coe Practical guide to training for Professional Long Distance Running. OL10670870W
Born to Run Born to Run Christopher McDougall Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, is a 2009 best-selling non-fiction written by the American author and journalist Christopher McDougall. OL13805586W
Courage Courage Shelagh Canning When Annie Redfeather falls and loses a big school race, Aristotle the prairie dog reads her the story of Theseus slaying the Minotaur to illustrate courage. OL15931362W
Fancy Nancy and the mean girl Fancy Nancy and the mean girl Jane O'Connor Feeling bad about last year's Field Day, in which her slow running cost the relay team a victory, Nancy, who enjoys using fancy words, finds herself facing another Field Day and another relay race wi… OL16010922W
Brogg's brain Brogg's brain Kin Platt Everyone is convinced that all Monty needs to be the fastest miler on the high school track team is heart. Monty himself is not so sure he's got what it takes until he sees a movie called "Brogg's Br… OL16036484W
Dark river Dark river Mary Jane Beaufrand Teenager Ronnie's life is transformed by the murder of a ten-year-old neighbor for whom she babysat, and who had helped Ronnie adjust to living at a country inn on the banks of the Santiam River in H… OL16134418W
Free running Free running Jackson Teller "Describes the origins and techniques of parkour and free running. Describes the differences between the two activities and highlights the founders of the sports, along with how the sport has been hi… OL16471648W
The complete idiot's guide to running The complete idiot's guide to running Bill Rodgers Take the intimidation out of running. This guide is packed with tips and techniques on everything from getting started to more advanced methods of training. OL16560335W
Running with the Kenyans Running with the Kenyans Adharanand Finn ""A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhino, and buffalo roam the plains on either side. But I haven't come to Kenya to spot wildlife. I've c… OL16585386W
Ready Set Race Ready Set Race Kyla Steinkraus The fox is confident he will win the forest foot race, but he soon regrets relaxing and eating ice cream before the race while the other animals were practicing. Todos los animales se preparan par… OL17455164W
On the run On the run Coleman, Michael When a persistent youth offender is caught yet again, he is sentenced to community service as the partner to a blind runner. OL1821077W
Running a race Running a race Steve Parker Describes what happens to the human body while running a race and provides tips for technique in such areas as warming up, breathing, and recovering from the race. OL18357913W
The competitive runner's handbook The competitive runner's handbook Bob Glover For both runners entering that first neighborhood race and elite marathoners, trainers Bob and Shelly-lynn Florence Glover's completely revised guide is the book on training to compete. A book that's… OL1935827W
What makes Olga run? What makes Olga run? Bruce Grierson "Olga Kotelko is not your average ninety-three-year-old. She not only looks and acts like a much younger woman, she holds over twenty-three world records in track and field, seventeen in her current … OL19666861W
The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances Matthew Inman From the New York Times best-selling author Matthew Inman, aka "The Oatmeal", comes this collection of comics and stories about running, eating, napping, and one cartoonist's reasons for running acro… OL19670683W
The Bolt supremacy The Bolt supremacy Richard Moore Beijing 2008: Usain Bolt slows down as he approaches the finish line of the 100-meter finals, well ahead of his nearest rival. His face filled with the euphoria of a young man utterly in thrall to hi… OL19710689W
Footnotes Footnotes Vybarr Cregan-Reid "When Vybarr Cregan-Reid set out to discover why running means so much to so many, he began a journey which would take him out to tread London's cobbled streets, the boulevards of Paris, and down the… OL19710703W
Run simple Run simple Duncan Larkin In this age of instant information and new technologies, marathoner and fitness instructor Duncan Larkin recommends that runners get rid of their iPods, pace calculators, and heart monitors while exe… OL19730648W
Run strong, stay hungry Run strong, stay hungry Jonathan Beverly "In Run Strong, Stay Hungry, running journalist Jonathan Beverly reveals the secrets of veteran racers who are still racing fast and loving the sport decades after they got their start. Beverly colle… OL19732455W
Running rewired Running rewired Jay Dicharry "In Jay Dicharry's Running Rewired: 15 Workouts to Reinvent Your Run, America's leading endurance sports physical therapist and running coach lays out a program for runners to become stronger, faster… OL19754882W
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