Pro tip: Get them in audiobook form so it's like you have a personal trainer along for the run with you
Photo: Courtesy of the retailer For a sport that — on the surface — is as simple as putting one foot in front of the other, there are certainly a lot of books out there about running, ranging from training manuals to meditations on the joys of pounding the pavement day after day.
Spandorfer explains that it “created the barefoot running movement [and] it even sparked nutrition companies.” He notes that Health Warrior, a brand of chia-based bars and protein powders for athletes, drew inspiration for its products from Born to Run, and that minimal shoes like Nike Free sneakers took off in popularity after the book’s publication. For many runners, though, the appeal is the book’s portrayal of the love of running for its own sake.
$7 at Amazon Buy $7 at Amazon Buy Best running novels Once a Runner by John L. Parker, Jr. $10 For competitive high-school and college runners, Spandorfer says this “cult classic” novel is “where the canon begins and ends.” Originally published in 1978, Once a Runner delves into the life of a runner at a fictional college who’s determined to break four minutes in the mile, even after being kicked off the track team for protesting the Vietnam War. Chavez says it’s “the runner’s bible.
$13 at Amazon Buy $13 at Amazon Buy Best book on running as a vegan Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness by Scott Jurek $7 If you’re curious about running as a vegan, champion ultrarunner Scott Jurek details how he regularly runs record-breaking times on a vegan diet. Siik likes it for its “interesting insights into plant based-diets,” and Roll finds it to be a “really inspiring” book about how Jurek became “the most successful vegan runner of all time.
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