Highly reviewed sport books

Chris Pountney takes you on his bike trip from to Australia and lets you feel that an experience of this nature is possible for you. A wonderful story of adventure and the writing of Chriss made me laugh genuinely every couple of pages.

Using this one-stop guide on Ultras Trails you will bring the your trainign to new heights. Over fifteen years under her belt racing and training all over the world, Krissy Moehl is a top female ultramarathon athlete, revered by her peers and inspired by runners everywhere. Aknowledging Moehl’s optimistic and supportive approach and her deep experience and passion for the sport, no one is better at planning and educating you for your first ultra and beyond! Her expertise transforms into the most productive and easy-to-follow form of training, separated into stages to help all athletes make it to the next stage and reach their goals. Through offering useful hints, bonus content and intimate anecdotes, she shares her love for the sport. Her dedication to developing the sport and her desire to mentor people running their first is apparent in the consideration she took to build comprehensive preparations and changes to lifestyle. With Moehl, you’ll find all the tools and inspiration you need to get your mind and body performing in ultramarathon!

Kara Goucher reveals her insights of using validated methods in the world of sport psychology to overcome self-doubt and boost running performance. High features Olympians Emma Coburn and Molly Huddle’s tips, strategies, and real-life experiences. Strong also provides insights from two sport psychology specialists, including Dr. Stephen Walker, Kara’s own sport therapist.

As a double Olympic gold medalist and former world champion, Geraint Thomas gives you in depth knowledge of a pro cyclist’s life. He exposes hidden codes and confidential stories of cycling along the road. For Geraint Thomas, cylcing is not just a job, but more a freedom opportunity and a great journey. Geraint tells us that being on the bicycle puts a grin on your face and flame on your legs like nothing else. His book is a cheerful honoring of the cycling universe.

With Total Immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from a professional with over thirty years of aquatic experience, you will swim faster and enjoy every length. Whether you’re an experienced swimmer or struggling at it, Total Immersion will teach you that mindful smooth movement is more important that muscle or powerin order to be a great swimmer. Total Immersion has significantly changed the physical and psychological experience of swimming for thousands of people of all ages and skills, based on over thirty years of teaching, training and study.

Would you ever wanted anything so desperately that it was the greatest challenge for your own mind? Elizabeth Clor also tried to qualify for the coveted Boston Marathon. Boston Bound is the tale about how Elizabeth learned how the perpetrator is her own head, and describes the measures she took to change her attitude about her running and her existence fully. The narrative provides practical resources and a helpful guide for finding and overcoming psychological roadblocks for those trying to achieve their full potential.

Keep your running career in the perfect shape with the aid of Daniels’ Running Formula, the guide that Runner’s World Magazine calls the best book for fitness. Premier running trainer Jack Daniels presents you with his iconic VDOT plan to help you to run better, longer and quicker by practicing at just the right pace. Prep for 800 meters, 1500 meters to 2 miles, cross-country runs, 5K to 10K, 15K to 30K, and marathon events. Each plan combines training intensities to help you develop stamina, strength and speed. With Daniels’ Running Formula you will train more consistently and efficiently, and you will maximize your potentail and performances. Whether you are competing or simply training, get the results you’re seeking every time you put your shoes on with the programs detailed in Daniels’ Running Formula.

Cycling is a becoming very trendy and that’s good. Everywhere, city dwellers, from hipsters to earth-conscious riders, take the bicycle to a high new level. Bike Snob presents readers the world of bicycles and their drivers, giving a fascinating look at the ins and outs of cycling, from its past and features to a wide variety of strange experts. While remaning passionate for biking itself, the writer parodies the errors, pretensions, and absurdities of modern bicycle culture. To someone who is or wishes to become a cyclist, Bike Snob is a must-read.

The legendary runner details his historic Boston Marathon victory, in 1975, that started the modern running boom.
This victory made Bill Rodgers a a living legend, changing him from Bill Rodgers to Boston Billy. He immediately became an idole for many runner of the 1970s. Having won four times each for the Boston Marathon and New York Marathon, he is the first marathon competitor to star twice on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Winning the Holy Grail of Marathons in an unprecedented fast time changed Bill’s life forever But his stunning victory in Boston has changed the lives of many others, instilling in many American athletes the hope they might lead in his footsteps, and encouraging thousands of ordinary people to lace up their sneakers and chase their own goals. Twenty thousand men had run a marathon in the United States in the year preceding Rodgers’ win at the 1975 Boston Marathon. Thirty-seven years later, Bill Rodgers still has the same dry, endearing and whimsical attitude that made him one of the most beloved athletes in America. He describes this iconic race in Marathon Man for the first time and the circumstances that took him there.

As Meredith Atwood first revealed her transformation from exhausted, overworked wife and mother to a competitive triathlete, her story resonated with women everywhere. Now Meredith is back with even more insight with her own IRONMAN experiences, practice, and triathlon coaching skills. Atwood not only explains that she went from the sofa to an IRONMAN 70 in this newly updated edition, she also shares the best tips on every aspect of the triathlon from coaches, nutritionists and athletes: swimming, biking and walking. The new version has everything you need to make your triathlon ambitions a reality with streamlined training schedules, the best fitness tips, improved tools, and more.