Every runner knows this, and marvels at it, and finds it hard to wholly describe: Running will change your life. These four dozen essays capture the power of running to change and shape our existence,
A collection of personal stories about the experience of competing in one’s first Ironman triathlon. This is the ultimate test of endurance: a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run,
Running to the limits of human -endurance.For those who are not content to run merely 26.2 miles, there is ultramarathoning. Some of the biggest ultras are 50 or 100 miles long, races in which people
“This is a wonderful piece of work—something all athletes need to read.” —Paula Newby-Fraser, eight-time Ironman World ChampionUsing basic Zen techniques, the author provides a guide to improving athl
Two Olympic 10,000m golds; eight world championships indoors and outdoors; seventeen world records over four different distances; a fifty-four race winning streak - Haile Gebrselassie utterly dominat
“The Runner’s High” is a marvelous side-effect of running, though mysterious and elusive. Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don’t. These 50 personal essays explore it in depth and detail, from pleas
Adventure racing is an exciting and fast-growing sport that combines nonstop, action-packed challenges such as trail running, mountain biking, orienteering, rock climbing, trekking, whitewater swimmin
Much nautical literature focuses on the high seas, circumnavigations, big races, or great ships. Small Boats on Green Waters takes the other tack: It gathers the best writing on small boats—sailboats,
Lapstrake boats are built by partially overlapping successive thin planks the length of the boat to make a gorgeous rounded shape that is lightweight, very strong, and stable. This building technique
Boats and lifeThis is an unforgettable collection of ninety short tales about the boating Matthew Goldman has done in his life—in sailboats, canoes, rowboats, and other floating craft. All these memoi
Some say that Ultimate is the most misunderstood team flying disc field running sport on the planet. Most people think it’s Frisbee football played barefoot and without boundaries. Those people are wr
A book about running—written just for kids.Kids Running tells you all you need to know about this wonderful sport: getting started, training, fun runs, races, proper footwear, good eating habits, cro
In this modern world of professional runners, televised marathons, and hundred-dollar racing shoes, Berwick, Pennsylvania’s Run for the Diamonds has the authenticity of an old boxing gym. A nine-mile
Landscape design for the (above) average homeownerFor any homeowner who enjoys decorating the inside of the home, this book teaches outdoor landscaping using the same principles of open sight lines, f
Golf and love—the two primal obsessions.P. G. Wodehouse displays his most uproarious storytelling and never-ending jollity in these tales of lovers on the links.—Cuthbert Banks, champion golfer, wins
Introduction by Gail Waesche Kislevitz"If you have the passion, you have the power."I had already been pounding pavement for twenty-four years when I made the decision to run my first marathon. Growin
An excerpt from Three Men on ThirdThe predicament of having three base runners ganged up on third is associated with the Dodgers, though it is not an attainment that belongs to them exclusively. The d
"Keep this book close to you at all times. It can’t help but improve your spirits and your running."—Runner’s WorldBy its very nature, running is extreme and pure, resulting in a great supply of extre
"A delightful Bartlett’s of the bicycle."—OutsideMany things have been said about cycling, from the ridiculous to the sublime. The sport is full of outspoken characters, and they have provided us a tr
This book takes the complete novice--armed only with a gleam in the eye, and a basic knowledge of hammer, saw, and screwdriver--and walks him or her through the process of building a boat. The only ma
