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Just read the RW article about Jamie Quatro’s book I Want to Show You More. Anyone read? Article had me in tears and I’ll have to go get the book. Article also pointed me to Alan Stillitoe and John L. Parker Jr. Just gone to library site and reserved their books. Does anyone else have recommendations on running books? Hubby and I read many (Bingham, Iron War, Karnazes, and others my brain can’t remember right now.)

I also love fiction with even the slightest hint of running or tri (Currently re-reading Jeffery Archer’s False Impressions which I like on several levels but I’m an Archer fan although he is something different). I read so much and love it when I pick up anything and the characters consider a mile or 7 mile run a normal thing. So any suggestions on anything?


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2014-11-23 7:18 PM
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I really liked Born to Run. It didn't make me want to give up my trainers but it was a fun read.
2014-11-24 2:53 AM
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Anything by George Sheehan, if you like philosophical type stuff. My favorite is probably Running and Being. I just love some of the things he writes--I've been running a long, long time and it has kind of shaped my personality in many ways (either that or it just suits my personality) so it really resonates with me. Can't remember the author (maybe one of those you mentioned, but also Once a Runner and Again to Carthage. I also have an old book that someone got me when I was a teenager--not sure if it's still in print, but it's called The Purple Runner--a very interesting read.

As for tri, I haven't read many books, since I got into the sport here and English books are hard to come by. I found Iron Wars kind of boring. Maybe too much macho trash talk. I did like Chrissie Wellington's book, though. There is a popular book (forget title, surely someone else here knows it) that profiles a bunch of different ordinary people, including at least one BT-er, training for IMAZ. Quite well-written but I found it a bit repetitive after a while. I'm not that much into full IM as a goal, so it mainly just put me off doing one after reading about how grueling and time-consuming everyone's training was, and how horrible a time many had with the race itself.
2014-11-24 7:39 AM
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Gilbert Tuhabonye - This Voice in My Heart:  A Runner's Memoir of Genocide, Faith, and Forgiveness. 

2014-12-03 10:21 AM
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Originally posted by Hot Runner

Anything by George Sheehan, if you like philosophical type stuff. My favorite is probably Running and Being. I just love some of the things he writes--I've been running a long, long time and it has kind of shaped my personality in many ways (either that or it just suits my personality) so it really resonates with me. Can't remember the author (maybe one of those you mentioned, but also Once a Runner and Again to Carthage. I also have an old book that someone got me when I was a teenager--not sure if it's still in print, but it's called The Purple Runner--a very interesting read.

As for tri, I haven't read many books, since I got into the sport here and English books are hard to come by. I found Iron Wars kind of boring. Maybe too much macho trash talk. I did like Chrissie Wellington's book, though. There is a popular book (forget title, surely someone else here knows it) that profiles a bunch of different ordinary people, including at least one BT-er, training for IMAZ. Quite well-written but I found it a bit repetitive after a while. I'm not that much into full IM as a goal, so it mainly just put me off doing one after reading about how grueling and time-consuming everyone's training was, and how horrible a time many had with the race itself.


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2014-12-03 3:04 PM
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"What I Talk About When I Talk About Running", but Haruki Murakami.

From Amazon:

"An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, from the incomparable, bestselling author Haruki Murakami.While simply training for New York City Marathon would be enough for most people, Haruki Murakami's decided to write about it as well. The result is a beautiful memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full of vivid memories and insights, including the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in athletic pursuit"


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