books about: cross-country

books about: cross-country

books:

Cross-country

Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways.

Jamie Jensen

Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006

An Indispensable Guide
I recently completed a series of road trips around the U.S. with one of my children. We found Road Trip USA to be an indispensable guide to each section of the country we visited. The book was full of accurate recommendations and suggestions of what to see and what to ...

My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon

Bart Yasso, Kathleen Parrish

Rodale Books, 2008

Great running stories by a well-traveled runner
I was wondering when Bart would get around to writing a book about his running experiences. My Life On The Run made it worth the wait. If you want to find out what it's like to run in some of the strangest and most exotic races around the globe (and how to train for ...

Cross Country
James Patterson

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C., what they discover is shocking: a ...

A Race Like No Other: 26.2 Miles Through the Streets of New York

Liz Robbins

Harper, 2008

EVERYONE'S A WINNER
I loved this book! Liz Robbins' narrative chronicles the 2007 NYC Marathon with fact and anecdote filled chapters for each mile as the runners travel through all five boroughs of NYC and over the finish line; she does indeed manages to transport you inside the race and ...

Hamburger America: One Man's Cross-Country Odyssey to Find the Best Burgers in the Nation [DVD]

George M. Motz

Running Press, 2008

George Motz is an American Hero!
I love this book! I've been obsessed with Hamburger America since I saw the documentary on the Sundance Channel. The documentary makes most of the content tackling similar subjects on the Travel Channel, Food Network, History Channel, etc., seem like insipid, ...

The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training

Dawn Dais

Seal Press, 2007

Highly Recommended Fun!
I finished this book the day after it arrived. So funny, so inspiring. This author freely admits that she was committed to laziness and yet finished a marathon. (albeit in pain!) This is truly more of a memoir than a training manual, but it should inspire you to get ...

50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!

Dean Karnazes

Wellness Central, 2008

motivation included
motivation with every page! great book for the runner, and athlete in your life. also purchase ultramarathon man!

Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert Series)

Martin Volken, Scott Schell, ...

Mountaineers Books, 2007

Great Book on the Best Type of Skiing
This is a great book. Not too basic and not too advanced for someone wanting to get into the best way to ski-the earn your turns way. I used to teach alpine touring and ski mountaineering in the army and this would have been a great book to have around as the ...

Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Running, Second Edition, (Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Running)

Robert G. Price

Sportsworkout.com, 2005

Exactly what I needed
After reading through this book, it is clear that it is just what I needed. While running, I usually begin to experience fatigue in my muscles as opposed to my lungs. This book has very good strategies and tips on how to improve muscular endurance- which is exactly ...

The Competitive Runner's Handbook: The Bestselling Guide to Running 5Ks through Marathons

Bob Glover, Shelly-Lynn Florence Glover

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

Excellent Reference
This book has an extensive amount of information, race charts, pacing charts, training guides for runners of various levels and for various events (5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon). Special chapters on marathon recovery, mental aspects of running, racing strategy, ...

Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado ...

Chris Lear

The Lyons Press, 2003

Hard to put down
Incredibly engaging, very hard to put down. This book is a well written documentary of a season with the University of Colorado cross country team. It mixes team dynamics, coaching, training, and racing in an informative and engrossing way. It is difficult to ...

Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future

Greg Melville

Algonquin Books, 2008

The most fun I think I could ever have reading about alternative fuel
GREASY RIDER by Greg Melville Published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill ISBN: 978-1-56512-595-7 Take two men, a 1985 Mercedes diesel station wagon, a grease car conversion kit, and the first cross country automobile trip made by H. Nelson Jackson as inspiration, ...

Coaching Cross Country Successfully (Coaching Successfully)

Joe Newton, Joe Henderson

Human Kinetics Publishers, 1998

Great Man, Great Book
This book is amazing. It only cracks the surface of this great man. There is now a film being made about coach Newton... http://www.longgreenlinemovie.com

Running Within: A Guide to Mastering the Body-Mind-Spirit Connection for Ultimate Training and Racing

Jerry Lynch, Warren A. Scott

Human Kinetics Publishers, 1999

If You Want to Run Faster-Read This Book
There are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of books on the market about how to train smarter, better, harder, or what have you. Some of them are quite good, and some of them quite bad. However, these books often neglect one of the key aspects of running and that ...

Road Racing for Serious Runners

Pete Pfitzinger, Scott Douglas

Human Kinetics Publishers, 1998

Train smarter, train easier
Pfitzinger's book finally delivers on what I always want from a book on a complex subject, simple explanations and simple solutions. Why write 800 pages when 188 will suffice. If you are only looking to train for 5K's then you can skip the section on 10K and marathon ...