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Author of Running with the Kenyans, The Way of the Runner and The Rise of the Ultra Runners. Podcasting & hosting running retreats https://t.co/7IGndAKqJG

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Book Cover for: Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race, Lara Prior-Palmer

Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

Lara Prior-Palmer
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I may have said it before but I’ve just finished Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer and it’s a totally brilliant and original telling of a mad, epic horse race across Mongolia. Best book I’ve read in a while. Something to read while you laze in the sun perhaps. https://t.co/d9cOlMZtOQ

Paperback, 2020

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Running with the Kenyans: Discovering the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth, Adharanand Finn

Running with the Kenyans: Discovering the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth

Adharanand Finn
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Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer Running with the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn (yes, we stocked my books too) The Ghost Runner by Bill Jones The Lost Art of Running by @RunningReborn The Mountains Are Calling by @MuirJonny The Rise of the Ultra Runners by Adharanand Finn

Paperback, 2013

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia: Winner of the Margaret Mead Award 2022, Michael Crawley

Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia: Winner of the Margaret Mead Award 2022

Michael Crawley
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1. Today We Die A Little by Richard Askwith - 8.7 2. Out of Thin Air by Michael Crawley - 8.4 3. Good For A Girl by Lauren Fleshman - 7.6 4. Faster! Louder! By Boff Whalley - 7.4 (I should point out, these are not my scores, but our Book Club members' average scores)

Hardcover, 2021

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: William Hill: The Man and the Business, Mihir Bose

William Hill: The Man and the Business

Mihir Bose
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Honoured to be included in the “top ten sports books” chosen by Graham Sharpe, founder of the world’s most valuable literary sports-writing prize – the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. It’s a great list of books to read this summer https://t.co/5YqbN2ShAe

Paperback, 2015

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: I am a Runner: The Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor, Pamela Ackerson

I am a Runner: The Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor

Pamela Ackerson
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Meet Lydia, the latest runner to share her story on my Instagram project I Am A Runner … https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf_5d8nodPr/?igshid=ZjhmMmE0MjU=

Paperback, 2019

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory, Deena Kastor

Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

Deena Kastor
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Second favourite is Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor, a fascinating and honest account of the life of an elite runner. I particularly liked the early years where she discovers her talent - feels like a superhero origins story ... https://t.co/XMX3gYGtHG

Paperback, 2019

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Runner: Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness, Markus Torgeby

The Runner: Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness

Markus Torgeby
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Next flash book review is of The Runner by Markus Torgeby, a book I really enjoyed ... "Sparse and intense, this is the story of a man at odds with the world who decides to move into the forest in Sweden to live in a makeshift tent for four years. Torgeby, who was once…

Paperback, 2020

$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human, Vybarr Cregan-Reid

Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human

Vybarr Cregan-Reid
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So those are probably my top 3 "more obscure running books", but also recommended are Footnotes by Vybarr Cregan-Reid, Running Home by Katie Arnold, and Little Warrior by Giuseppe Catozzella. #worldbookday #thread

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Book Cover for: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, James Nestor

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor
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This is the story of how I re-started nasal breathing - while running and while sleeping - after reading Breath by James Nestor, but then had that all re-questioned after listening to Nick Tiller's fascinating interview on @jasonkoop's podcast: https://t.co/IkZiT8Itsu

Hardcover, 2020

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Salt Path: A Memoir, Raynor Winn

The Salt Path: A Memoir

Raynor Winn
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The Runner by Markus Torgeby The Salt Path by @raynor_winn The Way of the Runner by Adharanand Finn Today We Die A Little by @richardaskwith Two Hours by @edcaesar Waypoints by @Rob_Martineau What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami and ...

Paperback, 2019

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book