18 must-read sports books like Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker by Mimi Anderson

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Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker

By: Mimi Anderson

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

When Mimi first started jogging on a treadmill as an unfit 36-year-old mother-of-three, she never i…

If you liked the sports plot in Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker by Mimi Anderson , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of The Longest Race: A Lifelong Runner, an Iconic Ultramarathon, and the Case for Human Endurance by Ed Ayres

1. The Longest Race: A Lifelong Runner, an Iconic Ultramarathon, and the Case for Human Endurance

By: Ed Ayres

3.44

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Among endurance runners, there are those who have run very long distances, and then there are those… read more

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  • biography
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle by Matt Fitzgerald

2. How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have know… read more

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  • audiobook
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • health
"Exercising mental fitness was a daily battle for him, but a battle he chose."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"It was a very hard race from the word go with a combination of great runners and a tough course,"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"What is the logic of punishing yourself each day, of striving to become better, more efficient, tougher?"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"Interpreting running as an opportunity to discover and become his best self, and to give his best to others, through the relentless pursuit of toughness, or guts—a kind of courage."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

Cover of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner by Dean Karnazes

3. Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

By: Dean Karnazes

4.00

Format: 50 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • health
Cover of The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand by Anna McNuff

4. The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand

By: Anna McNuff

3.69

Format: 216 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons by Bryon Powell, Eric Grossman

5. Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons

By: Bryon Powell , Eric Grossman

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

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  • audiobook
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • health

6. Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth

By: Adharanand Finn

2.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhin… read more

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7. The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance

By: Adharanand Finn

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying look inside the wild world of extreme distance running. Once the reserve of only… read more

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  • biography
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of A Runner's High: My Life in Motion by Dean Karnazes

8. A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

By: Dean Karnazes

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

“A Runner’s High wakes up the appetite to run long distances. Dean takes us on a lifelong journey o… read more

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  • biography
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink by Nita Sweeney

9. Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink

By: Nita Sweeney

3.73

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Run your way to better mental health It’s never too late to chase your dreams: Before she discov… read more

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  • biography
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"I doubted running would permanently heal my depression, but I craved the runner's rush. In the hours following a run, my arms and legs tingled. My chest and throat opened. The dark heaviness lifted, …"

-Nita Sweeney, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink

Cover of Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans by Elise Downing

10. Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans

By: Elise Downing

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Running away from your problems doesn’t solve anything – but sometimes it’s more fun than dealing w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker by Mimi Anderson

11. Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker

By: Mimi Anderson

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

When Mimi first started jogging on a treadmill as an unfit 36-year-old mother-of-three, she never i… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Anderson's Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker book and Mimi Anderson's Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker

  • biography
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Running the Dream: One Summer Living, Training, and Racing with a Team of World-Class Runners Half My Age by Matt Fitzgerald

12. Running the Dream: One Summer Living, Training, and Racing with a Team of World-Class Runners Half My Age

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Matt Fitzgerald has already made a name for himself in the endurance sport community with books lik… read more

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's Running the Dream: One Summer Living, Training, and Racing with a Team of World-Class Runners Half My Age book and Mimi Anderson's Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker

  • biography
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier by Scott  Douglas

13. Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier

By: Scott Douglas

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Times –bestselling author and lifelong runner, a groundbreaking guide to fighting d… read more

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  • audiobook
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • health
"Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier"

-Scott Douglas, Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier

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14. The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.04

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A good comeback makes a great story. In The Comeback Quotient , sports journalist Matt Fitzgerald s… read more

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  • audiobook
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • health
"I’m scared shitless."

-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

"This pain and suffering. This was my trophy ceremony."

-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

"A girl need not necessarily have the perfect start in life to fulfill such a dream."

-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

"I beat cancer, I had kids, and I did this with a disability. You couldn’t knock me off that mountaintop."

-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

Cover of Reborn on the Run: My Journey from Addiction to Ultramarathons by Catra Corbett

15. Reborn on the Run: My Journey from Addiction to Ultramarathons

By: Catra Corbett

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"This is a story you’ll love and never forget."—Christopher McDougall, author, Born to Run and Natu… read more

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  • biography
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life by Jenny Tough

16. SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life

By: Jenny Tough

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of a six-continent journey of self-discovery Jenny Tough is an endurance athl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Barefoot Britain: A running adventure like no other by Anna McNuff

17. Barefoot Britain: A running adventure like no other

By: Anna McNuff

4.62

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Step into an adventure that set the country alight. Anna McNuff had never run a mile without shoes … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Master the Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide for Women by Ali Nolan

18. Master the Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide for Women

By: Ali Nolan

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“A must-have for any woman targeting the distance.” —Runner’s World A no-nonsense, interactive gui… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World by Kilian Jornet

19. Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World

By: Kilian Jornet

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount E… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home by Heather Anish Anderson

20. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

By: Heather Anish Anderson

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appal… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
"At least now I knew that my heart was wedded to the mountains--to the wild places. It was there, and there alone, that I was whole, contented, and blissful. No relationship, career, or wealth could e…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I refuse to let this suffering be for nothing. In fact, I refuse to suffer." I whispered to myself as I pushed each tent stake into the ground. "I can adapt. I am adapting." Another long day was done…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I want to set a record. Not just any record, but an athletic record. One that everyone will know me for. One that my dad will be proud of. I don't know what it will be, but I will do it. I have a lot…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I'd failed to live up to the expectations of my parents. I had not utilized my education in any real way and I'd given up on my marriage. For the first time, I accepted that I could not meet the expe…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

Cover of There is No Wall by Allie Bailey

21. There is No Wall

By: Allie Bailey

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

There Is No Wall is ultrarunner Allie Bailey's brutally honest and sometimes shocking account of al… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

19 Top audiobook books like Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker by Mimi Anderson

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Race: A Lifelong Runner, an Iconic Ultramarathon, and the Case for Human Endurance

Ed Ayres

3.44

Transform Your Habits

How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand

Anna McNuff

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons

Bryon Powell , Eric Grossman

4.20

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25 Top audiobook books like A Runner's High: My Life in Motion by Dean Karnazes

Transform Your Habits

How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Running Man

Charlie Engle

3.70

Transform Your Habits

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Scott Jurek

4.22

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