10 best-selling biography memoir books like Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor

Cover of Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor

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

By: Deena Kastor

4.36

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a …

"You can't show love by hurting others"

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"You can't show love by hurting others"

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"You can't show love by hurting others"

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"What I needed in the moment was a family vacation."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports

By: Kathrine Switzer

4.21

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Katherine Switzer ran the Boston Marathon in 1967 where she was attacked by one of the event's dire… read more

Similar categories in Kathrine Switzer's Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • fitness
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad!"

-Kathrine Switzer, Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports

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

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • self help
  • fitness
  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"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

3. Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

By: Scott Jurek , Steve Friedman

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force--and darling--in the grueling and gro… read more

Similar categories in Scott Jurek's Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

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4. North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

By: Scott Jurek

4.22

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run , a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating… read more

Similar categories in Scott Jurek's North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"It was just numbers. I knew I could outrun numbers."

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

"AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dum…"

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Cover of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex  Hutchinson

5. Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

By: Alex Hutchinson

4.13

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contr… read more

Similar categories in Alex Hutchinson's Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • self help
  • fitness
  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception by Matt   Hart

6. Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception

By: Matt Hart

4.14

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Game of Shadows meets Shoe Dog in this explosive behind-the-scenes look that reveals for the first … read more

Similar categories in Matt Hart's Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • audiobook
  • fitness
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career by Meb Keflezighi

7. 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

By: Meb Keflezighi

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Four-time Olympian Meb Keflezighi shares lessons learned from each of the 26 marathons he's run in … read more

Similar categories in Meb Keflezighi's 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • self help
  • fitness
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"To my classmates, teammates, teachers, coaches, and friends, and the people in the medical field who encouraged and challenged me to be my best in every aspect of life."

-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

"Un mod prin care maratonul se deosebește de alte curse îl reprezintă faptul că lecțiile lui au deseori paralele cu restul vieții tale. Răbdarea necesară ca să stăpânești maratonul este o abilitate tr…"

-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

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8. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

By: Lauren Fleshman

4.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Fleshman's Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"It takes guts to put yourself out there when your body doesn't match the ideal, and to keep doing your best when your best isn't what you hoped for, or what others expected."

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attac…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"…my whole life I had been engaging in the hard work of learning to run for myself, not for others. I had been learning how to return to myself, again and again, in a world full of forces that consist…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"Title IX opened a door fifty years ago that can never be closed again, but equality doesn’t end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the s…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

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9. Bravey

By: Alexi Pappas

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

"Renaissance runner" (New York Times) Alexi Pappas--Olympic athlete, actress, filmmaker and writer-… read more

Similar categories in Alexi Pappas's Bravey book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Headed to the moon not now but soon."

-Alexi Pappas, Bravey

"Grit is what’s left over when nothing’s left."

-Alexi Pappas, Bravey

"A life can’t be replicated and it doesn’t need to be."

-Alexi Pappas, Bravey

"A dream come true unfolds very very gradually then all at once."

-Alexi Pappas, Bravey

Cover of The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team by Kara Goucher

10. The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team

By: Kara Goucher

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this unvarnished and affecting memoir, Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living th… read more

Similar categories in Kara Goucher's The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • fitness
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Choosing to Run: A Memoir by Des Linden

11. Choosing to Run: A Memoir

By: Des Linden

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Featuring both the story of an historic, unforgettable win and insight into the life of an indelibl… read more

Similar categories in Des Linden's Choosing to Run: A Memoir book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us by Alison Mariella Désir

12. Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us

By: Alison Mariella Désir

4.58

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A searing exposé on the whiteness of running, a supposedly egalitarian sport, and a call to reimag… read more

Similar categories in Alison Mariella Désir's Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow): Elite Tools and Tips for Runners at Every Level by Matt Fitzgerald

13. Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow): Elite Tools and Tips for Runners at Every Level

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Cutting-edge advice on how to achieve your personal best, for everyone from casual runners to ultra… read more

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  • self help
  • fitness
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of How She Did It: A High-Performance Guide for Female Distance Runners with Stories from the Women Who've Made It by Molly Huddle

14. How She Did It: A High-Performance Guide for Female Distance Runners with Stories from the Women Who've Made It

By: Molly Huddle

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An essential guide for female athletes navigating the world of competitive running, featuring 50 ca… read more

Similar categories in Molly Huddle's How She Did It: A High-Performance Guide for Female Distance Runners with Stories from the Women Who've Made It book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • fitness
  • biography
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor

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

By: Deena Kastor

4.36

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a … read more

Similar categories in Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • self help
  • fitness
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • psychology
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"You can't show love by hurting others"

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"What I needed in the moment was a family vacation."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"I saw perseverance, determination, and fearlessness."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"You don't run with your feet- you run with your heart."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

Cover of Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes by Christine Yu

16. Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes

By: Christine Yu

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“ Up to Speed is a roadmap and toolbox for athletes of all ages. Every coach should read it and dis… read more

Similar categories in Christine Yu's Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • audiobook
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • self help
Cover of Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed by Matthew Futterman

17. Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed

By: Matthew Futterman

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Gripping . . . the narrative is smooth and immediate, almost effortless in its detail, if occasion… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Futterman's Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • self help
  • fitness
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Run to the Finish: The Everyday Runner's Guide to Avoiding Injury, Ignoring the Clock, and Loving the Run by Amanda     Brooks

18. Run to the Finish: The Everyday Runner's Guide to Avoiding Injury, Ignoring the Clock, and Loving the Run

By: Amanda Brooks

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Inspiration and practical tips for runners who prioritize enjoyment over pace and embrace their pla… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Brooks's Run to the Finish: The Everyday Runner's Guide to Avoiding Injury, Ignoring the Clock, and Loving the Run book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • self help
  • fitness
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Strong: A Runner's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You by Kara Goucher

19. Strong: A Runner's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You

By: Kara Goucher

3.93

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

In Strong: A Confidence Journal For Runners and All Brave Women, Kara teaches you how to improve y… read more

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  • fitness
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • self help
"So much of performance is about staying in the now. Active words like “focus"

-Kara Goucher, Strong: A Runner's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You

"What would happen if we took the time each day to quietly celebrate our accomplishments and focus on the positive?"

-Kara Goucher, Strong: A Runner's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You

"Running is a head game. When you’re running, there are two options: let your mind wander or focus. To compete, you must focus."

-Kara Goucher, Strong: A Runner's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You

"Focus on effort. I never know what’s changing around me. Opportunities can open up when we least expect them. Stay focused on goals."

-Kara Goucher, Strong: A Runner's Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You

Cover of To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail by Emily Halnon

20. To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Emily Halnon

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A riveting narrative of love and loss, grief and joy, as one woman embarks on a quest for a record … read more

Similar categories in Emily Halnon's To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail book and Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women by Maggie Mertens

21. Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women

By: Maggie Mertens

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning sports journalist Maggie Mertens tells the propulsive, edge-of-your-seat story of how… read more

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  • fitness
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook

19 Best audiobook books like Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor

Transform Your Habits

Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports

Kathrine Switzer

4.21

Transform Your Habits

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

Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Transform Your Habits

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Scott Jurek

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

Alex Hutchinson

4.13

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17 best-selling audiobook books like North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek

Transform Your Habits

Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

Christopher McDougall

3.84

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

Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning: Training for an Ultramarathon from 50K to 100 Miles and Beyond

Hal Koerner

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Running Man

Charlie Engle

3.70

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