17 Best nonfiction books like Runner's World Run Less Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary 3-Runs-a-Week Training Program by Bill Pierce

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Runner's World Run Less Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary 3-Runs-a-Week Training Program

By: Bill Pierce

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The groundbreaking plan that helps runners of all levels to improve their race times while actually…

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1. 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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"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

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

By: Christopher McDougall

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of al… read more

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Cover of Build Your Running Body: A Total-Body Fitness Plan for All Distance Runners, from Milers to Ultramarathoners—Run Farther, Faster, and Injury-Free by Pete Magill, Tom Schwartz, Melissa Breyer

3. Build Your Running Body: A Total-Body Fitness Plan for All Distance Runners, from Milers to Ultramarathoners—Run Farther, Faster, and Injury-Free

By: Pete Magill , Tom Schwartz , Melissa Breyer

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"The best running book ever." --Bob Anderson, founder of Runner's World Whether you're a miler or a… read more

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Cover of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success by Amy Morin

4. 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success

By: Amy Morin

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Expanding on her viral post that has become an international phenomenon, a psychotherapist offers s… read more

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5. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit.… read more

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6. Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance

By: Matt Fitzgerald

5.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In this title, sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald offers the first comprehensive and science-based… read more

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7. Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide

By: Hal Higdon

3.68

Format: None pages,

Sixty-two-year-old marathon runner Higdon offers an action-packed guide for beginning and experienc… read more

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8. How to Lose a Marathon: A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters

By: None

3.86

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

In How to Lose a Marathon, Joel Cohen takes readers on a step-by-step journey from being a couch po… read more

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9. Daniels' Running Formula

By: Jack Daniels

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Get in the best shape of your running career with the scientifically based training in Daniels' Run… read more

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10. 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower

By: Matt Fitzgerald , Robert Johnson

3.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

TRAIN EASIER TO RUN FASTER This revolutionary training method has been embraced by elite runners--w… read more

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11. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances

By: Matthew Inman , The Oatmeal

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

"All runners wonder, at some point or another, why we do what we do. Mr. Inman's explanation is the… read more

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12. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

By: Arthur C. Brooks

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life… read more

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"feel the feel, then take the wheel pg30"

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

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13. 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

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14. A Very Punchable Face

By: Colin Jost

4.21

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—meta… read more

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"As Lorne says, 'Careers are made by choices."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"Every public golf course on Staten Island has a secret alter ego."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"When you go to auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.' -Paula Abdul"

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

"I now hate the phrase ‘That will work.’ It’s such a mediocre goal to set for yourself."

-Colin Jost, A Very Punchable Face

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15. The Book of Delights: Essays

By: Ross Gay

4.16

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying book of essays—some as short as a paragraph; som… read more

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"The more stuff you love the happier you will be."

-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays

"...which is simply called sharing what we love, what we find beautiful, which is an ethics."

-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays

"Is sorrow the true wild? And if it is—and if we join them—your wild to mine—what’s that? For joining, too, is a kind of annihilation. What if we joined our sorrows, I’m saying. I’m saying: What if th…"

-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays

"...in witnessing someone's being touched, we are also witnessing someone's being moved, the absence of which in ourselves is a sorrow, and a sacrifice. And witnessing the absence of movement in ourse…"

-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays

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16. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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17. How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older

By: Michael Greger

4.29

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Times bestsel… read more

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18. 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

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19. The Incomplete Book of Running

By: Peter Sagal

3.86

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s beloved show Wait Wait..Don’t Tell Me and a popular columnist for Ru… read more

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"Perhaps you would like to start running. You never have tried before, or you did and you hated it, and now you wonder how to begin moving in a way that will keep you going. Get up. Start. Go. Move. T…"

-Peter Sagal, The Incomplete Book of Running

"If there is any true value in running as a sport, it is that it is a great leveler. Runners don't gear up, armoring ourselves like football players; we strip down to the minimum and empty our hands a…"

-Peter Sagal, The Incomplete Book of Running

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20. Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide

By: Christopher McDougall

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Born to Run 's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show us how to join the globa… read more

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21. Runner's World Run Less Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary 3-Runs-a-Week Training Program

By: Bill Pierce

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The groundbreaking plan that helps runners of all levels to improve their race times while actually… read more

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12 Top health books like Runner's World Run Less Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary 3-Runs-a-Week Training Program by Bill Pierce

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

Build Your Running Body: A Total-Body Fitness Plan for All Distance Runners, from Milers to Ultramarathoners—Run Farther, Faster, and Injury-Free

Pete Magill , Tom Schwartz , Melissa Breyer

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance

Matt Fitzgerald

5.00

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

Matt Fitzgerald , Dean Karnazes

3.77

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

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

4.33

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