Kenneally, Miranda.
Summary: To honor her dead boyfriend and cope with her grief and guilt, college student Annie trains for a marathon with athletic Jeremiah, who flirts with Annie on the trails and makes her feel alive and happy and guilty all at the same time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KENMagill, Pete
Summary: A workout manual that targets all the components that go into running, including muscles, connective tissue, cardiovascular fitness, energy production, the nervous system, hormones, and the brain. With this whole-body training program, runners will improve their times, run longer and more comfortably, and reduce injury.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Adv MagillCrawley, Michael
Summary: "Why does it make sense to Ethiopian runners to get up at 3am to run up and down a hill? Who would choose to train on almost impossibly steep and rocky terrain, in hyena territory? And how come Ethiopian men hold six of the top ten fastest marathon times ever? Michael Crawley spent fifteen months in Ethiopia training alongside (and sometimes a fair way behind) runners at all levels of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sport 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.42 CRATuminelly, Nancy
Summary: This fun title will help kids find a variety of ways to exercise by walking and running indoors and outdoors! With step-by-step instructions and photos for each activity, kids will learn how easy it is to be healthy and active for an hour a day. They will use simple items from around the house for the activities, like plastic bags and rubber bands for indoor skating or hoops and boxes for an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 613.7042 TUMBurfoot, Amby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.42 runRails-to-Trails Conservancy
Summary: "All across the country, unused railroad corridors have been converted into public multiuse trails. Level and accessible, these paths are ideal for a brisk fitness walk, bike ride, or stroll with the family. In Rail-Trails California, the experts from Rails-to-Trails Conservancy present the best of these routes, as well as other multiuse pathways. Many rail-trails are paved and run within view...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.94 CALShapiro, Larry.
Summary: "Zen and the Art of Running" shows how to align body and mind for success on-and-off the track.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.42 SHAEvans, Martinus
Summary: "Ten years ago, Martinus Evans got some stern advice from his doctor: "Lose weight or die." First defensive, but then defiant, Evans vowed that day to run a marathon, though his doctor thought he was crazy. Since then, Evans has run eight marathons and hundreds of other distances in his 300-something body, created his own devoted running community, and has been featured on the cover of Runner's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2023
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Summary: Azari's life has been split in two and the halves are as different as lemons and mangoes. Running links the two parts of her life: sometimes when she runs it is because she wants to, because she feels strong and free. But sometimes it is because she has no other choice. When Azari and her mother flee for their lives to Ireland they are put in a centre for asylum seekers. They must share a room...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Island Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MITBascomb, Neal
Summary: "There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Press 1999
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Summary: Twelve-year-old Addison Jones would love to try out for the track team, and she knows that she is faster than the other girls, but her single mom is working two jobs and every day after school Addison has to take care of her little brother--without telling her mom Addison and her best friend, Sofia, work out a plan that will allow her to run, but soon the strain and guilt of lying to her mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADFixx, James F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.426 FIXFrazier, Matt.
Summary: "Combining the winning elements of proven training approaches, motivational stories, and innovative recipes, No Meat Athlete is a unique guidebook, healthy-living cookbook, and nutrition primer for the beginner, every day, and serious athlete who wants to live a meatless lifestyle. Author and popular blogger, Matt Frazier, will show you that there are many benefits to embracing a meat-free...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 FRAMurphy, Sam.
Summary: Providing the keys to maximizing performance while avoiding injuries, "Running Well" allows runners at all levels to easily assess and improve technique. Anatomical art supplements the thorough coverage of causes and symptoms of dozens of running injuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 796.42 MurChase, Adam W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Falcon Guides 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7172 CHAHeinrich, Bernd
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2002