Get fit or die trying
This review will be a bit unique because I’ll be reviewing both Eric Orton‘s book “The Cool Impossible” and a training/book signing/Q&A event put on by the wonderful folks at Zozi at the Sports Basement in San Francisco. Why the Continue reading Book Review: The Cool Impossible
Dean Karnazes is an amazing human being. Generally Ultra Runners have “something” inside them that lets them deal with the hardships of training for and running long distances, but Dean takes that to another level. It is almost as though Continue reading Book Review: Ultra Marathon Man
After reading about him in multiple books, I decided to pick up a copy of Marshall Ultrich’s book “Running on Empty” and see what he was all about. As I discovered in Scott Jurek’s book, the life of an Ultra Continue reading Book review: Running on empty
The first time I read this book, I had an unusual reaction (for me): I decided I didn’t really like Scott Jurek. I’d purchased the book after reading about him in Born to Run, and expected him to be exactly Continue reading Book Review: Eat and Run
While on vacation in Eureka, CA I stopped into a small independent bookstore there a few years ago and asked them for some recommendations. Honestly the results were rather poor in terms of actual number of books I enjoyed from the 4 Continue reading Book Review: West of Jesus
Chris McDougall’s book Born to Run essentially changed my life. Yes, I know, dramatic, but in this case true. I’ve now re-read the book 5 times and it is incredibly enjoyable each time. This is a book with 2 stories Continue reading Book Review: Born to Run
