Best books for training runners

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Lore of Running
Lore of Running 4.16 avg rating — 1,892 ratings
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Daniels' Running Formula
Daniels' Running Formula 4.25 avg rating — 4,981 ratings
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Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon: How to Be Your Own Best Coach
Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon: How to Be Your Own Best Coach 3.91 avg rating — 1,009 ratings
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Brain Training For Runners: A Revolutionary New Training System to Improve Endurance, Speed, Health, and Results
Brain Training For Runners: A Revolutionary New Training System to Improve Endurance, Speed, Health, and Results 3.83 avg rating — 825 ratings
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Running to the Top
Running to the Top 3.85 avg rating — 188 ratings
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The Science of Running: How to find your limit and train to maximize your performance
The Science of Running: How to find your limit and train to maximize your performance 4.11 avg rating — 968 ratings
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Beyond Birkie Fever
Beyond Birkie Fever 4.37 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Ready to Run: Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally
Ready to Run: Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally 4.24 avg rating — 2,219 ratings
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ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running
ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running 3.74 avg rating — 7,718 ratings
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The Youth and Teen Running Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide for Middle and Long Distance Runners Ages 6 to 18
The Youth and Teen Running Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide for Middle and Long Distance Runners Ages 6 to 18 4.43 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Chasing the Runner's High
Chasing the Runner's High 3.57 avg rating — 47 ratings
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The Youth and Teen Running Encyclopedia A Complete Guide for Middle And Long Distance Runners Ages 6 to 18
The Youth and Teen Running Encyclopedia A Complete Guide for Middle And Long Distance Runners Ages 6 to 18 4.43 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness 4.03 avg rating — 38,465 ratings
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Better Training for Distance Runners
Better Training for Distance Runners 4.17 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Advanced Marathoning
Advanced Marathoning 4.34 avg rating — 2,348 ratings
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The Art of Running Faster
The Art of Running Faster 3.99 avg rating — 542 ratings
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Unbreakable Runner: Unleash the Power of Strength & Conditioning for a Lifetime of Running Strong
Unbreakable Runner: Unleash the Power of Strength & Conditioning for a Lifetime of Running Strong 3.68 avg rating — 649 ratings
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R is for Running
R is for Running 2.82 avg rating — 83 ratings
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The Champion's Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive
The Champion's Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive 3.94 avg rating — 3,891 ratings
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Road Racing for Serious Runners: Multispeed Training- 5K to Marathon
Road Racing for Serious Runners: Multispeed Training- 5K to Marathon 4.05 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Overthinking the Marathon
Overthinking the Marathon 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Run with the Best: A Coach's Guide to Training Middle & Long Distance Runners
Run with the Best: A Coach's Guide to Training Middle & Long Distance Runners really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower
80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower 3.94 avg rating — 6,553 ratings
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The 27th Mile
The 27th Mile 4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Dyson's Mechanics of Athletics
Dyson's Mechanics of Athletics 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Cool Impossible: The Coach from "Born to Run" Shows How to Get the Most from Your Miles—and from Yourself
The Cool Impossible: The Coach from "Born to Run" Shows How to Get the Most from Your Miles—and from Yourself 3.81 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
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How to Lose a Marathon: A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters
How to Lose a Marathon: A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters 3.81 avg rating — 1,214 ratings
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Winning Running
Winning Running
by: Peter Coe
4.09 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Ultimate Guide to Trail Running: Everything You Need to Know About Equipment, Finding Trails, Nutrition, Hill Strategy, Racing, Avoiding Injury, Training, Weather, Safety
The Ultimate Guide to Trail Running: Everything You Need to Know About Equipment, Finding Trails, Nutrition, Hill Strategy, Racing, Avoiding Injury, Training, Weather, Safety 3.39 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life
Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life 3.91 avg rating — 2,072 ratings
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RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel
RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel 3.80 avg rating — 472 ratings
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Lifelong Running: Overcome the 11 Myths About Running and Live a Healthier Life
Lifelong Running: Overcome the 11 Myths About Running and Live a Healthier Life 4.13 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Das große Laufbuch
Das große Laufbuch 4.17 avg rating — 198 ratings
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Serial Racing: Planning For And Affording A Lifetime Of Endurance Events
Serial Racing: Planning For And Affording A Lifetime Of Endurance Events really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Run Better Not Less
Run Better Not Less 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Trail of Second Chances
Trail of Second Chances 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Galloway's Book on Running
Galloway's Book on Running really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 899 ratings
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The Champion Mindset: An Athlete's Guide to Mental Toughness
The Champion Mindset: An Athlete's Guide to Mental Toughness 3.56 avg rating — 162 ratings
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Faster Road Racing: 5K to Half Marathon
Faster Road Racing: 5K to Half Marathon 4.38 avg rating — 671 ratings
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The Run-Walk-Run-Method
The Run-Walk-Run-Method 3.62 avg rating — 745 ratings
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Running for Health and Happiness: The Beginner's Guide to Faster, Pain-Free Running
Running for Health and Happiness: The Beginner's Guide to Faster, Pain-Free Running 3.79 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Believe, Live, Run: A story about having faith
Believe, Live, Run: A story about having faith 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink 3.72 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
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The Running-Shaped Hole
The Running-Shaped Hole 4.16 avg rating — 96 ratings
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The Resilient Runner: Mental Toughness Training for Endurance Runners
The Resilient Runner: Mental Toughness Training for Endurance Runners 3.89 avg rating — 132 ratings
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Finishing Kick
Finishing Kick 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Galloway's 5K And 10K Running
Galloway's 5K And 10K Running 3.63 avg rating — 232 ratings
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101 Simple Ways to be a Better Runner
101 Simple Ways to be a Better Runner 3.84 avg rating — 333 ratings
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George Sheehan on Running to Win: How to Achieve the Physical, Mental and Spiritual Victories of Running
George Sheehan on Running to Win: How to Achieve the Physical, Mental and Spiritual Victories of Running 3.96 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Racing the Rain
Racing the Rain 4.15 avg rating — 1,580 ratings
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Running - Getting Started
Running - Getting Started 3.76 avg rating — 298 ratings
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52 Workouts, 52 Weeks, One Faster Runner: A Workout a Week for the Next Year
52 Workouts, 52 Weeks, One Faster Runner: A Workout a Week for the Next Year 3.69 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance 4.12 avg rating — 18,419 ratings
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Olympic Dream
Olympic Dream 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Running Until You're 100
Running Until You're 100 3.59 avg rating — 295 ratings
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The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion
The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion 3.92 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
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The Complete Guide To Running: How To Be A Champion From 9 To 90
The Complete Guide To Running: How To Be A Champion From 9 To 90 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Idle Feet Do the Devil's Work
Idle Feet Do the Devil's Work 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Runner's World Train Smart, Run Forever: How to Become a Fit and Healthy Lifelong Runner by Following The Innovative 7-Hour Workout Week
Runner's World Train Smart, Run Forever: How to Become a Fit and Healthy Lifelong Runner by Following The Innovative 7-Hour Workout Week 3.53 avg rating — 207 ratings
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More Fire: How to Run the Kenyan Way
More Fire: How to Run the Kenyan Way 3.67 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running
Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running 3.60 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Way of the Runner: A journey into the fabled world of Japanese running | A fascinating and personal exploration of Japan's obsession with running ... with the Kenyans.
The Way of the Runner: A journey into the fabled world of Japanese running | A fascinating and personal exploration of Japan's obsession with running ... with the Kenyans. 3.80 avg rating — 3,215 ratings
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The Complete Book of Running
The Complete Book of Running 3.85 avg rating — 578 ratings
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Run to Win: Training Secrets of the Kenyan Runners
Run to Win: Training Secrets of the Kenyan Runners
by: Jurg Wirz
3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running
No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running 4.01 avg rating — 825 ratings
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Runner's World Training Journal
Runner's World Training Journal 4.12 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Yoga for Runners
Yoga for Runners 3.85 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life
The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life 3.77 avg rating — 738 ratings