20 books for runners (That you should read)
Not everything in life is going to be running, we must also worry about keeping our mind active between training sessions. For those who think about running 24 hours a day, we present this list of books for runners in which we can continue to dedicate ourselves to our passion while we rest from our last race.
In this ranking we touch on all the important topics that every runner wants to know: running technique, nutrition, motivation and mentality without leaving aside stories of personal improvement related to running and even novels set in the race.
From these 20 books for runners, divided into different areas, you will be able to start training as a self-taught runner, although this would only be a start, we would create a good base on which to learn.
Training and technique books
Change life. Get running Eva Ferrer Vidal- Barraquer
This book on athletics written by the doctor and specialist in sports medicine Eva Ferrer Vidal-Barraquer is a very good base for getting started in sport in general and in running in particular, although it can also be very useful for athletes already started.
It contains a lot of useful information for the practice of running from the physical and anatomical aspects, nutritional guidelines, injuries, training plans, technique and anatomy and even the differences between genders when running. Una visión holÃstica de la materia que lo convierte en el libro para runners underlined por excelencia publicado en nuestro paÃs.
Where to find it? En Amazon por 15,20€ en formato fÃsico o 9,49€ en formato digital.Body
Mountain running. Practical manual Marc Bauls
Si te quedaste con el gusanillo de las carreras de montaña tras la lectura anterior, en este libro para runners de montaña, encontraremos las herramientas que nos permitirán avanzar campo a través.
Marc Mauls has a degree in CAFD and a specialist in endurance sports, and he brings his knowledge and experience in this type of event here. We can find training plans adapted to both beginners and already experienced runners and touches on other sticks such as nutrition, the use of GPS and mental training.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €17.50 in physical format.
Running Smart Hal Higdon
With a strong scientific base and forty years with his shoes on, Hal Higdon solves the most common doubts of hundreds of runners with the help of doctors and scientists.
From how to prepare for a marathon to how to choose your first shoes, going through all kinds of nutritional and technical advice, any runner will be able to take advantage of this reading.
Where to find it? En Amazon a 19,00€.
ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Way to Run Effortlessly and Injury-Free – Danny Dreyer, Katherine Dreyer.
Ultra-marathon runner Danny Dreyer has developed Chi Running, a running technique that, based on principles of Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates, promises to minimize the risk of injury and shorten recovery time after a race.
With this program, divided into ten chapters, four “chi” skills and three development phases, we will learn to use our abdomen more efficiently in the race and thus be able to cover more kilometers safely and sustainably.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €19.83.
The Beginning Runner’s Handbook: The Proven Thirteen Week Jogging Program Ian McNeill
More than 3,000 people have completed the program for thirteen weeks with favorable results. People who were reluctant at first but the sessions in this book for beginner runners are designed to challenge you but not be painful or annoying, achieving high adherence which is key to improving as a runner.
Apart from the program itself, this book on athletics collects real testimonials, the criteria of professionals in the field of nutrition, sports medicine, training or psychology, making it one of the best training books on the market.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €15.20 in physical format.
biographical books
Run or Die Kilian Jornet
Our most international mountain runner, Kilian Jornet, breaks down his philosophy of life and shows his character through his personal diary captured in this book for runners.
Twelve editions since its publication in 2011 make this work a staple in the library of any self-respecting runner and for anyone interested in elite sport and the mentality it takes to reach the top both in sport and in sports. other fields like business.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €17.57 in physical format or €9.49 in digital format.
Don’t think, run –Juan Manuel MartÃnez Fernández
Chema MartÃnez es una referencia mundial que ha alcanzado la cima del atletismo con varios metales en los campeonatos europeos. Reveal all his secrets to become an expert runner, talking about food, the equipment he uses and various mental tricks that make it easier to last longer when forces fail.
Do not think and get this book for runners if you want to progress and exceed your limits as a runner, either in popular races or in more demanding events.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €6.60 in physical format and at €5.64 in digital format.
I don’t know where my limit is but I do know where it is not Joser Ajram
Stock market day trader and specialist in long-distance challenges, Josef Ajram teaches us how to get something positive out of failure. After the failed challenge of running seven marathons in seven days in a row, he manages to set new goals and surpass himself.
Reference among the motivating books for running in which we can extract lessons applicable to many areas of our lives.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €14.20 in physical format and €5.69 in digital format.
What I talk about when I talk about running Haruki Murakami
Written more than ten years ago but with the same relevant that when it was written, in this autobiographical book, Haruki Murakami takes an introspective journey in which he tells why he left the jazz bar he ran to dedicate himself to writing and began running at the same time.
A year later he ran the distance between Marathon and Athens and twenty-five years later with several works published around the world with great success, Murakami reflects on how his three passions: sports, music and writing influenced each other to shape his entire life. construction site.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €6.40 in physical format and €6.65 in digital format.
No Stop! Life as a challenge Emma Roca
Emma Roca es un ejemplo de cómo conciliar vida deportiva, profesional y familiar. Taking out the oppositions from the fire brigade while finishing her degree in biochemistry or proclaiming herself a world champion in raids while raising three children are some examples of this.
She draws lessons from each and every one of the tests in which she has participated, our most international ultra-distance runner gives us her philosophy of life in which life itself is a challenge.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €16.62 in physical format
Breaking Ground, My Life as an Ultra-Trail Runner Ryan Sandes
The most extreme races in the most extreme environments are the home of Ryan Sandes, who has won high-endurance events on five continents and Antarctica.
This marathon book tells how he gained confidence by getting very good results.
Tested in tests like the Gobi March in China, the Jungle Marathon in the South American jungle, or the Last Desert Race in Antarctica, summarizing their learning in the form of advice at the end of each chapter that corresponds to a test.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €17.00 in physical format and €7.59 in digital format.
Superpaco, kilometers of life Francisco Contreras
Surely a 77-year-old farmer is not the prototype of a race runner like the 101 km Proof of the Legion in Ronda. Well, this is the case of Francisco Contreras, better known as Superpaco, who is common in all these types of mountain races throughout the province of Malaga.
Dentro de esta obra encontraremos la historia de cómo Paco tras una visita al médico empezó a caminar y luego a correr, hasta terminar picado por el virus del running a su anciana edad.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €18.05 in physical format and €7.59 in digital format.
Marathon Man Bill Rodgers
If you fancy a simple marathon book in Shakespearean language, Marathon Man an entertaining account of how Bill Rodgers went from anonymous student to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated twice for winning the New York City marathon four times and Boston.
Where to find it? On Amazon at $14.74 in physical format and $16.59 in digital format.
Nutrition Books
Eating and running: dismantling the myths of runners’ diet – Julio Basulto and Juanjo Caceres
With the popularization of running, there are many myths that have been installed in the popular imagination about how runners eat. This book for runners solves the most common nutritional questions, separating habitual practices from jokes and answers common questions such as whether it is advisable to drink a lot of water in a marathon, pre-race nutrition and what to eat once the marathon is over.
Very complete reading that promotes healthy eating and that we recommend from our platform.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €9.45 in physical format and €2.84 in digital format.
Run, Eat, Live Scott Jurek
Scott Jurek has dominated ultra racing in the US. for the last twenty years, and in this book for runners he tells his story from his childhood in the Midwest to his transition into veganism that has been one of the pillars of his success.
A large number of stereotypes about extreme event runners such as Bad Water are broken in this work, very pleasant to read, with each page we advance the desire to go running increases.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €8.50 in physical format and at €13.29 in digital format
Motivational books and others
Born to Run: The Story of a Hidden Tribe, a Group of Super Athletes – Christopher McDougall
The discovery of the Tarahumara tribe, considered the best long-distance runners without preparation or equipment for this type of event, was a revolution in the running community a few years ago.
Through White Horse, a curious character who has lived among them for years, Christopher McDougall managed to condense in this running book all the secrets that make them the best long-distance runners.
Where to find it? En Amazon a 19,85€ en formato fÃsico y 9,49€ en formato digital.
Running for perezosas Marie Poitier
If you are one of those girls who think that running is not for them, you are very wrong. This humorous charger manual will help you regain your enthusiasm for sports with a plan designed so that in twenty-eight days you will be able to run for an hour.
This book for lazy runners has a journal section so you can write down your progress, as well as plenty of tips, stretches and tricks for self-improvement.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €11.35 in physical format.
Running with the Kenyans Adharanand Finn
After watching Kenyans dominate the world’s long distance events, Adharanand Finn left England to settle in a small Kenyan village and live like local runners do.
After sleeping in their camps, waking up at the same time as them and doing the same crossings, this book on athletics explains what we can learn from them, culminating in participating with the best athletes in the world in the Kenyan marathon on the plain. surrounded by lions
Where to find it? On Amazon at €33.99 in physical format and €9.49 in digital format.
Running is living at the top of power Cristina Miter
After the success of her previous book for runners, Women who run, Cristina Miter offers us a new installment full of tips to ensure that running changes your life and becomes the basis of a healthy life.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €5.65 in physical format and €7.12 in digital format.
The Long Distance Runner Patricia Nell Warren
Para terminar este ranking recomendamos esta novela que habla del camino tortuoso de las relaciones homosexuales durante los años 70 ambientado en el mundo del atletismo culminando con la participación en las Olimpiadas de 1976 en Montreal.
Hailed as one of the best love stories written, Warren’s style tears a story whose teachings and values live on today.
Where to find it? On Amazon at €20.90 in physical format and €10.44 in digital format.
conclusions
The possibilities that we find when looking for books for runners are much broader than we might think at first. Although to become a runner you only have to put on your shoes, with these titles we will be able to create a small library that covers the basic aspects of the world of running.
The bibliography is almost infinite and we encourage our readers to leave us in the comments their opinions about the books we present or what books are missing from this collection and why.
Greetings and run!
