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Once A Runner
Perhaps the greatest running book ever written!
Once A Runner offers an insightful portrait of the competitive runner that remains as true and relevant today as it was when originally published, over thirty-five years ago. The author captivates all the emotions any true runner feels, from the frustrations of training to the triumphs of victory. Buy at Amazon.

Running With The Buffaloes
This book gained a cult like following, as it was self-published before being picked up by a major publishing company. It chronicles the 1998 cross-country season of the University of Colorado Buffaloes that resulted in the national championship for Colorado runner Adam Goucher. Buy at Amazon.

Running Tough
I read this book more out of curiosity. As a distance runner I have always been interested in the training of world-class competitors. This book is intended to show you the type of workouts the great runners have performed. The author does an excellent job in providing suggestions as to how the workouts can be modified for the everyday runner. Buy at Amazon.

Duel In The Sun
In 1982, Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley ran the entire 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon neck and neck, finishing within two seconds of each other. For both, it was the pinnacle of a running career cut short, for Salazar because of a mysterious malaise, and for Beardsley because of a drug addiction that developed after a farm accident. The story is sad yet triumphant; despite the end of serious running careers, both men made successes of their lives. Buy at Amazon.

It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Multiple Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is a winner in the game of life itself: He has survived cancer, found love, and become a father. This is an amazing tale of recovery in the face of tragedy and victory against overwhelming odds. Buy at Amazon.

Every Second Counts
Continuing the inspiring story begun in his first book, Every Second Counts captures the mind-set of a man who has beaten incredible odds and considers each day an opportunity for excellence. His new book addresses the equally daunting challenge of living in the aftermath of this experience and making the most of every breath of life. Armstrong candidly discusses his prickly relationship with the French and the ultimately disproved accusations of doping within his Tour de France team, and he writes about his recent achievements, including celebrating five years of cancer survival and how he restored a magnificent chapel in his beloved Spain. Buy at Amazon.

Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-founder
Bill Bowerman stands as one of the most pivotal and least heralded figures in American sport, having coached a University of Oregon track team to national championships, world records, and Olympic medals; inspired a jogging phenomenon in the U.S. that continues to this day; and designed the prototype athletic shoe that would launch a multibillion-dollar company called Nike. Buy at Amazon.

Sub 4:00: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile
Alan Webb was just 18 when he broke a 36-year-old record by running the fastest mile ever for a high-school athlete, breaking Jim Ryun's mark by two seconds. Lear spent most of the 2001-02 school year with freshman Webb and his teammates at the University of Michigan, where many of America's best distance runners gather to learn from legendary coach Ron Warhurst. Though there have been any number of books chronicling the ups and downs of seasons in major sports, this may be the first to follow a group of world-class distance runners through a competitive cycle. The focus is on Webb as he juggles the challenges of college academics, injuries, and media attention along with the rigors of competition. Buy at Amazon.

MOVIES

Prefontaine
This biographical sports drama is the true story of an Olympic runner whose life ended tragically short. Steve Prefontaine, a teen who develops a running talent despite unorthodox physical traits such as a short stature and legs of different lengths. "Pre" is still sufficiently impressive enough on the track field to be recruited by Bill Bowerman, an Oregon college coach who creates homemade running shoes in his garage. Pre's athletic skills prove to be the real deal, as he wins an NCAA championship and qualifies for the 1972 Olympics. Prior to his event, however, a terrorist attack in Munich leaves several athletes dead, and a shaken Pre doesn't medal. Back home, Bowerman turns his shoe-making enterprise into the global sneaker giant Nike, while Pre chafes under the poverty enforced by Olympic rules. He becomes an outspoken advocate for amateur athletes and tries to organize an exhibition, which leads to criticism by the press. Before he can compete, however, Pre is killed in a car wreck. Buy at Amazon.

Without Limits
One of two filmed biographies of late track star Steve Prefontaine. As the ill-fated athlete who overcame physical obstacles to win an NCAA championship and compete in the 1972 Munich Olympics. The film follows Prefontaine from his youth in Oregon where, despite one leg being longer than the other, he shows himself to be a talented runner. Later, while attending the University of Oregon, Prefontaine meets and forms a strong bond with his coach, Bill Bowerman the man who would later go on to found the Nike shoe corporation. Beginning a romance that lasts until his untimely death in a 1974 automobile accident. Buy at Amazon.

Chariots Of Fire
Based on a true story, Chariots of Fire is the internationally acclaimed Oscar-winning drama of two very different men who compete as runners in the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a serious Christian Scotsman, believes that he has to succeed as a testament to his undying religious faith. Harold Abrahams, is a Jewish Englishman who wants desperately to be accepted and prove to the world that Jews are not inferior. The film crosscuts between each man's life as he trains for the competition, fueled by these very different desires. As compelling as the racing scenes are, it's really the depth of the two main characters that touches the viewer, as they forcefully drive home the theme that victory attained through devotion, commitment, integrity, and sacrifice is the most admirable feat that one can achieve. Buy at Amazon.

Running On The Sun: The Badwater 135
Thirteen competitive runners present themselves with the ultimate challenge -- a 135-mile voyage through Death Valley to the peaks of Mount Whitney. Director Mel Stuart and his crew follow these men (two of whom are handicapped runners who've lost limbs to land mines) as they confront blistering heat, violent windstorms, and one of the most grueling courses imaginable in a competition that is more about each runner testing his own physical and psychological limits than the prospect of winning (there is no prize) or physical conditioning (a doctor who helps coordinate the race informs them, "I don't think there's a thing about this that's good for the body"). Buy at Amazon.

RECOVERY TOOLS

THE STICK
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POWERLUNG SPORT
PowerLung is an easy to use, hand-held product proven by independent clinical studies to increase lung capacity and improve your breathing so you can race faster, dive deeper, perform longer, exercise easier, and, overall, breathe better. Buy at Amazon.