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Track & field sports, athletics
Paperback. A guide which shows how to train for the official training program for the New York City Marathon to specific training programs for various levels of runners. It includes sections which show how to prepare training schedules. Num Pages: 788 pages. BIC Classification: WSD; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Number of pages
- 788
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Rev.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140469905
- ISBN
- 9780140469905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Reveals the Chicago Marathon, a citywide ritual as far more than a simple race. Looking at the event's production and participants, this work shows how the elements that comprise the marathon also reflect modern Chicago's politics, its people, and the ways the city engages with the wider world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; WSB; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074219
- ISBN
- 9780252074219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 317 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553392159
- ISBN
- 9780553392159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.92
€ 30.99
€ 25.92
Paperback. Beijing 2008, the 100 metres final: Usain Bolt slows down, beats his chest, metres clear of his nearest rival, his face filled with the euphoria of a young man utterly in thrall to his extraordinary physical talent. It is one of the greatest sporting moments. This book reveals the secrets of Usain Bolt and the Jamaican sprint factory. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; WSBX; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224092319
- ISBN
- 9780224092319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.76
€ 13.99
€ 10.76
Paperback. Provides you with a fresh approach to running, achieving your goals and setting your personal best. This title challenges the stereotypes, removes the doubts and erases the self-imposed limitations by prescribing not only what to do but also how to do it. It helps you learn how to overcome the obstacles that prevent you from running faster. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: WSD; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 174 x 8. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736095501
- ISBN
- 9780736095501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.91
€ 26.99
€ 23.91
Paperback. A guide to triathlon by two Olympic heroes. It tells the story of how two skinny lads from west Yorkshire became the best triathletes in the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: BM; WSKQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241965849
- ISBN
- 9780241965849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
paperback. Fatima Whitbread had the worst possible start in life. Abandoned as a baby, she spent much of her childhood in and out of children's homes. Athletics was her saviour: local athletics coach took the Fatima under her wing. Fatima competed in three Olympics. In 1986 she set a world record, and she was voted as BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753540961
- ISBN
- 9780753540961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive strength training program for triathlon that can help triathletes build power, speed, and muscular endurance for faster racing over any race distance. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: WSD; WSKQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 179 x 10. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- VeloPress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937715311
- ISBN
- 9781937715311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.64
€ 24.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. Endurance runners and coaches have tended to neglect weight training and conditioning techniques, often in the belief that they don't benefit performance, add unwanted muscle bulk, or cause excessive soreness. This book shows how a strength and conditioning programme can directly improve running performance and reduce the risk of injury. Num Pages: 288 pages, 312 colour images and diagrams. BIC Classification: WSD; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- The Crowood Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847979872
- ISBN
- 9781847979872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.93
€ 30.99
€ 25.93
Paperback. If running extreme distances is as much about mental endurance as physical, how do you keep going when your internal monologue turns against you? That was the simple question Ira Rainey faced when the darkness of depression cast its long shadow over his life. The answer it turned out was far from straightforward. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; BM; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 307 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Tangent Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910089538
- ISBN
- 9781910089538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 195 photographs & illustrations. BIC Classification: WSKQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Meyer & Meyer Sport
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782550860
- ISBN
- 9781782550860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Suitable for all athletes at the beginning or development stages of their sprint careers who are committed to running faster, this book covers various sprint events from 60metres to 400 metres, as well as the hurdles and relay; principles of biomechanics, limiting factors and potential areas of capability; and training and planning. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 colour photographs. BIC Classification: WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 11. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Crowood Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847975492
- ISBN
- 9781847975492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
€ 17.99
€ 16.65
Hardback. Explores the rise of female athletes in China in the early twentieth century. It shows how female athletes coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame, arguing that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSJ1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824811
- ISBN
- 9780774824811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.97
€ 107.97
Paperback. At the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith came in first in the 200-meter dash. As they received their medals, he and bronze winner John Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist, creating an indelible image of courage and protest that still resonates forty years later. This autobiography presents the story of that moment. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592136407
- ISBN
- 9781592136407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Meyer & Meyer Sport
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 5th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782550549
- ISBN
- 9781782550549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: WS; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910232927
- ISBN
- 9781910232927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Mark Rowlands explores the intimate relationship between running and thinking, especially thoughts about the meaning of life, in this brilliant follow-up to The Philosopher and the Wolf Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HP; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082633
- ISBN
- 9781847082633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest long-distance races, the author sets out to discover what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up. He moved to Iten, Kenya, the running capital of the world, and started investigating. Was it running barefoot to school, the food, the altitude, or something else? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571274062
- ISBN
- 9780571274062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Top five Best Books About Running, Runner's World Magazine Top three Best Books About Running, readers of Runner's World Magazine (December 2009)A phenomenal portrait of courage and desire that will do for college cross-country what John Feinstein's A Season on the Brink did for college basketball. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762773985
- ISBN
- 9780762773985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.98
€ 18.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. The author had high hopes: the arse of an athlete, the waist of a supermodel, the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms and bored of yoga, she decided to run. Her first attempt did not end well. Six years later, she has run five marathons in two continents. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099558958
- ISBN
- 9780099558958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Uses anecdotal examples from the author's own patients and experiences in order to discuss injury-prevention, treatment, and recovery. In this book, the author implements a clinical approach toward treating the most common running-related injuries, as well as providing detailed background situations to describe how each injury can happen. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 194 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Rodale Press Inc.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623361259
- ISBN
- 9781623361259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.76
€ 20.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. Part diary of a year running through the Northamptonshire countryside, part exploration of why we love to run without limits, this book is an account of running in a forgotten, rural way, observing wildlife and celebrating the joys of nature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224091978
- ISBN
- 9780224091978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MMS; WSK; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472913807
- ISBN
- 9781472913807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.77
€ 26.99
€ 18.77
Paperback. Running For Dummies is for everyone with a desire to run. If you're a reforming couch potato, it helps ease you into a healthier lifestyle. If you have Olympic aspirations, take a look at different ways to improve your training. Num Pages: 288 pages, photos. BIC Classification: WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764550966
- ISBN
- 9780764550966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.91
€ 19.00
€ 16.91