I hate running and you can too : how to get started, keep going, and make sense of an irrational person / Brendan Leonard.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9781579659882
- 1579659888
- 796.4201/9 23
- GV1062 .L46 2021
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
BRENDAN LEONARD HATES RUNNING. He hates it so much that he once logged fifty-two marathon-length runs in fifty-two weeks. Now he's sharing everything he's learned about the sport so that you can hate it too.
Packed with wisdom, humor, attitude, tips, and quotes--and more than sixty illuminating charts-- I Hate Running and You Can Too delivers a powerful message of motivation from a truly relatable mentor.
Leonard nails the love-hate relationship most runners have with the sport. He knows the difficulty of getting off the couch, teaches us to get comfortable with being uncomfortable, embraces the mix of running with walking. And he shares all that he's learned--celebrating the mantra of "Easy, light, smooth, and fast," observing that any body that runs is a runner's body.
Plus Leonard knows all the practical stuff, from training methods to advice for when you hit a setback or get injured. Even the answer to that big question a lot of runners occasionally ask: Why? Easy: Running helps us understand commitment, develop patience, discover self-discipline, find mental toughness, and prove to ourselves that we can do something demanding. And, of course, burn off that extra serving of nachos.
Includes bibliographical references (page 159).
"I Hate Running and You Can Too is a humorous, punchy, motivating guide to running longer distances than some might think sensible-whether that's a 5K or a marathon. Outside magazine columnist, chart-ist, and longtime runner, Brendan Leonard gets real on the love/hate relationship all runners have with the sport. He breaks down running in terms that speak to everyone who has ever struggled to get out the door and go for a run: getting comfortable being uncomfortable, how to start small and stick with it, that walking is a completely legitimate running strategy, and devising your own definition of success. Filled with 75 charts and graphs that give readers a sensible way to think about running, I Hate Running and You Can Too breaks down the reality of the training miles versus race miles, how to stay motivated, and what to do when faced with setbacks. I Hate Running and You Can Too shows readers that you won't always like running (sometimes you'll even hate it), but if you just keep going, you might learn to love it too"-- Provided by publisher.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Brendan Leonard has completed more than a dozen organized ultramarathons and marathons, including three of the most difficult 100-mile trail races in America. In 2019, he set out to complete 52 marathon-distance runs in 52 weeks, and survived, while having fun part of the time. Leonard is a columnist at Outside , and his writing has appeared in Runner's World , National Geographic Adventure , Climbing , and Alpinist and on CNN.com and in dozens of other publications. He directed the 2017 short film How to Run 100 Miles , which screened at film festivals in more than 20 countries and on six continents and was viewed more than 5 million times online. He is the author of Surviving the Great Outdoors and the coauthor of The Camping Life . He lives in Denver, Colorado. Find him on Instagram at @semi_rad.This author is represented by the Hachette Speakers Bureau .