Our Life On The Run

Author : Bart Yasso,Kathleen Parrish
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781605298276

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My Life on the Run by Bart Yasso,Kathleen Parrish Pdf

With My Life on the Run, Bart Yasso--an icon of one of the most enduringly popular recreational sports in the United States--offers a touching and humorous memoir about the rewards and challenges of running. Recounting his adventures in locales like Antarctica, Africa, and Chitwan National Park in Nepal (where he was chased by an angry rhino), Yasso recommends the best marathons on foreign terrain and tells runners what they need to know to navigate the logistics of running in an unfamiliar country. He also offers practical guidance for beginning, intermediate, and advanced runners, such as 5-K, half marathon, and marathon training schedules, as well as advice on how to become a runner for life, ever-ready to draw joy from the sport and embrace the adventure that each race may offer

Author : Mark Cucuzzella, MD
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781101912386

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Run for Your Life by Mark Cucuzzella, MD Pdf

A straightforward, easy-to-follow look at the anatomy, biomechanics, and nutrition of running. Dr. Cucuzzella "aims to improve the fitness and well-being of all, from the uninitiated to beginners to veterans who still have new tricks to learn" (Amby Burfoot, Boston Marathon winner, writer at large for Runner’s World magazine, and author of The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life). Despite our natural ability and our human need to run, each year more than half of all runners suffer injuries. Pain and discouragement inevitably follow. Cucuzzella's book outlines the proven, practical techniques to avoid injury and reach the goal of personal fitness and overall health. With clear drawings and black-and-white photographs, the book provides illustrated exercises designed to teach healthy running, along with simple progressions and a running schedule that shows the reader how to tailor their training regimen to their individual needs and abilities.

Author : Silvana Gandolfi
Publisher : Restless Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781632061669

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Run For Your Life by Silvana Gandolfi Pdf

Author : R. L. Stine
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545841849

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Escape from Camp Run-For-Your-Life (Give Yourself Goosebumps #19) by R. L. Stine Pdf

Reader beware--you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS! Heads up! You're on your way to sports camp! If only Uncle Ed can find the place. He’s the lamest driver ever.A sign up ahead says CAMP RUNNING LEAF. Hey! That's not the name of the camp you signed up for! But Uncle Ed is already driving away. Oh, well. Running Leaf is a sports camp too. Isn't that why the campers call it Camp Run-For-Your-Life?You've got a choice of events. If you enter the athletic competition called the "Selection," you could be selected for a free trip... to be a slave on Plant Xentron! Yikes. Maybe you'd better choose the wilderness hike instead. Just look out for that mountain lion over there! Oh and try to steer clear of the Zombies with rotting limbs...The choice is yours in this scary GOOSEBUMPS adventure that's packed with over 20 super-spooky endings!

Author : Tyler Wetherall
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250112200

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No Way Home by Tyler Wetherall Pdf

One of PureWow's "20 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2018" and "Books to Read in April" • One of InStyle UK's "Best New Books to Read in 2018" • One of LitHub's 20 Books You Should Read This April • One of Bustle's "5 Gripping Memoirs Under 300 Pages To Read In One Weekend" A memoir of growing up on the run—and what happens when it comes to a stop. "Lucid, tender, exquisitely re-imagined, and compulsively readable." —Jessica Nelson, author of If Only You People Could Follow Directions "In this wondrous and richly detailed coming of age story, Tyler Wetherall follows the breadcrumbs of her childhood to discover a family home that is unlike any other." —Katy Lederer, author of Poker Face Tyler had lived in thirteen houses and five countries by the time she was nine. A willful and curious child, she never questioned her strange upbringing, that is, until Scotland Yard showed up outside her ramshackle English home, and she discovered her family had been living a lie: Her father was a fugitive and her name was not her own. In sunny California, ten years earlier, her father’s criminal organization first came to the FBI’s attention. Soon after her parents were forced on the run taking their three young children with them, and they spent the following years fleeing through Europe, assuming different identities and hiding out in a series of far-flung places. Now her father was attempting one final escape—except this time, he couldn’t take her with him. In this emotionally compelling and gripping memoir, Tyler Wetherall brings to life her fugitive childhood, following the threads that tie a family together through hardship, from her parents’ first meeting in 1960s New York to her present life as a restless writer unpacking the secrets of her past. No Way Home is about love, loss, and learning to tell the story of our lives.

Author : Bill Bradley
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780795323270

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Life on the Run by Bill Bradley Pdf

This classic memoir about life in the pros by the NBA hall of famer and former US senator was named a top 100 Sports Books by Sports Illustrated. Before Bill Bradley became known as a US senator and presidential candidate, he was famous for being a part of the world championship–winning New York Knicks. Now, long after his athletic and political careers have come to a close, his account of twenty days in a pro basketball season remains a classic of sports literature, unparalleled in its honesty and intelligence. Told with incredible candor, Bradley shows life on the road as a pro-athlete for what it is: a sometimes glamourous, often lonely journey. He takes readers from the court to the locker room; from the seamless teamwork of a winning game to the melancholy of a motel in a strange city. Bradley shows us the abuse of the press alongside the smothering adoration of the fans. We watch in horror as Earl Monroe is beaten outside Madison Square Garden barely an hour after twenty thousand people cheered him. And we come to understand the euphoria and exhaustion, the icy concentration and intense pressure, that are felt only by those who play basketball for keeps. “A remarkable, searching, smart book.” —Newsweek

Author : Marlin Keesler
Publisher : Marlin Keesler
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0977622312

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Our Life on the Run by Marlin Keesler Pdf

Marlin Keesler entered his first marathon never imagining that it would become the first leg of a six and a half year race across America that he and his family would embark on one in which the benefits of travel would do far more for his two children afflicted with a rare learning disorder than any classroom could offer.

Author : William Pullen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780241262832

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Run for Your Life by William Pullen Pdf

**As heard on Dr Rangan Chatterjee's 'Feel Better, Live More' Podcast** We all know how a long walk, a slow jog or a brisk run can free our minds to wander, and give us a powerful uplifting feeling. Some call it the 'runner's high', others put it down to endorphins. But what if we could channel that energy and use it to make positive change in our lives? William Pullen is a psychotherapist who helps people dealing with anxiety, lack of motivation and addition, to work through their issues using his revolutionary method, Dynamic Running Therapy. He believes that we need a radical new approach to mindfulness: an approach that originates in the body itself. Whether you are looking for strategies to cope with anxiety, change or decision-making, or simply want to focus your mind while pounding the streets, Run for Your Life offers a series of simple mental routines that unleash the meditative, restorative powers of exercise.

Author : Marilyn Levy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0613058070

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Run for Your Life by Marilyn Levy Pdf

While living in a housing project in Oakland, California, thirteen-year-old Kisha joins a track team which helps her discover that she can be a winner.

Author : Rickey Smiley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501178627

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Stand by Your Truth by Rickey Smiley Pdf

Part memoir, part testimonial, and part life guide, Stand by Your Truth mixes Rickey Smiley’s down-home humor with the values he learned from being raised by three generations of elders, steeped in the Baptist church, and mentored by some of the most celebrated comics in the entertainment industry today. “I’m very passionate about everything that I do and I don’t play any games. I just keep it honest. I don’t put on airs. That’s the only way you can be. If you tell one lie, you’ve got to tell another lie. I’m cool with who I am. What you see is what you get.” Stand-up comic. Single dad. Radio personality. TV star. Prankster. Producer. Community activist. Man of faith. Visit a church, comedy club, college campus, or barber shop, and you’ll find few people who aren’t familiar with, or fans of, Rickey Smiley. At least four million listeners in more than seventy markets tune in every weekday morning to hear him banter with his radio show crew, hilariously prank call an unsuspecting listener, and perform skits featuring his one-man cast of characters, including “Lil Darryl,” “Beauford,” and “Joe Willie.” But in between the rapid-fire jokes and celebrity dish are flashes of how Rickey views the world, from the challenges of raising children, to the importance of education, to the need to always stand by your own truth. After more than two decades in the spotlight, Rickey is finally ready to delve more deeply into the opinions he voices on the air, riffing on those issues that his listeners, viewers, and fans find most important. This collection of personal and powerful essays will speak to readers from all walks of life, and is sure to inspire you to Stand by Your Truth.

Author : Chase Wilder,Temple Run
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1760122440

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Jungle Trek by Chase Wilder,Temple Run Pdf

You've won an amazing destination party for your birthday in the jungle. It's going to be a campout and scavenger hunt, with just a party planner and tour guide as your chaperones. No parents! But things don't go according to plan when your plane crashes and you discover that your 'tour guide' is really Guy Dangerous, and your 'party planner' is Scarlett Fox. Depending on the choices you make, you will reach safety in time to enjoy your party - or you will be kidnapped and held for ransom, buying Guy and Scarlett time to make off with the golden idol!

Author : James Patterson,Michael Ledwidge
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316040730

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Run for Your Life by James Patterson,Michael Ledwidge Pdf

Detective Mike Bennett takes on New York's most terrifying epidemic in James Patterson's gripping blockbuster novel. A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences! For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York's elite, it is a call to terror. Only one man can tackle such a high-profile case: Detective Mike Bennett. As time ticks down and his children fall ill, he has only hours to save New York from the greatest disaster in its history. From the world's #1 writer, discover an electrifying story of action, thrills, and heart-stopping suspense.

Author : Betty Swinford,Moore Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1891635158

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Run for You Life! by Betty Swinford,Moore Books Pdf

A gripping adventure for youth, set in the Nazi era.

Author : Scott E. Spradlin
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781458755957

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Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life by Scott E. Spradlin Pdf

When we are regularly undone by our emotions, we become victims of damaged relationships, trapped circumstances, self-sabotage, and illness. Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life offers help to all of us who want to gain the upper hand on our feelings and our lives. Even high reactors, people disposed to experiencing strong, even overwhelming emotions on a regular basis, will find its strategies easy to use and effective at managing frequent emotional flare-ups. This book develops proven DBT techniques into worksheets, exercises, and assessments that show you how to pay attention to emotions when they arise, assess blocks to controlling them, and overcome them to eliminate overpowering feelings. Learn what emotional triggers exist in your environment and become less judgmental about yourself when you do experience a surge. Avoid or reduce the distress that strong emotions cause you. This workbook teaches you to reduce the impact of painful feelings and increase the effects of positive ones so that you can tolerate life's ongoing stresses and achieve a sense of calm coexistence with your emotions.

Author : Deborah Reber
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Running for women
ISBN : 9780595370696

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Run for Your Life by Deborah Reber Pdf

We all know that running is good for the mind, body and soul. But for the woman who has never run farther than a bus stop, running can seem daunting, even painful. The good thing is that running is free and you can do it anywhere. All you need are your own two-feet-and a little support. In the pages of Run for Your Life, Deborah Reber gives you everything you need to know to get moving-how to get started, what it will feel like, what to wear, and most importantly, how to stick with it.