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Inspirational Books and Movies About Running

18 Wednesday Jun 2014

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Last Sunday at runchat, they featured questions submitted previously by participants, and they chose mine! I asked people to choose a favorite book or movie about running, and the participants had a lot of great responses. Of course the two favorites were “Born To Run” and “Spirit of the Marathon”, and I wasn’t surprised by that at all. Someone in the chat mentioned that he wished that someone would compile a list of all the suggestions people had, and since it was my question, I said I would do it. Below are the suggestions given by the participants of Runchat (copied from twitter).

Books and Movies about Running

Books About Running:

  • Born to Run
  • Hal Higdons Marathon Book
  • Anatomy For Runners
  • Natural Running
  • What Do I Talk About When I talk About Running (Haruki Murakami)
  • The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Alan Sillitoe)
  • Hanson’s Marathon Method
  • The Hobbit (participant said “Watching Bilbo go from a fearful and afraid guy into a brave man really, really inspires me)
  • Me Only Faster (Greg McMillan)
  • Running With The Kenyans (Adharanand Finn)
  • Flanagan’s Run
  • Onward! The Absolute, No B.S., Raw, Ridiculous Soul-Stirring Truth About Training For Your First Marathon (Brook Kreder)
  • Running For Women (Kara Goucher)
  • Run Gently Out There (John Morelock)
  • Never Wipe Your Ass With a Squirrel (Jason Robillard)
  • 4:09:43 (Hal Higdon)
  • Running For My Life (Lopez Lomong)
  • My Life On The Run (Bart Yasso)
  • Chi Running
  • One More Step- the 638 best quotes for the runner (Randy Thurman)
  • Jogger on Riverside Drive (poem)
  • To An Athlete Dying Young (poem)
  • Spartan Up!
  • The Long Run (about firefighter Matt Long)
  • Mind Gym
  • Running & Being (Dr. George Sheehan)
  • Running On Empty (Marshall Ulrich)
  • Once A Runner (John Parker)
  • Marathon Man (Bill Rodgers & Matthew Shepatin)
  • Running Like a Girl: notes on learning to run (Alexandra Heminsley)
  • The Perfect Mile (Neal Bascomb)

Movies About Running:

  • Spirit of the Marathon
  • The Marathon (a movie about a boy with autism who ran a marathon)
  • Forrest Gump
  • Chariots of Fire
  • Without Limits
  • Running the Sahara
  • Run For Your Life
  • Unbreakable (the Western States 100 documentary)
  • Prefontaine

I’ve read and watched a few of these, so I can’t vouch for some of these things on the list. All I know is that I have a long list of books to read now the rest of the summer!

Now it’s your turn to share! What’re your thoughts on any of these books or movies? Anything else you want to add to the list?

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Notes From A Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally

06 Tuesday May 2014

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I’m so excited to share with you all today about my favorite book I’ve read so far in 2014!

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I recently finished this book, and immediately want to start reading it again! This is Tsh’s story of her journey to living life more simply and more intentionally. Tsh shares stories of her family’s adventures across the US and traveling and living abroad, and explores what it means to live the intentional life in each of these contexts.

The book is broken down into categories: Food, Work, Education, Travel, and Entertainment, and shares stories and lessons learned throughout each of these.

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Of course this is one family’s journey,  so while it might not look the same for each of us, there are lessons that can still be applied in each of our lives. No matter who we are, I think we each struggle in specific ways with living life more simply and intentionally (I know I do!). Life feels chaotic and overwhelming to each of us at points, and sometimes the way that culture is structured or the “demands” that society places on us can make it that much worse. This book definitely got me thinking, and I hope to blog later about some of the changes that I’m making to live the more intentional life!

Another great thing is that each chapter is only a few pages in length most of the time, so it’s easier to pick it up and put it down throughout your day while feeling like you don’t lose your train of thought (hmm- i wonder if that fits in with the “living simply” idea?).

Here’s a “book trailer” to give you a bit more of an idea of what the book is about:

I’d highly recommend that you go out and get this book IMMEDIATELY to read! It’ll be well worth your time, and there are so many fantastic little gems woven throughout that you’ll want to go back and read it over and over again!

Now it’s your turn to share! What’s one way you try to simplify your life a bit? 

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