Friday Five: my favorite books about running

running books

Reading about running motivates me! So I made a list of my 6 favorite books about running.

My top 5 running books


  1. The Courage to Start, John Bingham. I love the fact that before he discovered the joy of running he was mowing his lawn on one of those lawn mowers you can sít on. That's how lazy he was.

  2. The Complete book about running, Jim Fixx. My my favorite part is where he tells about his first run. He just put on some old boots and off he went.

  3. The Complete book of Running for Women, Claire Kowalchik. This is the book that got me started as a runner! The training programme inside this book, is the one I followed when I first took my tentative steps on the path of running.

  4. The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life, Amby Burfoot. I love the things you can learn from running, and how running applies to life!

  5. ChiRunning, Danny Dreyer. It's more than a way of running, it's a way of life. And I really like that.

What's your favorite book about running?

13 comments

Kelly said...

I am not a runner (for a little while I had aspirations to be, but at least for the time being, I'm not pursuing that), but those books sound very helpful for runners! :) #FridayFive

Jennifer said...

I joke that if I'm not running I'm reading about running, so I love this list. I read Chi Running when I first started running, and I've been following that technique ever since. I will definitely read some of these others. Thanks!

Jennifer said...

And forgot to say glad to meet you through the linkup!

Kristy said...

Thanks for sharing, I actually hadn't heard of a couple of these. I work at a library and when its slow I enjoy flipping through books like this, I'll have to add a couple of these to my watch list:)

Chaitali said...

Thanks for sharing the list! These look like great books and I haven't read any of the yet. Definitely something to look at :)

Rebecca Jo said...

Thanks for the easy link ups for the books!!!

Amanda H said...

Great recommendations! I've never read a running book but these sound good!

Michele said...

Thanks for the list! I will need some reading material this summer, I will check them out!

Helly said...

Great list!! I'm an English teacher and a runner so reading and running are my life :) I'll def be checking some of these out

Heather Runs Thirteen Point One said...

I love 'The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life' by Amby Burfoot - such a great book! I'm definitely going to look into the other ones, as well.

Matilda said...

I haven't read or heard of any of these books (bar Chi Running), so I shall add them to my to be read list (it's ever growing).
I have read "born to run" and "running like a girl" and I thoroughly enjoyed both.

nicoleao said...

I read running like a girl too. It wasn't as good as I expected though...

PaulaShort said...

Hey Nicole, thanks so much for sharing these running books with Sweet Tea & Friends this month dear friend.

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