Este libro es un apasionante viaje hacia el ultrafondo, uno de los deportes más extremos y exigentes que hay en el mundo. ¿Cómo se entrenan los profesionales como Kilian Jornet? ¿Cómo se alimentan durante la carrera? ¿Cómo pueden soportar tantas horas corriendo y noches enteras sin dormir? ¿Cómo son las grandes carreras del planeta? ¿Y las más duras? El libro quiere responder a estas preguntas desde la perspectiva del corredor amateur y anónimo, aquel que quizás nunca saldrá en rev...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2016-02-01 8,99 €
‘This book is AMAZING!’ – MALCOLM GLADWELL ‘If you want to gain insight into the mind of great athletes, adventurers, and peak performers then prepare to be enthralled by Alex Hutchinson’s Endure.’ – BEAR GRYLLS How high or far or fast can humans go? And what about individual potential: what defines a person’s limits? From running a two-hour marathon to summiting Mount Everest, we’re fascinated by the extremes of human endurance, constantly testing both our physical and psychol...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2018-02-08 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 6,99 €
Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Winner - Best New Writer at the British Sports Book Awards After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest races, from the Olympics to big city marathons, Runner's World contributor Adharanand Finn set out to discover just what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up. Packing up his family (and his running shoes), he moved from Devon to the small town of Iten...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-04-03 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 8,49 €
Run or Die by Kilian Jornet - the autobiography of the world's most dominating athlete in ultra running Shortlisted for the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2014 Marca Legend Award 2014 'This man can run 100 miles. Up and down mountains. Without stopping. After skipping breakfast. Meet Kilian Jornet, the world's greatest ultra-runner' The Times At 18 months he went on his first hike. At 3, he climbed his first mountain. At 10, he entered ...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2014-08-07 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 10,99 €
Correr un maratón, paso a paso es la recopilación de 8 años de experiencias en el mundo de correr, es una guía para quien quiera iniciarse como maratonista y aprendizaje de nuevas cosas para quien ya sea maratonista. Es un manual completo que abarca desde elegir un maratón hasta como superar "la pared" con consejos de alimentación, suplementación, hidratación y como dominar nuestra mente en los momentos más difíciles. Además sienta las bases de el entrenamiento progresivo desarrollado...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2021-05-18 1,99 €
¿Por qué alguien se calza unas zapatillas, se pone un chándal y se echa a correr por las calles de la ciudad cada día, de madrugada o por la noche al regresar del trabajo? Chema Martínez, un popular fondista con un importante palmarés, tiene la respuesta muy clara: Porque correr es vida. Y así lo explica en estas páginas con las que trata de animar a que otras personas corran también. Correr requiere disciplina. Correr invita a comer mejor y de manera más equilibrada. Correr es poner e...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-01-01 7,49 €
*Shortlisted for the 2019 William Hill Sports Book of the Year* Marathons are no longer enough. Pain is to be relished, not avoided. Hallucinations are normal. Ultra running defies conventional logic. Yet this most brutal and challenging sport is now one of the fastest-growing in the world. Why is this? Is it an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness? Adharanand Finn travelled to the heart of the sport to find out - and to see if he could become an ultra runner himself. His jo...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2019-05-14 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 9,99 €
Discover the hard science that will help you run faster, endure for longer, and avoid injury. Analyse your running style and learn how to enhance your gait for optimum efficiency and safety. Transform your performance with exercises targeting strength, flexibility, and recovery - each exercise annotated to reveal the muscle mechanics so you know you're getting it right. Understand the science behind your body's energy systems and how to train to maximise energy storage and conversion. Follow tra...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2020-02-06 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 6,99 €
The new hilarious and inspirational memoir from Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling author Bryony Gordon. 'A courageous account that will inspire us all - bloody brilliant' Fearne Cotton 'An honest and damn funny book about daring to dream, about chafing and Vaseline, and running through the pain. I raced through it without getting a stitch' Matt Haig 'The woman who made talking about your thinking not just acceptable but imperative' Daily Telegraph Bryony Gordon was not a runner. A loafer, a dawdler...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2018-05-31 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 4,49 €
From world-renowned adventurer and bestselling author of The Art of Resilience and The World’s Fittest Book, comes the ultimate blueprint to building a bulletproof body. ‘He’s an animal’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH ‘The inner workings of a sports science genius’ EDDIE HALL, former World’s Strongest Man Ross Edgley has spent decades perfecting the principles and practice of extreme fitness to achieve the impossible. Following a career-threatening injury in 2018, Ross was forced to reassess his ...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2021-09-02 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 21,99 €
One second in time may separate the great athlete from the merely good. Seb Coe has made every second count. From an early age he has been driven to be the best at everything he does. Since the moment Coe stood alongside a 'scrubby' municipal running track in Sheffield, he knew that sport could change his life. It did. Breaking an incredible twelve world records and three of them in just forty-one days, Seb became the only athlete to take gold at 1500 metres in two successive Olympic Games (Mosc...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-11-08 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 3,99 €
What's the secret of a great comeback? And how do we boost our mental fitness to succeed in sport and life? The Comeback Quotient provides inspiration and practical advice on building mental endurance and physical stamina. When bestselling sportswriter Matt Fitzgerald went through a coronavirus-George Floyd double whammy, he realized that nobody can escape setbacks in life so we all need to be able to pull off a comeback. In training for his first triathlon since 2009 and overcoming chroni...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2021-02-16 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 10,99 €
Running is not just a sport. It reconnects us to our bodies and the places in which we live, breaking down our increasingly structured and demanding lives. It allows us to feel the world beneath our feet, lifts the spirit, allows our minds out to play and helps us to slip away from the demands of the modern world. When Vybarr Cregan-Reid set out to discover why running meant so much to so many, he began a journey which would take him out to tread London’s cobbled streets, climbing to sites tha...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2016-05-26 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 9,49 €
The definitive, fully authorised story of the record-breaking rivalry between London Olympics organiser Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett. Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe presided over the golden era of British athletics. Between them they won three Olympic gold medals, two silvers, one bronze and broke a total of twelve middle-distance records. They were part of the landscape of the late seventies and early eighties -- both household names, their exploits were watched by millions. As far apart as pos...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-10-18 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 1,99 €
'Invaluable' - WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF 2022 ' Born to Run 2 is a must read for every runner out there' Rich Roll 'Amazing, really incredibly inspiring book' Joe Wicks on Born to Run Born to Run 's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show us how to join the global barefoot running movement and explore the world on our own two feet. Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide teaches every runner, new or experienced, how to master humankind's first true superpower and ta...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2022-11-03 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 11,99 €
The New York Times bestseller Eat and Run is "the inspiring story of an inspired man. Scott Jurek's phenomenal success as an ultra-marathoner demonstrates that meat and other animal foods are not necessary for optimum health, strength, and endurance."—Andrew Weil, #1 New York Times bestelling author of Spontaneous Happiness For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force — and darling — in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. He held the American 24-hour record and...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2012-06-05 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 8,99 €
"After years of rumors and speculation, Matt Hart sets out to peel back the layers of secrecy that protected the most powerful coach in running. What he finds will leave you indignant—and wondering whether anything in the high-stakes world of Olympic sport has truly changed." —Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of Endure Game of Shadows meets Shoe Dog in this explosive behind-the-scenes look that reveals for the first time the unsettling details of Nike's secret running ...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2020-10-06 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 19,99 €
This book is written for the athlete who wants to look the ghostly opponent, that is injury and loss of condition, directly in the eye and state, “Not today. Not this athlete. Today and this season I will return and withstand you. Today I become the beast.” This program is for the impressive-athlete in all of us who wants what was not defined for them - a very clear program to return to field running that is successful, efficient and safe. This is also written for the rehabilitation therapis...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2019-11-04 7,99 €
"Este libro es una guía de valor incalculable para los corredores que aceptan los desafíos y recompensas que supone dar lo mejor de sí y continúan disfrutando de toda una vida de saludables carreras pedestres." Khalid Khannouchi Plusmarquista mundial de maratón Dos veces ganador del maratón La Salle Bank Chicago "Cada sección de este increíble libro proporciona a los corredores de todas las categorías las herramientas necesarias para lograr toda una vida de progresos como co...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2015-03-03 10,99 €
An ultra marathoner and running coach captures the energy and joy of running in this illustrated, full-color motivational interactive fitness guide and journal that will inspire every type of runner—from beginner to experienced marathoner—to shut up and run. Running isn’t just an activity, it’s a lifestyle that connects runners with the world around them, whether they’re pounding the pavement of crowded big city streets or traversing trails through quiet woods and fields. Reflecting th...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2016-06-21 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 14,99 €
Laufen ist Medizin! Eine Medizin, die der Körper sich selbst mixt? Eine hochwirksame Formel, die vorbeugt und bei einer Vielzahl von Krankheiten und Beschwerden hilft? – Es gibt zwei geradezu magische Techniken, die eine ungeahnte heilende Kraft entfalten: Laufen und Meditation. Welche verblüffende Heilwirkung diese beiden Königsdisziplinen haben und wie sie sich gegenseitig verstärken, das zeigt zum ersten Mal Ulrich Strunz auf. Die neue Dimension des Laufens – das neue Erfolgsprogramm ...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2015-05-25 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 15,99 €
WINNER OF THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 'Lyrical and passionate ... a celebration of the human spirit and what it can achieve' Observer Two hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. An exceptional feat of speed, mental strength and endurance. The sub-two-hour marathon is running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. But now we have reached the mountaintop. In this spellbinding book Ed Caesar takes us into the world of the elite of the elite: ...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2015-07-16 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 9,49 €
Benita Cantienis Erfolgsmethode für Läuferinnen und Läufer Benita Cantieni bringt Sie zum Laufen: mit Lust und Laune, beschwerdefrei und ohne Anstrengung. Dieses Buch bietet die Erfolgsmethode TIGERFEELING® für den ganzen Bewegungsapparat. Ein Buch für alle Menschen, denen es beim Laufen nicht um Leistung, Muskelkraft und Ausdauer alleine geht, sondern vor allem um Geschmeidigkeit und Freude an der Bewegung.
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2014-07-28 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 15,99 €
Shortlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright prize for nature writing Richard Askwith wanted more. Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements, buying fancy kit and racking up extreme challenges, he looked for ways to liberate himself. His solution: running through muddy fields and up rocky fells, running with his dog at dawn, running because he's being (voluntarily) chased by a pack of bloodhounds, running to get hopelessly, enjoyably lost, running fast for the sheer thrill of ...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2014-03-06 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 9,49 €
'Elite athletes aren't born. They're made.' Michael Johnson From a living icon of the Olympic Games – as both an athlete and now as a BBC broadcaster – Gold Rush is a compelling analysis of the fascinating combination of psychological and personal qualities, as well as internal and external factors, that go to create an Olympic champion. This exciting new book is based on Michael Johnson's own experiences as an iconic four-time Olympic champion, and on the knowledge he has gleaned as a top-c...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2011-09-15 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 6,99 €
Originell, faszinierend, abenteuerlich: ein Journalist auf der Suche nach dem letzten Geheimnis des Sports Seine Passion: das Laufen, sein Beruf: das Schreiben. Christopher McDougall suchte eine Antwort auf eine vermeintlich einfache Frage: Warum tut mir mein Fuß weh? Wie er sind Millionen von Hobbyläufern mindestens einmal im Jahr ernsthaft verletzt. Nach unzähligen Zyklen des Dauerschmerzes, der Kortisonspritzen und immer neuer Hightech-Sportschuhen stand McDougall kurz davor, zu kapitulier...
Fecha de lanzamiento: 2010-04-26 Género:Deportes y vida al aire libre 11,99 €