Send a Runner
Title | Send a Runner PDF eBook |
Author | Edison Eskeets |
Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0826362338 |
Both exhilarating and punishing, Send A Runner tells the story of a Navajo family using the power of running to honor their ancestors and the power of history to explain why the Long Walk happened.
Once a Runner
Title | Once a Runner PDF eBook |
Author | John L. Parker |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 2009-04-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1416597913 |
The undisputed classic of running novels and one of the most beloved sports books ever published, Once a Runner tells the story of an athlete’s dreams amid the turmoil of the 60s and the Vietnam war. Inspired by the author’s experience as a collegiate champion, the novel follows Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his school’s athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletes’ protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life against the greatest miler in history. A rare insider’s account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners, Once a Runner is an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one individual’s quest to become a champion.
I Hate Running and You Can Too
Title | I Hate Running and You Can Too PDF eBook |
Author | Brendan Leonard |
Publisher | Artisan Books |
Total Pages | 161 |
Release | 2021-03-16 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1579659888 |
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.
Send a Runner
Title | Send a Runner PDF eBook |
Author | Edison Eskeets |
Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
Total Pages | 199 |
Release | 2021-04-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0826362346 |
The Navajo tribe, the Diné, are the largest tribe in the United States and live across the American Southwest. But over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, a forced removal of most of the Diné people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico. The summer of 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the Navajos' return to their homelands. One Navajo family and their community decided to honor that return. Edison Eskeets and his family organized a ceremonial run from Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, to Santa Fé, New Mexico, in order to deliver a message and to honor the survivors of the Long Walk. Both exhilarating and punishing, Send A Runner tells the story of a Navajo family using the power of running to honor their ancestors and the power of history to explain why the Long Walk happened. From these forces, they might also seek the vision of how the Diné—their people—will have a future.
Forward Intercommunication in Battle
Title | Forward Intercommunication in Battle PDF eBook |
Author | Army War College (U.S.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 68 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Communications, Military |
ISBN |
Throwback
Title | Throwback PDF eBook |
Author | Jason Kendall |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 303 |
Release | 2014-05-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1250031834 |
"Structured to mirror the flow of a baseball game, THROWBACK covers everything that happens both in plain sight and behind the scenes (or sometime in whispered invective at the plate or in the bullpen), from the players' pre-game routines and the pitcher's warm-up tosses, to the hidden signs the catcher and pitcher use to communicate to outwit hitters; from infielders' often amusing conversations with men at first and third bases, to the specific positions outfielders often take based on the pitch they anticipate will next be thrown. Based on Kendall's15 years of professional MLB experience, THROWBACK weaves hilarious first-person anecdotes together with wonderfully illuminating "Oh, that's why they do that!" insights into professional baseball, how it's played, and the "why" behind everything you see happening on and off the field"--
Charlie Macintosh, Post-runner, Naturalist, and Musician
Title | Charlie Macintosh, Post-runner, Naturalist, and Musician PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Coates |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 172 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | |
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