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On the morning of December 22, 2005, when he was hit by and pulled under a 20-ton bus making an improper right, Matt Long was biking to work in the early hours. He was brought close to death by the injuries he suffered. Miraculously, Matt was able to recover after more than 40 operations and months later. Matt found the emotional and psychological consequences of the incident to be the hardest to handle, in spite of the severity of his wounds. He had runned in over 20 events including many triathlons and marathons in the 18 months leading up to the crash and qualified for the most prestigious race ever, the Boston Marathon. The book chronicles Matt’s path to healing as he trains himself to walk again and race a gimpy seven-and-a-half-hour in the 2008 New York City Marathon, merely three years later.

Today, in his book Training Essentials for Ultrarunning, the pioneering trainer of the sport makes his highly successful ultramarathon preparation techniques open to ultrarunners of all abilities. Nevertheless, ultramarathons aren’t all just merely extended marathons; only running more obviously won’t prepare you enough for this ultra race. Ultramarathon needs a new, unique learning method. Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is going to revolutionize preparation for those who want to run an ultramarathon instead of only bringing it to the finish line. The race-proven ultramarathon system of Koops is focused on sound science, the newest study, and years of experience in podium success training the star runners of the event. Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is the latest, must-have guide for first-timers and veterans of ultramarathons, filled with useful tips and vetted learning techniques. When ultramarathoners lose old habits and adopt the wiser approaches that are best proven by research and practice, the best performances comes at reach. With tales and tips from Dakota Jones, Kaci Lickteig, Dylan Bowman, Timothy Olson, and others working with Koop, Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is the go-to manual for first-time ultra runners and skilled ultramarathoners.

You tap into a strong mind-body link by adding mental training to your running routine that not only optimizes athletic success, but also enhances satisfaction on and off the tracks. Mindful Running draws together science research, professional insight, and elite athlete insights to show how connecting to your mind, body, and community in a different way can help you run longer and better, as well as improve your overall cognitive, emotional, and physical wellbeing. It’s also teaching you to handle more comfortably all kind of challenges. Mindful Running is a full workout routine for the body and brain.

If you have dreamed of running 50 miles in a single day, this book is made for you. Go along with the writer as he takes you for a journey about what makes running trails a love affair and how running can become a way of life.

In Running Rewired, America’s leading physical trainer and coach in distance sports offers a plan to make athletes smarter, quicker, and more resilient. Jay Dicharry distills state-of-the-art biomechanical science into 15 routines that any athlete can fit into their fitness schedule and see real results in just 6 weeks. You will reset your motion and improve your running in one season. Dicharry has discovered that endurance training alone is insufficient for runners from his experience with athletes at REP Lab and leading physical quality centers at universities. Runners have to learn good coordination as they gain confidence and improve the four basic movement skills required for quicker, smoother running. Running Rewired by Dicharry blends the best of real-world coaching and a endurance and agility approach to physical training to run better. You should find your best running personal style and become a quicker, longer-lasting athlete.

Today is race day and you’ve got your fast-closure running shoes, trendy clothes, bicycles, sunglasses, and watches, but if you’ve been practicing with the wrong food, you’re gonna be left in the third mile dirt. Professor Tom Holland meets sports dietitian Amy Goodson in this book to discuss important details of race-day, food options to suit the fitness plan, as well as recovery. Understand what to consume; how to drink; how much calories to eat every day; whether or not to bring meals during training; the distinction between consuming calories from solid foods, semi-solids and liquids; and whether or not to take electrolytes and salt tablets. Any casual or core triathletes will find guidance in this easy-to-implement diet guide with professional advices.

Encouraging, encouraging, and pragmatic, The Grace in Aging invites to awaken all those who have ever experienced spiritual craving. Because aging does not in and of itself contribute to spiritual maturity, The Grace in Aging proposes and discusses the causes and conditions that we must build in our lives to allow enlightenment to occur. Kathleen Dowling Singh delivers manyfold lessons through wise and skillful ways. Clear words and sharp questions place Singh’s teachings in the direct focus of our own lives; each chapter’s contemplative nature permits an exceptional depth of inquiry. Touching the reader directly, Singh offers us the ability to do the work of liberating our own mind. Universal in spirit, voice, and expression, Singh provides guidance from a number of religious history teachers: Chogyam Trungpa, the Apostles, Annie Dillard, and more. The Grace in Aging provides instructions to elderly adults who wish to reach awakening before they die.

Trail running sport is booming as more enthusiasts are opting for more challenging routes and a closer connection to nature. Not only will runners take to the road, but a rising number push themselves to go over the traditional marathon level of 26.2-mile. The timing is perfect for a book that covers anything from 5Ks and ultra lengths that a athlete wants to ride and race trails comfortably and effectively. The Trail Runner’s Companion, like a trustworthy mentor, provides an encouraging, pragmatic, and goal-oriented guide to trail running and racing. The Trail Runners Companion is the definitive guide to reaching optimum performance on the trails with an entertaining, inspiring tone with tips and anecdotes from well-known stars in the sport.

Can we define psychological traits related to Conservative or Liberal political beliefs? r/K theory explores the propensity for all societies to follow one of two psychologies as a way of adapting their actions to the actual availability of ressources The two approaches, called r and K, correspond well with each other’s liberalism and conservatism psychologies. The r-strategy, imbues those conditioned to be averse to rivalry, encourages promiscuity, embraces single parenting, and promotes early initiation of adolescent sexual behavior. It, of course, reflects the Liberal ideology of aversion to human Darwinian contests such as democracy and gun self-defense, as well as collective competitions such as fighting. Similarly, Liberalism is tolerant of promiscuity, supportive of single parents, and more likely to accept children’s early sex education. Designed to leverage an abundance of resources, one will also see this r-type tactic represented within prey animals, where predation has reduced the population, thereby raising the resources available to their individuals. The other strategy, called the K-strategy, imbues those who follow it with extreme competition, as well as abstinence tendencies until monogamy, parenting two parents, and delaying sexual activity until later in life. This, of course, represents Conservatisms’ tolerance of all kinds of capitalist political systems, from free-market economics to war, to people possessing and keeping private arms for self-defense. Conservatives often appear to support abstinence before monogamy, two parents and focus in social traditions, and kids are protected before later in life from all sexualized triggers. This technique is most often seen in animals that lack predation, and whose populations have expanded to the point that individuals have to compete with each other for the scarce natural resources they are running out of rapidly. Substantiated extensively with the current findings in fields ranging from neurobiology to human behavioral evolution, this study provides an insightful understanding into not just what drives our political fights, but also how such battles emerged in the first place inside our community.