Author: Richard Allen
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257055143
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Squaw Peak 50-mile trail run is a unique ultramarathon that climbs 12,000 vertical feet through the rugged Wasatch Mountains. This is the backdrop for Mud Running, an all-day race filled with both harsh ordeals and poignant memories. In the tradition of Nicholas Sparks' Three Weeks With My Brother, a unique travel adventure is the catalyst in recalling powerful childhood stories. Raised in a home with six diverse siblings, Allen relates tales of each character as he is reminded of them along the muddy trail. It is the story of individuals influenced by one another, sharing a common upbringing but markedly diverse in the outcome. As diverse as thick snowy mud is from slick warm puddles. Mud Running is also a story of running, from a novice terrified by a 5-k, to a determined runner accomplishing 50 miles. This special novel will be enjoyed by runners and readers alike.
Mud Running
Author: Richard Allen
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257055143
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Squaw Peak 50-mile trail run is a unique ultramarathon that climbs 12,000 vertical feet through the rugged Wasatch Mountains. This is the backdrop for Mud Running, an all-day race filled with both harsh ordeals and poignant memories. In the tradition of Nicholas Sparks' Three Weeks With My Brother, a unique travel adventure is the catalyst in recalling powerful childhood stories. Raised in a home with six diverse siblings, Allen relates tales of each character as he is reminded of them along the muddy trail. It is the story of individuals influenced by one another, sharing a common upbringing but markedly diverse in the outcome. As diverse as thick snowy mud is from slick warm puddles. Mud Running is also a story of running, from a novice terrified by a 5-k, to a determined runner accomplishing 50 miles. This special novel will be enjoyed by runners and readers alike.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257055143
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Squaw Peak 50-mile trail run is a unique ultramarathon that climbs 12,000 vertical feet through the rugged Wasatch Mountains. This is the backdrop for Mud Running, an all-day race filled with both harsh ordeals and poignant memories. In the tradition of Nicholas Sparks' Three Weeks With My Brother, a unique travel adventure is the catalyst in recalling powerful childhood stories. Raised in a home with six diverse siblings, Allen relates tales of each character as he is reminded of them along the muddy trail. It is the story of individuals influenced by one another, sharing a common upbringing but markedly diverse in the outcome. As diverse as thick snowy mud is from slick warm puddles. Mud Running is also a story of running, from a novice terrified by a 5-k, to a determined runner accomplishing 50 miles. This special novel will be enjoyed by runners and readers alike.
Conquering The Gauntlet
Author: Evan Perperis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Whether you are a first time Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) athlete or an experienced competitor attempting to keep his elite finisher's belt, you will find value in the only book focused on completing Conquer The Gauntlet (CTG). CTG is a four mile OCR with technical obstacles like you would find on the hit TV show American Ninja Warrior. It is known for having the hardest obstacles out of any obstacle racing series in the USA. However, just because the obstacles are challenging, don't let that scare you off. CTG is the Midwest's favorite OCR series bringing you a family friendly atmosphere along with 25 great obstacles per event. Even new athletes and first time competitors will enjoy seeing how far they can make it on the harder obstaclse like Stairway to Heaven, Tarzan Swing and Pegatron. Included in the 100 page book are: common concerns/questions with answers; three weekly training templates (beginner, intermediate and advanced); obstacle specific tips broken into strength and technique improvement; ten workouts; recommendations for training accessories; and final tips/tricks to prepare you for race day. Show up prepared by picking up a copy of Conquering The Gauntlet today, then head over to www.ConquerTheGauntlet.com to sign up for your race!
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Whether you are a first time Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) athlete or an experienced competitor attempting to keep his elite finisher's belt, you will find value in the only book focused on completing Conquer The Gauntlet (CTG). CTG is a four mile OCR with technical obstacles like you would find on the hit TV show American Ninja Warrior. It is known for having the hardest obstacles out of any obstacle racing series in the USA. However, just because the obstacles are challenging, don't let that scare you off. CTG is the Midwest's favorite OCR series bringing you a family friendly atmosphere along with 25 great obstacles per event. Even new athletes and first time competitors will enjoy seeing how far they can make it on the harder obstaclse like Stairway to Heaven, Tarzan Swing and Pegatron. Included in the 100 page book are: common concerns/questions with answers; three weekly training templates (beginner, intermediate and advanced); obstacle specific tips broken into strength and technique improvement; ten workouts; recommendations for training accessories; and final tips/tricks to prepare you for race day. Show up prepared by picking up a copy of Conquering The Gauntlet today, then head over to www.ConquerTheGauntlet.com to sign up for your race!
Running with the Buffaloes
Author: Chris Lear
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762774576
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Top five Best Books About Running, Runner's World Magazine Top three Best Books About Running, readers of Runner's World Magazine (December 2009) A phenomenal portrait of courage and desire that will do for college cross-country what John Feinstein's A Season on the Brink did for college basketball.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762774576
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Top five Best Books About Running, Runner's World Magazine Top three Best Books About Running, readers of Runner's World Magazine (December 2009) A phenomenal portrait of courage and desire that will do for college cross-country what John Feinstein's A Season on the Brink did for college basketball.
What Doesn't Kill Us
Author: Scott Carney
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1623366917
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
What Doesn't Kill Us, a New York Times bestseller, traces our evolutionary journey back to a time when survival depended on how well we adapted to the environment around us. Our ancestors crossed deserts, mountains, and oceans without even a whisper of what anyone today might consider modern technology. Those feats of endurance now seem impossible in an age where we take comfort for granted. But what if we could regain some of our lost evolutionary strength by simulating the environmental conditions of our ancestors? Investigative journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney takes up the challenge to find out: Can we hack our bodies and use the environment to stimulate our inner biology? Helping him in his search for the answers is Dutch fitness guru Wim Hof, whose ability to control his body temperature in extreme cold has sparked a whirlwind of scientific study. Carney also enlists input from an Army scientist, a world-famous surfer, the founders of an obstacle course race movement, and ordinary people who have documented how they have cured autoimmune diseases, lost weight, and reversed diabetes. In the process, he chronicles his own transformational journey as he pushes his body and mind to the edge of endurance, a quest that culminates in a record-bending, 28-hour climb to the snowy peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro wearing nothing but a pair of running shorts and sneakers. An ambitious blend of investigative reporting and participatory journalism, What Doesn’t Kill Us explores the true connection between the mind and the body and reveals the science that allows us to push past our perceived limitations.
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1623366917
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
What Doesn't Kill Us, a New York Times bestseller, traces our evolutionary journey back to a time when survival depended on how well we adapted to the environment around us. Our ancestors crossed deserts, mountains, and oceans without even a whisper of what anyone today might consider modern technology. Those feats of endurance now seem impossible in an age where we take comfort for granted. But what if we could regain some of our lost evolutionary strength by simulating the environmental conditions of our ancestors? Investigative journalist and anthropologist Scott Carney takes up the challenge to find out: Can we hack our bodies and use the environment to stimulate our inner biology? Helping him in his search for the answers is Dutch fitness guru Wim Hof, whose ability to control his body temperature in extreme cold has sparked a whirlwind of scientific study. Carney also enlists input from an Army scientist, a world-famous surfer, the founders of an obstacle course race movement, and ordinary people who have documented how they have cured autoimmune diseases, lost weight, and reversed diabetes. In the process, he chronicles his own transformational journey as he pushes his body and mind to the edge of endurance, a quest that culminates in a record-bending, 28-hour climb to the snowy peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro wearing nothing but a pair of running shorts and sneakers. An ambitious blend of investigative reporting and participatory journalism, What Doesn’t Kill Us explores the true connection between the mind and the body and reveals the science that allows us to push past our perceived limitations.
Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another
Author: Ellen Stimson
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581576927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Living the dream of the endless vacation “Anyone who has ever dreamed of leaving the city and taking their lives back to nature (and who hasn't?) will find much to contemplate in this warm and hilarious tale of rural misadventure and small town quirk, even if they have never chased a goat in a bathing suit or called 911 because there were cows in the road. Stimson's voice is endearing: both in its self-deprecation and its rapture, as she sings an only slightly conflicted love song to Vermont.” —Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted “Taking a plunge that wimpier sorts (i.e. most of us) only fantasize about, Ellen Stimson and her family packed up their house in St. Louis and threw themselves into a wildly different life in small-town Vermont. Armed with the passion-and haplessness-of wide-eyed newcomers they rescue goats and adopt chickens, do battle with skunks and bats and falling ice, and, most disastrously, buy a black hole of a general store. Through it all they manage to retain their love for their adopted home as well as one another. This is a tale to which all the cliché words absolutely apply: hilarious, heartwarming, rollicking, and, most of all, rich in the real stuff of life.” —Julia Reed, author of But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria!
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581576927
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Living the dream of the endless vacation “Anyone who has ever dreamed of leaving the city and taking their lives back to nature (and who hasn't?) will find much to contemplate in this warm and hilarious tale of rural misadventure and small town quirk, even if they have never chased a goat in a bathing suit or called 911 because there were cows in the road. Stimson's voice is endearing: both in its self-deprecation and its rapture, as she sings an only slightly conflicted love song to Vermont.” —Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted “Taking a plunge that wimpier sorts (i.e. most of us) only fantasize about, Ellen Stimson and her family packed up their house in St. Louis and threw themselves into a wildly different life in small-town Vermont. Armed with the passion-and haplessness-of wide-eyed newcomers they rescue goats and adopt chickens, do battle with skunks and bats and falling ice, and, most disastrously, buy a black hole of a general store. Through it all they manage to retain their love for their adopted home as well as one another. This is a tale to which all the cliché words absolutely apply: hilarious, heartwarming, rollicking, and, most of all, rich in the real stuff of life.” —Julia Reed, author of But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria!
Essential Natural Plasters
Author: Michael Henry
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 1771422580
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A veritable cookbook of natural plaster recipes and techniques for beautiful, durable finishes Natural plasters made of clay, lime, and other materials mixed with sand are beautiful building finishes. Fun to work with, low-impact, and allowing infinite creativity, they are high performance and provide proven, centuries-long durability. Yet until now there's been no resource that has pulled together the best North American plaster recipes and how-to into one place. Essential Natural Plasters covers it all: Sourcing and selecting materials, including site-soils Clay, lime, and gypsum plasters as well as fibers and amendments Interior and exterior use and specialty plasters such as tadelakt for bathrooms Preparing substrates, from straw bales and cob to lath and Sheetrock How to set up a safe, efficient worksite Mixing, testing, tinting, repairing, and applying plasters Coveted recipes from leading plasterers in Ontario, Vermont, New Mexico, France, and New Zealand. Richly illustrated and deeply researched, Essential Natural Plasters is the must-have resource for owner-builders and professionals alike.
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 1771422580
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A veritable cookbook of natural plaster recipes and techniques for beautiful, durable finishes Natural plasters made of clay, lime, and other materials mixed with sand are beautiful building finishes. Fun to work with, low-impact, and allowing infinite creativity, they are high performance and provide proven, centuries-long durability. Yet until now there's been no resource that has pulled together the best North American plaster recipes and how-to into one place. Essential Natural Plasters covers it all: Sourcing and selecting materials, including site-soils Clay, lime, and gypsum plasters as well as fibers and amendments Interior and exterior use and specialty plasters such as tadelakt for bathrooms Preparing substrates, from straw bales and cob to lath and Sheetrock How to set up a safe, efficient worksite Mixing, testing, tinting, repairing, and applying plasters Coveted recipes from leading plasterers in Ontario, Vermont, New Mexico, France, and New Zealand. Richly illustrated and deeply researched, Essential Natural Plasters is the must-have resource for owner-builders and professionals alike.
The Essentials of Obstacle Race Training
Author: Magida, David
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1492513776
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A comprehensive training manual that prepares athletes for the demands of obstacle course racing. From grip strength to balance, exercises and workouts address the unique challenges of this popular sport.
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1492513776
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A comprehensive training manual that prepares athletes for the demands of obstacle course racing. From grip strength to balance, exercises and workouts address the unique challenges of this popular sport.
Spartan Up!
Author: Joe De Sena
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544286170
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
An introduction to Spartan Races (races meant to challenge, to push, to intimidate, to test) from one of the "founding few" and creators, Joe De Sena.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544286170
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
An introduction to Spartan Races (races meant to challenge, to push, to intimidate, to test) from one of the "founding few" and creators, Joe De Sena.
Ultimate Obstacle Race Training
Author: Brett Stewart
Publisher: Ulysses Press
ISBN: 1612431046
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Provides information on and workout regimens for the most extreme obstacle races, including Warrior Dash, the Del Mar Mud Run, and Savage Race.
Publisher: Ulysses Press
ISBN: 1612431046
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Provides information on and workout regimens for the most extreme obstacle races, including Warrior Dash, the Del Mar Mud Run, and Savage Race.
West Virginia Geographic Names
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description