Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz

Nov 15 2024 117 ep. 78 mins 40

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All types of running related books are reviewed by two non-elite track, road and trail runners. Observation and description of running books intended to inform, help and inspire anyone involved or related to running at any level. Whenever possible we chat with the author about the book, but if not then we try to do it justice.

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Running Through the Dark, by Jen Scotney

Nov 15 2024 86 mins

Send us a textUltrarunner Jen Scotney has achieved podium finishes in some of the UK’s toughest races and now has her sights firmly set on the Pennine Way. In Running Through the Dark, Jen talks about her ambitions, not just to run the 268-mile Pennine Way but to take the record as the fastest woman to do so. But that didn’t happen. Nothing went according to plan. The Jen the w

Running From Tragedy by Michael Salsbury

Oct 31 2024 106 mins

Send us a textRunning From Tragedy is Michael Salsbury’s family story and how running, in the end, helped lessen the burden of three life changing events. Michael met the love of his life when he decided to take a break from his career in the financial industry to work at Club Med for a few months. Little did they know that they were both carriers of an ultra-rare genetic mutatio

Good for a Girl, by Lauren Fleshman

Oct 14 2024 70 mins

Send us a textGood For A Girl by Lauren Fleshman is the story of Lauren's life and experience in professional running. Running seemed straight forward when she was growing up, you work hard and you get the reward, but women don't have the same performance trajectory as men when going through puberty. Women often plateau as they get used to their "new body" after puberty, but this c

Running Challenges, by Keri Wallace

Sep 30 2024 81 mins

Send us a textRunning Challenges, by Keri Wallace, is like a tour guide for Trail running in the UK. It features 100 of the best trail, fell and mountain runs in England, Scotland and Wales, and those three countries make up the three sections of the book. There is something for everyone with the shortest challenges being 5k parkruns and the longest ones going over 100k. Keri Walla

Trails and Tribulations, by Susie Chan

Sep 14 2024 90 mins

Send us a textTrails and Tribulations is Susie Chan's memoire. She tells us a little about her life before running, including some pretty big life events, how she started running, and some of her very very long runs. A few of the races that Susie did and talks about include: Marathon de Sables (which she ran more than once!): A self-supported, multi-day, stage race through the dess

How to Run the Perfect Race, by Matt Fitzgerald

Aug 31 2024 88 mins

Send us a textHow To Run The Perfect Race is a book all about pacing. The book is divided into two sections:Section 1: All about how to master pacingSection 2: RPE based training plans for your next 5k, 10k, half-marathon and marathon.Pacing isn’t about having an even pace on your Garmin. It’s about having an even effort which takes into account things like terrain and weather

LOST: The Work That Goes Unseen, published by Ciele

Aug 14 2024 75 mins

Send us a textIn this episode of Running Book Reviews, we had the pleasure of chatting with Tim Rossi, founder of The Lost Boys running club in New York, about a book he helped bring to life in collaboration with Ciele and Maurten. We talk about the book, the Lost Boys Club, and how long it took to finish the book. Despite there not being a lot of writing in the book, the time it t

Running Rewired 2nd Edition, by Jay Dicharry

Jul 31 2024 89 mins

Send us a textIf you're thinking that you've heard us talk about Running Rewired, it's because we read the original version which came out in 2017 and it was featured in one of the first episodes we did in 2020. Well the second edition is out now and we had the pleasure of speaking with authir Jay Dicharry in this episode!Running Rewired is about strength training specifically for

BONUS TRACK: Alan and Liz's Summer Training Plans

Jul 14 2024 72 mins

Send us a textSo we know it's a bonus episode and not our usual book dedicated episode, but we need more time to line up our guests and didn't want to leave our listeners without anything to listen to. We hope that we can earn your forgiveness with some of the episodes that are coming in the future.In this bonus episode we talk about our plan for marathon training which we'll be st

Smart Running, by Jen and Sim Benson

Jun 30 2024 107 mins

Send us a textJoin us for this wonderful conversation with Jen and Sim about all things running! Their fantastic book, Smart Running, is packed with useful information about a diverse range of topics and we only covered a few of them in our chat. The 19 chapters of this book are divided into 6 parts:Our bodies and SystemsBecoming a resilient runningMental skills for runnersRaces, c