Which running books?

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EarlyRiser Mar 2015 9:42am, 23 Mar 2015 1,123 posts	0 EarlyRiser You might also want to look at Julian Goater (a 70s/80s UK 10k and CC runner) - 'How to run faster' or something. Despite the California looking cover, it's very much a British old-school train-hard book. My life in the mud kind of thing. Chatty and not technical but with tons of excellent advice.
Alice the Camel Mar 2015 10:01am, 23 Mar 2015 1,633 posts	0 Alice the Camel I like the sound of the Goater book ER - I like books to be motivating but not too technical!
EarlyRiser Mar 2015 10:08am, 23 Mar 2015 1,124 posts	0 EarlyRiser It is a good read. I'm underwhelmed by the marketing copy for it and the cover is just plain naff. Presumably mostly written by his jourrnalist co-author based on interviews, but doesn't suffer for that. That's if you don't mind a potted stroll through memory lane with the likes of Brendan Foster, Dave Bedford, Charlie Spedding, Ovett, Coe and Cram and the rest of the crew.
Zorba Mar 2015 10:55am, 23 Mar 2015 1,359 posts	0 Zorba EarlyRiser , thanks for the shout on the recent P and L ....I still consult P and D 's "Serious Runners " book , but it's always good to discover a fresh title...
rhb Mar 2015 3:00pm, 23 Mar 2015 693 posts	0 rhb Cheers folks, will look at Goater also.
Lady Fleecy of Mudshire Mar 2015 7:53pm, 26 Mar 2015 20,336 posts	0 Lady Fleecy of Mudshire Gosh, I'd forgotten this thread If anyone is interested, we have Boff Whalley talking at one of our free running seminars runningdialogues.org His book is excellent, I really enjoyed it. Thoroughly recommended to anyone who wants a bit of tub-thumping talk about running
Lady Fleecy of Mudshire Mar 2015 7:55pm, 26 Mar 2015 20,337 posts	0 Lady Fleecy of Mudshire And I liked the Goater book, but bloody hell he doesn't half say 'tall and rangy' a lot! Good as a how-to, but don't buy the kindle version as the programmes aren't in there due to a snafu (they might have fixed it by now though)
steve45 Mar 2015 11:04am, 28 Mar 2015 10 posts	0 steve45 Charlie Speddings book "From Last to First" is a good read. For a fictional read you can't beat "Flannagan's Run" by Tom McNab....an exciting tale based on a true event of when there was a race right across America!
steve45 Mar 2015 11:08am, 28 Mar 2015 11 posts	0 steve45 of course , if you want a serious academic work then "The Lore of Running" by Tim Noakes is a must for serious runners and coaches even if a little old. Trouble is it costs a lot(!) but at around 1,000 pages it is almost an encyclopedia!
EarlyRiser Mar 2015 11:13am, 28 Mar 2015 1,138 posts	0 EarlyRiser I'll look out for that Charlie Speddings book. Thanks Steve. By all accounts he was a good but not great runner who found a way to really excel and succeed. Should be interesting.