Which running books?

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Zorba Apr 2015 10:46am, 2 Apr 2015 1,363 posts	0 Zorba Bronze medal in Olympic marathon , EarlyRiser...Surely that makes Spedding a great runner if only in British terms ?
EarlyRiser Apr 2015 11:27am, 2 Apr 2015 1,155 posts	0 EarlyRiser Exactly. He was a great runner. But I read in Goater's book (a contemporary) how Charlie Spedding changed his training methods and as a result his performances improved from good to great! I'd like to know if that was really true. His book title "From Last to First" suggests so!
MPH Apr 2015 11:30am, 2 Apr 2015 797 posts	0 MPH It's a great book, perfect reading going into a marathon.
Fitz Apr 2015 1:59pm, 2 Apr 2015 1,155 posts	0 Fitz Adharanand Finn, who wrote Running with the Kenyans, has a new book out - Way of the Runner - in which he attempts to get under the bonnet of how Japan has produced so many good distance runners in recent years. I liked the Kenyans book so may well give this one a go. There was an interesting interview with him on Marathon Talk recently.
wrxmania May 2015 11:37pm, 3 May 2015 75 posts	0 wrxmania Way of the runner is also a very good book. Cheapest on Kindle.
CStar May 2015 3:36pm, 4 May 2015 4,548 posts	0 CStar +1 for Julian Goater's book. Has really improved my running.
Zorba May 2015 10:52am, 7 May 2015 1,376 posts	0 Zorba #2 for Goater
Zorba May 2016 1:35pm, 17 May 2016 1,465 posts	0 Zorba The Runner's Brain , by Jeff Brown
kpeel87 May 2016 1:37pm, 17 May 2016 33 posts	0 kpeel87 Running Blind. Autobiography by Bob Matthews the blind paralympian runner. Very interesting insight not just into blind running but alos to how a blind person deals with all aspects of life. Thoroughly enjoyable.
FreshStart May 2016 2:06pm, 17 May 2016 2,526 posts	0 FreshStart I've just finished reading 'The Man Inside the Machine' the biography of Steve Edwards. I'd recommend it to any runner flyingrunner.co.uk