Book recommendation for runners/readers

nomadica

I just finished a really good book called "Born to Run" by Christopher McDougall- it's about a tribe of people in Mexico who are perhaps the most amazing endurance athletes in the world, as well as about the ultrarunning community. I'm only a casual runner but thought the book was fascinating, if anyone is looking for something to read!

Starryfish

Yeah, this book has been discussed multiple times in length on this board.

My opinion of the book was "eh"

Sassystace

Yeah, I liked Born to Run too.  I just finished reading another similar book called Running on Empty by Marshall Ulrich.  It's about Ulrich's transcontinental run and was pretty interesting.

nomadica

Starryfish:

Yeah, this book has been discussed multiple times in length on this board.

My opinion of the book was "eh"

Oops, hadn't seen it discussed.

MrsMattix

I really enjoyed Born to Run too. 

Starryfish

nomadica:

Starryfish:

Yeah, this book has been discussed multiple times in length on this board.

My opinion of the book was "eh"

Oops, hadn't seen it discussed.

Its ok. It hasnt been discussed in a while, but when it is, some people get all fired up about it! 

JenMJM

I'm hoping to make a slow transition to minimalist shoes after retraining my stride, so I currently am reading "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Barefoot Running" and "Chi Running."  If you are looking for fun narrative reads, can't help you there.

JDSRunner

I really liked it as well, even though I didn't expect that I would. I was worried that it would be too focused on convincing people to run barefoot (because that was the main thing I had always heard about it), but I found the ultrarunning aspects really interesting.