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🗓️ 27 November 2016
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There's no better investment in your running than a book. For the price of a movie and popcorn, you can learn the training strategies of elite coaches, Olympians, and the lessons that have taken others decades to learn.
Wouldn't you like to shortcut that learning curve?
Coach Jason Fitzgerald shares his six favorite running books (and the other - admittedly weird - books he's currently reading) that will propel your training to new heights and deepen your understanding of the sport.
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0:00.0 | Ready, set, go. |
0:04.8 | This is episode number seven of the Strength Running Podcast with my recommended running books |
0:09.6 | for the true running geeks out there just like me. Hey, thanks for tuning in guys. Today I have a different type of podcast for you that I think you're going to like. |
0:35.7 | I'm going to share my recommended running books and these are books that focus on a lot of different aspects of running like |
0:45.8 | injury prevention form and footwear college cross country overall training and workout structure and some books that will keep |
0:50.2 | you motivated for months to come and something you're likely to notice if |
0:54.8 | you've listened to previous podcasts is that I'm always interested in people's habits |
1:00.4 | and notably what they're reading. That's because books offer I think a unique |
1:04.8 | window into the topics, ideas and subjects that are important to other people and |
1:10.7 | Steve Kam and I talked a lot about this in episode 5 of the |
1:14.6 | podcast. And I've always wondered, to successful runners read similar |
1:19.2 | running books? Do entrepreneurs focus on other subjects? |
1:22.8 | How often do people read? |
1:24.8 | And I'll also tease our next episode here too. |
1:27.3 | Soon you'll hear from pro- Ultra-endurance athlete, Travis Macy, |
1:31.0 | and the many books he's read recently from pop psychology to mental |
1:35.0 | toughness to entrepreneurialism it's really fascinating to see the breath and |
1:39.3 | depth of what Travis is reading and for personally, I'm always reading probably at least two books. |
1:46.0 | I can't seem to finish one before starting the next one. |
1:48.0 | And right now I'm reading two books. |
1:51.0 | The first one is the wisest one in the room, how you can benefit from social psychology's most powerful insights by Thomas Gillovitch and Lee Ross. |
2:01.0 | And the second book is inevitable understanding the 12 technological forces that will |
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