by Peter Joffre Nye If you are not familiar with Six-Day Racing, it is a bike race in which riders try to go around a velodrome track as many times as possible within 144 hours (24 hours a day for 6 days). They usually worked in teams of two and took turns. One rode while […]
by Bart Yasso Bart Yasso is the Chief Running Officer of Runner’s World magazine and has competed in over 1000 running, cycling and triathlon races. He has also crossed the country solo on a bike, twice. In addition to that, he is also active as a race organizer. Even more impressive is that he has […]
by Reed Albergotti & Vanessa O’Connell The name ‘Wheelmen’ refers to the name of a well known cycling group that was founded in the late 1800’s but the term has since become synonymous with the word ‘cyclists’. This book, titled Wheelmen, was written by two Wall Street Journal reporters who not only covered the story of […]
by Howard F. Lyman This is essentially a follow-up to Howard Lyman’s first book titled “Mad Cowboy”. The book is split into two halves with the second half being all vegan recipes. The topics in “No More Bull!” were primarily covered in the first book but it is obvious that Lyman had more to say […]
by Meb Keflezighi Written in 2010, this book summed up Meb Keflezighi’s entire running career up to him winning the New York City Marathon. In fact, it almost gave me the impression that this book was meant to be his entire career from start to finish and the NYCM actually was considered to be the ‘end’ when he wrote the […]
by Brendan Brazier While Brendan Brazier was still a teenager, he discovered that he loved running and later developed a love for biking. After competing in some decathlon and triathlon races, he decided that he wanted to become a professional triathlete. Brazier started researching what it would take for him to advance from the amateur level to become an elite triathlete. Eventually, he […]
by John Brant This book is about the famous battle between Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley in the 1982 Boston Marathon. Not only does it describe every detail of the race but it also provides a comprehensive background of Salazar and Beardsley and talks about how this race ended up having a major impact on both of their futures. The […]
by David Robinson Simon This book shed a lot of light on how the meat and dairy industries have gained an enormous amount of power over the past four decades. It also exposes the reality of what they are actually capable of and how they actually gain our support under the guise of health. It […]
by Dean Karnazes One thing that I have noticed in the world of running is how it is split according to the distance that you ‘specialize’. There are the track stars believe that marathoners are people who opt for longer, slower distances because the can’t run fast enough to compete on a track. Then there are […]
by Howard F. Lyman I had blinders on during the first 47 years of my life until I decided to go vegan. I always knew in the back of my mind that something wasn’t quite right about eating meat but just decided not to think about it. When the day came for me to explain […]
