If you are a reader and already an Amazon Prime member, you probably started delving into the new Amazon Prime Reader catalogue as soon as it was recently announced. For those of you who aren’t members, or aren’t familiar with Amazon Prime – it’s really quite simple. Those with Amazon Prime get access to free reading from over 1000 books and magazines. Here are some worthwhile “quick reads” to check out!
I will admit that I’m less than halfway through “The Boy Who Runs,” but I wanted to share this with Run Oregon readers because even though I know what happens, this book has captivated me! A few years ago, I interviewed the subject of this book, Julius Achon (read that interview here). I know that he was kidnapped at a young age and forced to serve as a boy soldier in Uganda. I know how he escaped…
Product: Believe Logbook Authors: Lauren Fleshman and Roisin Mcgettigan-Dumas Cost: $17.95 (Amazon) I love that every day is an opportunity to start over, reassess, set new goals and aim for continual improvement. We’re all a work in progress and I’m even more so than the average Joe, so I jumped at the opportunity to get a little help in the self-development area. I’ve admired Lauren Fleshman for years, encouraging women to be strong and confident from…
Jen A. Miller is an award-winning freelance journalist who is now the New York Times’ “Well” section running writer. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Guardian, Runner’s World, Running Times, Allure and SELF. She’s also author of the running memoir, “Running: A Love Story“ (Amazon), which came out this year. On October 6th, she’s doing a group run then book reading and signing with Mark Remy at the Portland Running Company. The group run starts at…
I’ve been a huge fan of Shalane Flanagan for years. I admire her drive, her honestly and how passionately she loves the sport. I spotted her a few years ago at a BAC run where she was helping coach and couldn’t resist going a little fan girl, after all it was SHALANE FLANAGAN. I know I told her how much I admired her, appreciated her helping with the kids and apologized for my hair smelling…
There’s a new book about a discussion-driving topic in sport: doping. “Spitting in the Soup: Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports,” by Mark Johnson, was just released by VeloPress and explores the history and current day controversies of performance-enhancing drugs. The book doesn’t exclusively explore the sport of running (how could it, really), but running has had more than its fair share of … situations. Not all of them were down-low, hide-it-from-WADA scandals…
It’s been a while since RunOregon has posted some recipes from our Test Kitchen. So, fellow RunOregon blogger Kelly and I decided to try out the latest from The Feed Zone family of cookbooks with their third installment, titled The Feed Zone Table Cookbook: Family Style Meals to Nourish Life and Sport by Chef Biju Thomas and Dr. Allen Lim.This gorgeously bound collection of recipes have simple to follow directions to create some pretty amazingly healthy meals with simple,…
Book: Hit Reset: Revolutionary Yoga for Athletes Author: Erin Taylor Release Date: May 1, 2016 Purchase: Amazon ($14.74 as of this posting) “You’re reading a book on yoga?” my wife asked, surprised. I am not particularly flexible, and while I’ve made some earlier attempts at trying yoga as a supplement to running, I’ve never managed to stick with, other than occasional downward-facing dog poses. To some extent, I may have been intimidated by the dizzying…
If you thrive on positivity or need a reminder how fulfilling running can be, you should most definitely get the book Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe by the amazing Becky Wade. A professional runner who feels a strong connection to “the rest of us” – all over the world – this book puts words to that feeling you get when passing another runner. No matter who you are or…
The dream of the sub-2:00 marathon has gotten a lot of attention in the media in the last few years as the marathon world record and “world best” have crept closer to that symbolic milestone than anybody could have anticipated just a decade ago. Several recent non-fiction books have explored the subject, and now an engaging and highly entertaining novel has joined them. “Million Dollar Marathon” by Philip Maffetone with Richard A. Lovett combines running,…
