books about running

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Feel-Good Fitness by Alysia Montaño

June 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

If you’re already reading Run Oregon, chances are you already have some interest in running or walking, but how would you rate your fitness? Are you out of service after your long run or feel incredibly sore after attempting hill repeats? And [read more...]

Guest Post: Four Key Words for Successful Distance Racing

April 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

The following has been submitted by Run Oregon reader, Brian James Siddons – Runner, Writer, Poet. We’ve all been there on race day. Plans made, gun goes off and instantly our brain becomes a balloon let loose at the fair. Thoughts we had [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Running is my Therapy

June 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

When a book on the shelf matches one of your sayings, well obviously it needs to be bought, read, and written about. And this quick, informative read did not disappoint that decision. In Running is my Therapy, the author Scott Douglas uses a [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Running Home

May 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Although I cannot say that I wasn’t warned going into this book about the emotions involved, I still had to set it aside a few times to give myself some space to process what the author was going through. Katie Arnold’s running memoir Running [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Becoming Boston Strong

May 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

I’m a self-proclaimed nerd and runner, so when a book about running the Boston Marathon comes out, it practically clicks itself into my cart on Amazon. Becoming Boston Strong is about Amy Noelle Roe’s experience as an unemployed journalist [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: North by Scott Jurek, with Jenny Jurek

March 28, 2019 // 1 Comment

In February 2010, after a “come to Jesus” moment with the scale late one night, I joined a gym and a few months later participated in my first 5K: the Starlight Run. Along the way of becoming a runner, I knew I needed information. And I knew [read more...]

Run With & Meet the Author of Running Out, Dave Essinger – March 28

March 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

If you enjoy checking out Run Oregon’s bookshelf, surely you remember our review of the book Running Out, a novel set in the Canadian wilderness where an experienced ultrarunner is literally running to save his family. (If not, check it out [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: 26 Marathons by Meb Keflezighi

March 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

If you run marathons–especially if you’re new to the distance–you should definitely read the book 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career. I’m sure you’ve heard of [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Life is a Marathon by Matt Fitzgerald

March 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

This is a book about a runner, or rather, a runner’s wife. This is also a book about mental health and mental illness, relationships, and love. Life is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance is by Matt Fitzgerald, an author whose name has [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: The Incomplete Book of Running by Peter Sagal

February 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

Peter Sagal brings all the wit from his NPR show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me and weaves that into the personal meaning running brings to many in his new book, The Incomplete Book to Running. This book is fun and raw, while also being poetic and [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Racing Heart

December 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

As a lifetime reader, and a runner for nearly is long, it’s funny to think that I rarely read books about running or runners. Whether this is a planned habit or merely chance, my often daily escape to the written world rarely touches upon my [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Q & A with Running Out Author Dave Essinger

March 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Note: If you haven’t yet read Running Out by Dave Essinger yet, you’ll probably want to do that before you read this Q & A … it gives too much away! I recently posted my review of the book Running Out, which I thoroughly [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Running Out by Dave Essinger

March 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Run Oregon readers, I’ve found your next book. I really enjoyed “Running Out,” the first novel by Dave Essinger. His writing is engaging and peppered with phrases that illustrate scenes perfectly. Seemingly unimportant moments are [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: The End of the World Running Club

December 25, 2017 // 2 Comments

I’d like to first let you know that this is not another book about zombies, so we can save the discussion for “fast zombies” versus “slow zombies” for another post. But this is a great book for these long winter nights [read more...]

What Run Oregon is Reading: Every. Single. Day: Unstoppable Wisdom From a Year of Running.

July 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

A running streak isn’t anything new, but Every. Single. Day: Unstoppable Wisdom From a Year of Running is the first book I’ve read journaling the 365 day experience. The author, Julie van Amerongen, is someone many of us could relate [read more...]

Book Review: A Race Through the Greatest Running Stories available July 6

June 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Books about running are refreshing. They offer a perspective on the sport and all the struggles and emotions that go with it completely distinct from your own personal experiences, but can inspire on a variety of levels. Occasionally, as editor of [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Wishing on My Father’s Star by Oregon runner Holly Hight

May 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

While I love to read, these day’s I’m more likely to be reading “The Day the Crayons Quit” or “Little Blue Truck” before bedtime. So I had the book “Wishing on My Father’s Star” for a few weeks [read more...]

Grant High School Cross Country Coach Doug Winn writes the Quirkiest Running Book Ever

February 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Run Oregon gets a lot of email – you’d be amazed how many people living in other countries want to write content for our website for free! As long as we promise to give them our first born and our bank routing number. But we also get a [read more...]

Run Oregon bookshelf: Grand Trail: A Magnificent Journey to the Heart of Ultrarunning and Racing

December 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Portland-area runner Marya Van Metre read Grand Trail: A Magnificent Journey to the Heart of Ultrarunning and Racing by Alexis and Frédéric Berg and shared her thoughts Run Oregon. Van Metre, mom to 4-year-old twins, has countless 5ks, 10k, and [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookstore: “The Boy Who Runs”

October 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: An interview with author Jen A. Miller and a GIVEAWAY of her book “Running: A Love Story”

September 14, 2016 // 1 Comment

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 [read more...]

“Spitting in the Soup” – new book about doping and sport available from VeloPress

August 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [read more...]

Run Oregon’s Bookshelf: Run the World by Becky Wade

July 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookstore: “Million Dollar Marathon” by Philip Maffetone with Richard A. Lovett

June 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [read more...]

What Run Oregon is Reading: Marathon Journey, An Achilles Story

April 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Book: Marathon Journey, An Achilles Story Author: Stephen F. Balsamo Release Date: July 2013 Purchase: Amazon ($7.99) “Perseverance in times of weakness can lead to strength.” Generally, when you think about running books, your mind goes [read more...]

What Run Oregon is reading: Two Hours by Ed Caesar

March 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

I’m not even waiting until I’m done with Two Hours by Ed Caesar to do a quick post about this book because I am loving it. I had to wait until my husband finished reading it, but I finally got my turn and am about half way through. [read more...]