Parker's writing is as powerful as ever in this entrancing non-fiction collection of profile and essays. What really made Jim Ryun tick? Why did Jim Fixx really die? What is the Cinnamon Bun Theory and what does it have to do with Pat Porter, high altitude sickness, and four national cross country championships? Readers will find the answers to such questions and a great deal more in his latest work. This one is destined to become a cult classic like Once a Runner and Runners and Other Ghosts on the Trail. This collection of Parker's non-fiction pieces contains everything that originally appeared in the earlier Runners & Other Ghosts on the Trail plus much, much more. Profiles on Jim Ryun, Pat Porter, Barry Brown, Frank Shorter and others. Incisive essays on The place of sports in the post-industrial age, Comebacks, The Aging Athlete, and Missing the Poetry, all from his highly regarded Ultrasport columns. Lighter moments like The Great Dragon Run, The TeeVee Olympics, Training in Greece, and Getting Beaten by a Woman.

Runners and Other Dreamers

Parker, John L., Jr.

Cedarwinds Pub Co

Parker's writing is as powerful as ever in this entrancing non-fiction collection of profile and essays. 
What really made Jim Ryun tick? Why did Jim Fixx really die? What is the Cinnamon Bun Theory and what does it have to do with Pat Porter, high altitude sickness, and four national cross country championships? 
Readers will find the answers to such questions and a great deal more in his latest work. 
This one is destined to become a cult classic like Once a Runner and Runners and Other Ghosts on the Trail. This collection of Parker's non-fiction pieces contains everything that originally appeared in the earlier Runners &amp; Other Ghosts on the Trail plus much, much more. 
Profiles on Jim Ryun, Pat Porter, Barry Brown, Frank Shorter and others. Incisive essays on The place of sports in the post-industrial age, Comebacks, The Aging Athlete, and Missing the Poetry, all from his highly regarded Ultrasport columns. Lighter moments like The Great Dragon Run, The TeeVee Olympics, Training in Greece, and Getting Beaten by a Woman.

Runners & Other Dreamers

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

You have nothing to lose but your old PR's! 
Attention Runners, Triathletes, Cyclists &amp; Fitness buffs! 
Do you suspect that your best race or sleekest body is in there somewhere, waiting for the right schedule, coach, or series of workouts to bring it out? The author agrees. He thinks most athletes and fitness buffs train incorrectly. 
This book is the only one on the market that comes with a guarantee: Use the system for a month and if you're not running or training better than you ever thought possible, return it for a refund and an apology! The book even includes a chapter of case histories of runners who began using the program and within weeks started seeing amazing improvements. And not by running harder, but by using the heart monitor to ensure that their recovery days were run easy enough! 
The author offers athlete/readers the following enticements: 
* Race and train better than you ever thought possible * Get fewer injuries and avoid overtraining * Train efficiently without feeling tired all the time * Learn to USE a monitor, not just wear one * Get out the door in 10 minutes, WITH A PLAN! * Adapt the monitor to YOUR training, not the other way around

Heart Monitor Training for the Compleat Idiot

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Born in New Zealand with badly deformed feet, Anne Audain was adopted as an infant by a kindly, hard-working couple--a printer and his wife--who nurtured her and taught her that being adopted meant she was special because she had been selected over all the other available babies. 
But she was a tiny child, shy and bookish, and with her awkward, stumbling gait, she became a special target for teasing by her classmates. Finally, when she was 13, the doctors felt her bones were strong enough to sustain an operation, and her condition was surgically corrected. Liberated from much of the pain and awkwardness for the first time, she discovered athletics at a local club and literally in a matter of months had become a nationally known runner in New Zealand. 
She went on to run in the Olympics, win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, set a world track record, and to move to the United States where she became the first female professional runner, a Nike sponsored athlete, and the most successful woman road runner of all time, winning most of the major U.S. road races she entered from 1981 to 1991. Now a naturalized citizen, she is a successful motivational speaker and businesswoman, and is the founder of the Idaho Women's Fitness Celebration, one of the largest women's sporting events in the world. 
The biography of Anne Audain is a fascinating, inspiring story for all readers but especially for women, young people, and athletes.

Uncommon Heart

Audain, Anne

Parker, John L.

Biographies & Memoirs

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Runners and Other Dreamers

Runners & Other Dreamers

Heart Monitor Training for the Compleat Idiot

Uncommon Heart