If there was a magic wand that could make people fitter instantly, who wouldn't want to wield it? But this isn't reality. Even though we all want to improve our fitness, many common barriers stand in the way; ageing, illness, unfitness, busyness, tiredness and fear.Run Through Barriers analyses these obstacles to uncover why we've been conditioned to believe these things should stop us from exercising. It then challenges these beliefs with truths by using real-life examples of people who have overcome many obstacles to transform their health through running.There's Eileen Noble, one of Britain's oldest female marathoners, who only took up running at the age of 50. We have Roger Wright, who has battled obesity to rack up over 66 marathons in 11 years. And we hear from Ais North, who, despite being in her 70s, hasn't let heart attacks and cancer stand in the way of her ultramarathon ambitions. There's advice from busy mother Delores Durko on finding time in crammed schedules for fitness and an emotional account of how Marlene Lowe has taken on M.E. and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to realise her fitness goals. The author also shares his own story about how running has helped him manage severe anxiety and regain his fitness.Through these and many more accounts, you'll discover that no obstacle to running is too big to be overcome. The first part of the book explores simple methods that you can use to challenge, remove and replace common barriers to running with positive actions and make exercise a sustainable part of your busy life.The second part of the book is focused on training the body with comprehensive running plans that will take you from a complete beginner to achieving your personal running goals. There are week-by-week plans that cover 5k, 10k, and half marathon distances. And there are also more advanced plans for both the 10k and half marathon distances.The aim of this book is to fuel you with the inspiration you need to get started, and then arm you with the knowledge you need to put it into practice.

Winner, 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Book Award Certificate of Excellence Recipient, 2007 Hyde Park Historical Society Paul Cornell Award Knocking Down Barriers is the memoir of a life spent making a difference. In 1940, when Truman Gibson reported for duty at the War Department, Washington was like a southern city in its seemingly unalterable segregation and oppressive summer heat. Gibson had no illusions about the nation’s racism, but as a Chicagoan who’d enjoyed the best of the vibrant Black culture of prewar America, he was shocked to find the worst of the Jim Crow South in the capital. What Gibson accomplished as an advocate for African American soldiers—first as a lawyer working for the secretary of war, then as a member of Harry S. Truman’s “Black cabinet”—fueled the struggle for civil rights in the American military. A University of Chicago Law School graduate, Gibson took his fight for racial justice to the corridors of power, arguing against restrictive real estate covenants before the US Supreme Court, opposing such iconic military figures as Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and George C. Marshall to demand the integration of the armed forces, and challenging white control of professional sports by creating a boxing empire that made television history. Filled with firsthand details and little-known stories about key advancements in race relations in the worlds of law, the military, sports, and entertainment, Gibson’s memoir is also an engaging recollection of encounters with the likes of Thurgood Marshall, W. E. B. Du Bois, Eleanor Roosevelt, George Patton, Jackie Robinson, and Joe Louis. Winner of the 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Book Award Certificate of Excellence, Knocking Down Barriers illuminates social milestones that continue to shape race in the United States today.

This book is about Running and describes the world of a runner who competed for his club in races from 400 metres to the marathon, usually finishing towards the back on the field. Included are coaching ideas and Running anecdotes, some humorous. He trained hard and did his best. He finished five marathons and describes personal memories of training and strategy used in three. He later coached runners at club and elite levels. In addition there is advice on coaching running for sports other than Athletics. A tale is told of a typical middle-aged runner with a demanding job, who is made redundant, but secures another job, while training for and competing in a marathon. At the same time lifes mainstream activities needed resolution. With a young family, there is never enough time or money. The mortgage must be paid, appliances break down, household chores must be done and disaster is often fairly close. One cure for adversity is humour. Another is to go out for a run.

Ever felt lost with no direction in sight? Did you feel the weight of the world on your shoulders? Did you sometimes feel you were going forward, but the answer was not there, and going backward, you could not perceive help anywhere? Have you felt your complaints were bitter and your strokes were heavier than your groaning? You're not alone. Journey with a family through joy, poverty, sacrifice, dreams, disappointments, abandonment, healing, and growth. Find solace in their story, and if others fail you, you can also overcome. Sometimes life leaves you to question, "How can I move forward?" This book is a nonfiction/true/real-life story. It is a beacon for those who've weathered life's storms, climbed its mountains, and plumbed its valleys. There were times when your challenges were insurmountable, and yet you survived. Your mountains were reduced to valleys. As you discover the lines of life traversing the mountains, carrying the message of hope you seek, regardless of your circumstances, by the end of this book, you'll find what you're looking for--a better life within your grasp today.

Breaking Through the Access Barrier argues that the policies designed to address inequalities in college access are failing to address underlying issues of inequality. This book introduces academic capital formation (ACF), a groundbreaking new theory defined by family knowledge of educational options and the opportunities for pursuing them. The authors suggest focusing on intervention programs and public policy to promote improvement in academic preparation, college information, and student aid. This textbook offers: a new construct–academic capital–that integrates and draws upon existing literature on influencing access to college practical advice for better preparation and intervention real student outcomes, databases, and interviews taken from exemplary intervention programs empirical research illuminating the role of class reproduction in education and how interventions (financial, academic, and networking) can reduce student barriers quantitative and qualitative analysis of the importance and effectiveness of several major policy interventions. Written for courses on higher education policy and policy analysis, readers will find Breaking Through the Access Barrier offers valuable advice for working within new policy frameworks and reshaping the future of educational opportunities and access for under-represented students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

"Travel in Tokugawa Japan was officially controlled by bakufu and domainal authorities via an elaborate system of barriers, or sekisho, and travel permits; commoners, however, found ways to circumvent these barriers, frequently ignoring the laws designed to control their mobility, in this study, Constantine Vaporis challenges the notion that this system of travel regulations prevented widespread travel, maintaining instead that a “culture of movement” in Japan developed in the Tokugawa era. Using a combination of governmental documentation and travel literature, diaries, and wood-block prints, Vaporis examines the development of travel as recreation; he discusses the impact of pilgrimage and the institutionalization of alms-giving on the freedom of movement commoners enjoyed. By the end of the Tokugawa era, the popular nature of travel and a sophisticated system of roads were well established: Vaporis explores the reluctance of the bakufu to enforce its travel laws, and in doing so, beautifully evokes the character of the journey through Tokugawa Japan."