From the author of the New York Timesbestselling Once a Runnercomes that novel's prequel, the story of a world-class athlete coming of age.

Have you always wanted to learn to run and experience the life-changing benefits of running? Or have you tried to start running in the past, but just couldn't stick with it? Maybe you thought you weren't meant to be a runner, or just didn't have the time, energy, motivation, or willpower to keep running. Whether you're brand-new to running, tried it in the past without much success, or you just can't get into a running groove, RUN FOR GOOD gives you a comprehensive roadmap to starting and maintaining a lifelong running habit. Based on her years of experience as a runner, certified running coach and trainer, and fitness writer/researcher, author Christine Luff gives you an expert-guided, step-by-step plan for creating an enduring running habit. In this book, you'll learn: -Tips on how to run, what to wear, and how to make running easier -How to establish a habit loop to make running part of your regular routine -How to deal with inevitable setbacks and roadblocks that pop up -How to run smartly and safely with the right training schedules -Tips, tricks, and effective strategies to stay motivated to keep running -Strategies for racing, proper nutrition, injury prevention to keep your running habit going -How to avoid issues and problems that have derailed your healthy habits in the past -Advice on how to make running a rewarding and fun part of your life. This ultimate guide to running will get you started on the right foot with running, help you develop (or re-discover) a love and gratitude for running, and inspire and motivate you to keep running - for good.

A baton twirler fights the rain to save her neighborhood parade

A logical and systematic guide to being a better organized, functional, productive, and committed person, in order to overcome your daily challenges and lead a truly fulfilling life.Running in the Rain isn't hard - it's just a bit uncomfortable at times. But doesn't it feel good to know you stopped making excuses and just got out there and did it?Life's the same. You can either stay indoors making excuses, or you can get out and get on with things. Paul Weston presents a systematic approach to getting more out of life by guiding you through a number of easy-to-use steps.Learn how to:?Use Physical Effort to Build Mental strength?Understand your Energy Zones - Professional, Personal and Social - and the dangers of dilution?Recognize that goals stink - it's systems that matter?Focus on what is really important to you rather than wasting time on meaningless activities?Lead a distraction-free life?Make the effort when you don't feel like it?Kill off procrastination by adopting a really simple cure?Put adversity into perspective in order to stop moaning and get activeWe have two options when it comes to going for a run in the rain - stay home or get wet. This book makes it clear that rain is a poor excuse - because when it comes to Running in the Rain - Seriously ? how hard can it be?

"Combining the winning elements of proven training approaches, motivational stories, and innovative recipes, No Meat Athlete is a unique guidebook, healthy-living cookbook, and nutrition primer for the beginner, every day, and serious athlete who wants to live a meatless lifestyle. Author and popular blogger, Matt Frazier, will show you that there are many benefits to embracing a meat-free athletic lifestyle, including: Weight loss, which often leads to increased speed; Easier digestion and faster recovery after workouts; Improved energy levels to help with not just athletic performance but your day-to-day life; Reduced impact on the planet. Whatever your motivation for choosing a meat-free lifestyle, this book will take you through everything you need to know to apply your lifestyle to your training. Matt Frazier provides practical advice and tips on how to transition to a plant-based diet while getting all the nutrition you need; uses the power of habit to make those changes last; and offers up menu plans for high performance, endurance, and recovery. Once you've mastered the basics, Matt delivers a training manual of his own design for runners of all abilities and ambitions. The manual provides training plans for common race distances and shows runners how to create healthy habits, improve performance, and avoid injuries. No Meat Athlete will take you from the start to finish line, giving you encouraging tips, tricks, and advice along the way"--

Second Windis the story of an unlikely athlete and an unlikely heroine: Cami Ostman, a woman edging toward midlife who decides to take on a challenge that stretches her way outside of her comfort zone. That challenge presents itself when an old friend suggests she go for a run to distract her from the grief of her recent divorce. Excited by the clarity of mind and breathing space running offers her, she keeps it up — albeit slowly — and she decides to run seven marathons on seven continents; this becomes Ostman’s vision quest, the thing she turns to during the ups and downs of a new romance and during the hard months and years of redefining herself in the aftermath of the very restrictive, religious-based marriage and life she led up until her divorce. Insightful and uplifting,Second Windcarries the reader along for the ride as Ostman runs her way out of compliance with the patriarchal rules about “being a woman” that long held her captive and into authenticity and self-love. Her adventures — and the personal revelations that accompany them — inspire readers to take chances, find truth in their lives, and learn to listen to the voice inside them that’s been there all along.

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Fish in a Tree comes a compelling story about perspective and learning to love the family you have. Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's always lived with her kindhearted Grammy, but now she's looking at their life with new eyes and wishing she could have a "regular family." Delsie observes other changes in the air, too--the most painful being a friend who's outgrown her. Luckily, she has neighbors with strong shoulders to support her, and Ronan, a new friend who is caring and courageous but also troubled by the losses he's endured. As Ronan and Delsie traipse around Cape Cod on their adventures, they both learn what it means to be angry versus sad, broken versus whole, and abandoned versus loved. And that, together, they can weather any storm.