The Miles And Trials Of A Marathon Goddess
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Author |
: Julie Weiss |
Publisher |
: Tender Fire Books |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 2019-02-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1732692726 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781732692725 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Miles and Trials of a Marathon Goddess by : Julie Weiss
Growing up in Santa Monica, California, Julie Weiss would do almost anything for love. She drank, she quit school, she stole-and she ended up a mother in her teens. Years later, overweight and depressed, she put one foot in front of another and found a new road beckoning.Running gave her the answers she was looking for. Julie's loving, larger-than-life father, her biggest critic during her wayward years, became her biggest fan as his now-fit and healthy daughter began to run marathons. When he died suddenly of pancreatic cancer, she decided to turn her new pursuit into a purpose and, in his memory, embarked on an incredible endeavor to raise money and hope in the fight against pancreatic cancer. In 2012-13, Julie-a/k/a, the Marathon Goddess-ran 52 marathons in 52 weeks. Along the way she was featured in a major documentary film, Spirit of the Marathon II, appeared on national television and attracted a passionate social media following, as she logged the miles of each of her 52 marathons in honor of individuals lost to or fighting pancreatic cancer, ultimately raising over a half million dollars for the cause. It's a story of resilience, perseverance, endurance-and romance: Julie's turbulent early life; the rekindling of a father's love extinguished too soon; her epic year travelling to far-flung races and places; not to mention her relationship with coach David Levine. After a rocky road, their underlying love emerged, culminating with a finish line marriage proposal. It all adds up to make "The Miles and Trials of a Marathon Goddess" a riveting, humorous, poignant and ultimately uplifting book, for runners and non-runners alike.
Author |
: Bill Rodgers |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2013-04-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250021151 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250021154 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Marathon Man by : Bill Rodgers
The legendary long-distance runner details his historic victory in the 1975 Boston Marathon that launched the modern running boom Within a span of two hours and nine minutes, Bill Rodgers went from obscurity to legend, from Bill Rodgers to "Boston Billy." In doing so, he instantly became the people's champ and the poster boy for the soulful 1970s distance runner. Having won the Boston Marathon and New York Marathon four times each, he remains the only marathoner to have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice. Winning the Holy Grail of marathons in an unthinkable record time changed Bill's life forever. But his dramatic breakthrough in Boston also changed the lives of countless others, instilling in other American runners the belief that they could follow in his footsteps, and inspiring thousands of regular people to lace up their shoes and chase down their own dreams. In the year before Rodger's victory at the 1975 Boston Marathon, 20,000 people had completed a marathon in the United States. By 2009, participants reached nearly half a million. Thirty-seven years later Bill Rodgers still possesses the same warm, endearing, and whimsical spirit that turned him into one of America's most beloved athletes. In Marathon Man he details for the first time this historic race and the events that led him there.
Author |
: Christopher McDougall |
Publisher |
: Profile Books |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2010-12-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781847652287 |
ISBN-13 |
: 184765228X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Born to Run by : Christopher McDougall
A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation ... a rollicking tale well told' - The Times At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.
Author |
: Tera Lynn Childs |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 2009-06-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0525421343 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780525421344 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Goddess Boot Camp by : Tera Lynn Childs
Seventeen-year-old Phoebe, unable to control the powers inherited from her ancestor Nike, must attend summer camp with a group of ten-year-olds, while coping with her boyfriend's apparent betrayal and mysterious messages about her deceased father.
Author |
: Tera Lynn Childs |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2009-06-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101019993 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101019999 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Goddess Boot Camp by : Tera Lynn Childs
Seventeen-year-old Phoebe has recently learned that she's a descendant of Nike (the goddess, not the shoe). Now, in order to learn to control her newfound - and very strong - powers, she's being forced to attend Goddess Boot Camp. The only problem is, none of the other campers is over the age of ten! It's not going to be easy to survive camp, train for the Pythian Games, and keep her romance with Griffin going strong, but goddess help her, Phoebe is determined to make it work!
Author |
: Lissa Smith |
Publisher |
: Atlantic Monthly Press |
Total Pages |
: 358 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0871137615 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780871137616 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nike is a Goddess by : Lissa Smith
A collection of thirteen narratives that profile the top female athletes in different sports, including Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Billie Jean King, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Sheryl Swoopes.
Author |
: Archibald Wilberforce |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 530 |
Release |
: 1899 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433082410287 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Great Battles of All Nations from Marathon to Santiago, 490 B. C.--A.D. 1898 by : Archibald Wilberforce
Author |
: Edward Shepherd Creasy |
Publisher |
: New York : A.L. Burt, [18--?] |
Total Pages |
: 524 |
Release |
: 1851 |
ISBN-10 |
: ONB:+Z254758804 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by : Edward Shepherd Creasy
The battle of Marathon -- Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse, 413 B.C. -- The battle of Arbela -- The battle of the Metaurus, 207 B.C. -- Victory of Arminius over the Roman legions under Varus, A.D. 9 -- The battle of Chalons, A.D. 451 -- The battle of Tours, A.D. 731 -- The battle of Hastings, A.D. 1066 -- Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orleans, A.D. 1429 -- The defeat of the Spanish Armada, A.D. 1588, The battle of Blenheim, A.D. 1704, The battle of Pultowa, A.D. 1709 -- Victory of the American over Burgoyne at Saratoga, A.D. 1777 -- The battle of Valmy -- The battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Author |
: Archibald Wilberforce |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 524 |
Release |
: 1899 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015027917932 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Great Battles of All Nations from Marathon to the Surrender of Cronje in South Africa by : Archibald Wilberforce
Author |
: Edward Shepherd Sir Creasy |
Publisher |
: Good Press |
Total Pages |
: 438 |
Release |
: 2019-11-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: EAN:4057664650931 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by : Edward Shepherd Sir Creasy
"The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo" by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy This book tells the story of the fifteen military engagements which, according to the author, had a significant impact on world history. Each chapter of the book describes a different battle, thus fifteen battles are discussed and fifteen chapters are included. Since the publication of Creasy's book, other historians have attempted to modify or add to the list, however the original is still the most highly regarded.