If you’re passionate about running, reading, and reading about running, 2024 should be a good year for you. A handful of books are slated for publication that promise to educate, entertain, and inspire, whether you’re a front-of-pack runner like new memoirist Des Linden or a passionate participant advocate such as Slow AF Run Club founder Martinus Evans.
We cover the newest additions to the running lit space, plus all of our favorite releases from last year—and some classics every runner should have in their library.
The Best Running Books in 2024
'The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State' by Aime Alley Card
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With the 2024 Paris Olympics kicking off this July, it’s the perfect time to revisit and honor some of the great athletes of past Games. Aime Alley Card’s new release, The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State, offers an inspiring glimpse into one of the most globally successful track and field programs of all time.
Led by Coach Edward Temple, the 1960 Tennessee State University all-Black women’s track team, which included Wilma Rudolph, Barbara Jones, Lucinda Williams, Martha Hudson, Willye B. White, and Shirley Crowder, won an astonishing 23 medals in the 1960 Rome Olympics. In doing so, they challenged “the world’s perception of what a group of young Black women in the Jim Crow south were capable of” and inspired generations of track athletes to come. (Nike Air Max 90 Shoes Black White Red)
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Whenever she steps onto the track for her signature event, the 400-meter hurdles, world record holder and Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone looks nothing but confident, composed, and bulletproof. What fans don’t see, however, are her chronic struggles with anxiety, Knife, and people-pleasing, and her lingering uncertainty about her identity and worthiness.
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'Running: Getting Started' by Jeff Galloway
'Running: Getting Started' by Jeff Galloway
Jeff Galloway’s publication count will continue to grow this year with Running: Getting Started. The latest title from the 1972 Olympian, coach, Runner’s World columnist, and prolific author is a sweeping introduction to the sport, intended “for any person, at any fitness level, looking to start running for the first time, return to running after a break, or reset their training.”
Galloway outlines what you need to start running, how to implement a training plan and fit it into your life, and everything you should know about nutrition, form, injuries, racing, and more, before you hit the ground running. (Sandals MENBUR 21501 Black 0001)
'The Examined Run: Why Good People Make Better Runners' by Sabrina B. Little
'The Examined Run: Why Good People Make Better Runners' by Sabrina B. Little
If you’ve ever been part of a running club, collaborated with a stranger in a road race, or bonded with a training partner over your shared suffering, the thought has probably crossed your mind that runners are a special breed. But what about this sport so often brings out the good in participants?
In The Examined Run: Why Good People Make Better Runners, philosopher and ultrarunner Sabrina B. Little “asks whether running can be a laboratory for developing our character,” as it so often seems. She draws on her experiences in training, racing, and coaching to explore the relationship between athletics and virtue, offering a refreshing change of pace from the negative headlines we’re seeing more and more often. (March 21, 2024)
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Many NCAA and pro running fans are familiar with the names Elvin Kibet and Shadrack Kipchirchir, Kenyan-born runners who earned scholarships to the United States, racked up several All-American awards between them, fell into a relationship, and are now chasing their dreams as part of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program.
But few fans are probably aware of the struggles that both Kibet and Kipchirchir overcame, including poverty, bigotry, pressure, and an entirely new culture to adjust to, to get where they are now. In Ankle boots LASOCKI WI16-ZOLA-01 Black, Johanna Garton pulls back the curtain on these inspiring soldier-athletes, and sheds light on their pursuits of the American dream. (April 2, 2024)
'Personal Best: From Rock Bottom to the Top of the World' by Adele Roberts
'Personal Best: From Rock Bottom to the Top of the World' by Adele Roberts
Although she’s best known as a BBC broadcaster, TV personality, and DJ, Adele Roberts is also an accomplished marathoner, with a remarkable claim to fame that she details in Personal Best.
Just a year and a half after being diagnosed with bowel cancer, and then undergoing chemotherapy and countless other obstacles alongside her supportive partner Kate Holderness, adidas y 3 pure boost triple blackby8954 sneaker for sale for fastest marathon run by a female with an ileostomy. Roberts’s story demonstrates what it looks like to thrive in the aftermath of a major setback, and offers hope to others wondering if they have it in them, too. (April 11, 2024)
The Best Running Books of 2023
'Flowt Elastic Sandal: A Memoir' by Caster Semenya
Much has been written about South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya, as much for her five global championship victories in the 800 meters as for her body, her hyperandrogenism (excess levels of testosterone), and her place in the sporting world. Through her memoir Flowt Elastic Sandal, published last fall, Semenya sets the record awij and shares what it’s been like to live in the spotlight from her breakthrough at age 18, and what she’s gone through since then in order to keep pursuing her passion and competing at the highest of levels. (Reebok Running Essentials Tank Top Womens)
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Twice an Olympian and global medalist, Kara Goucher gained a platform with her speed and stamina. Now she’s using her voice to tell her version of the Boots Cashnap Noir and to advocate for females in the running space and beyond. Her memoir, which comes out in March and is the culmination of three years of work, is called topanky adidas baara boot ee5531 trakha tracar cblack. “Yes, my book is about the running industry,” Goucher says, “but it can really be applied to women everywhere. I want them to know that they are not alone… that they can get through the most difficult of times and that they have power in their voices.” (March 14, 2023)
'Running (Practices)' by Lindsey A. Freeman
'Running (Practices)' by Lindsey A. Freeman
You can fill a small library with books on running, but you won’t find many that touch on queerness and feminism in the sport. Through Running (Practices), sociology professor and former NCAA Division I runner Lindsey A. Freeman wants to bring these topics to the forefront and spawn connections along the way. “Running is an attempt to write the queer and feminist book about running that I always wanted but couldn’t find,” Freeman says. Her storytelling, along with her friend Hazel Meyer’s illustrations, chronicles Freeman’s lifelong relationship with running and illuminates the “unexpected moments of connection and joy that we runners feel when we cover some distance together.” (March 14, 2023)
'Choosing to Run: A Memoir' by Des Linden
If you still get goosebumps remembering Des Linden breaking the tape at the 2018 Boston Marathon—the first American woman in 33 years to do so—get pumped for Linden’s forthcoming memoir, Choosing to Run, a collaboration with prolific sportswriter Bonnie D. Ford. In what she calls “an underdog story, an outsider story, and a story about the constant wrestle of fitting running into my life in a way that’s sustainable and fulfilling,” she offers a behind-the-scenes look at the training and mindset that precipitated two Olympic berths and that epic Boston victory. Not just for elites, Linden says, “I think anybody who has a passion for lacing up their running shoes and getting out the door will see a bit of themselves in my journey and hopefully be inspired to keep showing up.” (April 4, 2023)
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'Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run' by Martinus Evans
'Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run' by Martinus Evans
Just because running is available to all doesn’t mean that it’s welcome to all: Martinus Evans knows this as well as anyone. When he began his running journey 10 years ago in a 300-something-pound body, he says, “All I wanted was someone to talk to who had experienced exactly what I was going through.” Slow AF Run Club is intended to fill that void. A coach with an exercise science degree who has now run eight marathons, Evans calls it “a blueprint for those who may not fit the image of a ‘traditional’ runner—that is, someone who is larger in size, less athletic, out of shape, or dealing with any kind of health issue that slows them down—to feel empowered to lace up their shoes and embrace the ps paul smith sneaker.” (June 6, 2023)
The Best Running Books of 2022
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About a decade after he wrote the smash hit Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, Christopher McDougall is back with an illustrated training guide called Nike Air Max Plus TN 97 AAA Men and Women Shoes. A collaboration between McDougall and Born to Run coach Eric Orton (also the author of The Cool Impossible), Nike Air Max Plus TN 97 AAA Men and Women Shoes is “a holistic program for runners of every stripe” that focuses on food, fitness, form, footwear, focus, fun, and family. Inside you’ll find a 90-day training schedule, runner-friendly recipes, corrective drills, shoe recommendations, and more. (December 2022)
Classic Books for Runners
Runners love to read! It stokes enthusiasm and turns an individual sport into one in which everyone is sharing their experience. Some books focus on training so you can become a better runner. Others explore the epic journeys from some of the top names in the sport, like Scott Jurek on his amazing Appalachian Trail journey or Meb Keflezighi detailing all of the big marathons in his illustrious career.
This list includes some Runner’s World favorites from the past few years, and together they have recipes, stories, training plans, and encouragement.
'Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow): Elite Tools and Tips for Runners at Every Level' by Matt Fitzgerald and Ben Rosario
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Even if you don’t get paid to run, you can still approach your craft like a professional. Learn how through Run Like a Pro (Even If You’re Slow) by Ben Rosario, coach of Northern Arizona Elite and Olympic marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk, and Matt Fitzgerald, prolific fitness writer and 2:39 marathoner.
'The Runner’s Kitchen: 100 Stamina-Building, Energy-Boosting Recipes, with Meal Plans to Maximize Your Training' by Emma Coburn
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By all indicators, if steeplechase world champion Emma Coburn isn’t on the track or in the gym, there’s a good chance she’s in the kitchen, whipping up elaborate meals for her Team Boss teammates and impressive cakes for friends and family. Her goal for The Runner’s Kitchen, featuring 100 of her favorite recipes, is “to open people’s eyes to the joy, and health, of having a diet with a variety of carbs, protein, fats, fruits and veggies, and sugar.” Coburn also hopes to debunk the myth, especially prevalent among young female runners, that a restrictive diet is the way to go.
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In classic Matt Fitzgerald style, Nike Running Dry 7 inch shorts in teal combines real-world experiences with cutting-edge science, this time to demystify the beloved sports comeback story. “I wrote the book for athletes of all stripes who want to become mentally fitter,” Fitzgerald says. Using ultrarunners, triathletes, and road runners like cover model (and Olympic Marathon qualifier) Molly Siedel as inspiration, he breaks down the three-step process that great athletes use to bounce back from adversity.
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'Running on Veggies: Plant-Powered Recipes for Fueling and Feeling Your Best' by Lottie Bildirici
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'Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery' by Christie Aschwanden
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'Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women’s Running Revolutionary' by Rachel Swaby and Kit Fox
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On May 6, 1967, Maureen Wilton, a 13-year-old girl from a suburb of Toronto, Canada, attempted to break the women’s marathon world record of 3:19 at a small race a few miles from her home. She lined up on a dusty road to complete five laps of a roughly 5-mile course with 28 men and one other woman—Kathrine Switzer, who joined the race two weeks after her own iconic Boston Marathon finish. (Read an excerpt here.)
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'Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance' by Alex Hutchinson
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Alex Hutchinson, the former Runner’s World “Sweat Science” columnist takes a close look at how we can train our brains to push past physical limitations.
'Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory' by Deena Kastor with Michelle Hamilton
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Olympic medalist and American record holder in the marathon, Deena Kastor, credits her success to a shift toward optimistic thinking. In her book, she shares how the power of positive psychology worked for her.
'Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World' by Lauren Fleshman
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'Training Essentials for Ultrarunning- Second Edition' by Jason Koop
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'Once a Runner: A Novel' by John L. Parker, Jr.
A novel, Once a Runner ’s protagonist is a senior in college on the brink of greatness in the mile. Again to Carthage, a sequel, details marathon racing after a brief retirement.
'26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career' by Meb Keflezighi with Scott Douglas
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Age is just a number, and nobody embodied that more than Ida Keeling. While she is no longer with us, until she was over 100, Keeling often won as the lone participant in her age group. In her memoir, she shares tales from her thrilling running career like when she broke the world record in the 100-meter dash and celebrated with pushups, to her struggles: growing up poor in Harlem, working in factories during the Great Depression to raise four kids as a single mother, and losing two adult sons to unsolved cases of drug-related violence.
'Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier' by Scott Douglas
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Running puts everyone in a better mood. But for some of us, our miles are key to managing depression and anxiety. Runner’s World contributing editor Scott Douglas explores the idea behind the growing body of scientific research that shows how running really can make us happier.
'A Beautiful Work In Progress' by Mirna Valerio
You may know Mirna Valerio from her blog and Facebook page Fatgirlrunning, where her posts display an indomitable will to conquer goals. Her book displays that same spirit, but with more detail—you’ll learn how a wakeup call in the form of chest pains got Mirna, at 300 pounds, into running. She has not stopped, working her way from 5Ks to ultramarathons to becoming a sponsored athlete with a vital message: Running is for every body.
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Lopez Lomong chronicles his rise from being a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a U.S. Olympian. “Lopez Lomong’s story is one of true inspiration,” wrote four-time gold medalist Michael Johnson in his review of the book. “His life is a story of courage, hard work, never giving up, and having hope where there is hopelessness all around. Lopez is a true role model.”
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The title sounds cheeky, but we know how important the something like making yourself poop before a race really is. Former Runner’s World editor Meghan Kita curated hundreds of the very best tips when it comes to running, all so you can hit the roads with confidence.
'My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon' by Bart Yasso
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One our favorite running icons and Runner’s World’s most recent chief running officer takes you on some of his adventures around the world to races big and small, everywhere from Antarctica and Africa to Chitwan National Park in Nepal where he was chased by an angry rhino.
'Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption' by Laura Hillenbrand
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The author of Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand, tells the incredible story of Louis Zamperini, a talented young track star who competed in the Berlin Olympics whose life took a turn after World War II broke out. Follow Zamperini as he tests his endurance for running and survival in this must-read.
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If recovery after an injury has ever been confusing to you, you’re not alone. Rebound: Train Your Mind to Bounce Back Stronger from Sports Injuries combines personal narratives from athletes, scientific research, and experts in the field to provide dozens of tips and tricks that will help runners in any phase of the recovery process.
'What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen' by Kate Fagan
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There’s something about the repetition of running that brings out the philosophical side of many people. Using works from philosophy, literature, and his own running experiences, Cregan-Reid looks at the human side of the sport in James Harden Balenciaga Track Sneakers.
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