Half-Marathon - You can do it
by Jeff Galloway

If you are thinking about training for a half-marathon, Jeff Galloway can help you prepare well, enjoy the training and glow from the achievement of crossing the finish line. Author of the best-seller "Marathon – You can do it!", Galloway now offers a state-of-the-art book on the highly popular half-marathon distance.

Jeff's trademarked run-walk-run method has helped hundreds of thousands of average people to get off the couch, train for marathons and half-marathons without injury and has helped veterans to improve times. This book offers a step-by-step program that starts with setting up your training each week. more

Running Until You're 100 
by Jeff Galloway

 Olympian Jeff Galloway has worked with tens of thousands of runners in their 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. By using his run-walk-runtm method, most are able to enjoy running with fewer aches and pains. At the age of 60, Jeff reports no injuries in 27 years. This book explains how to achieve this, how to stay motivated, and increase the enjoyment. more

Running - Getting Started 
by Jeff Galloway

"Running - Getting Started" will take anyone, at any level of fitness, into the running lifestyle. Jeff Galloway, a US Olympian in 1972, has helped over 150,000 people make this journey while reducing or eliminating aches, pains, and injuries suffered during most training programs.

Jeff developed the Run-Walk method of training, in which running is repeatedly interrupted by walk breaks, and offers a step by step program that is easy to use and easy to understand. Included will be lots of tips on nutrition, staying motivated, building endurance, shoes, stretching and strengthening and much more. more

Galloway's 5k and 10k Running
by Jeff Galloway

 Olympian Jeff Galloway offers an easy and time-efficient system to train for, and then enter, a 5K or a 10K. His training has been used successfully by over 500,000 through e-coaching, running schools, fitness retreats, training programs and books. His unique system gives you control over fatigue, while reducing or eliminating aches and pains.

Successful schedules help beginners finish each workout strong, with time goal programs for veterans. Easy-to-read advice is given on medical checks, nutrition, fat-burning, aches and pains, shoes, and how to stay motivated.
The race day checklist prepares you for the big day, with inside information from one who has entered over 1000 races, and represented the United States in the 10K in the Munich Olympics. more

Running and Fat Burning for Women
by Jeff & Barbara Galloway, Nancy Clark

This book explains the process of fat deposition and burning, and provides a plan to gain control over both sides of the issue: intake and burn-off. Whether one is getting off the couch or has been exercising for years, there is advice for improving well-being through eating strategies and gentle segments of exercise.

Jeff and Barbara don't just explain the principles, they say exactly what to eat and how to insert 5-10 minutes of exercise, strategically. Readers will find tools to manage the process, with a series of steps leading to the goal.more

Surfing & Health
by Joel Steinman

Surfing & Health is a must for surfers and all health professionals related to this fantastic sport. Offering a fundamental and complete A-to-Z guide covering all major aspects of surfers' health, it offers expert medical advice on acute and chronic surfing injuries, including treatment, rehabilitation and preventative strategies based on Pilates core training exercises.

This book includes topics on travelers' disease, hypothermia, skin cancer prevention, shark attacks and other marine animal accidents, women's surfing, and in-depth information on physical training, nutrition advice, and psychological strategies to improve concentration and performance. The book also includes a first aid chapter for beach assessment and intervention. more

Nancy Clark's Food Guide for Marathoners 
by Nancy Clark

In Nancy Clark's Food Guide for Marathoners, you'll learn to effectively balance carbohydrates, protein and fat into your diet, choose the best snacks for before, during and after long runs, lose weight and have energy to exercise, carbohydrate load for a marathon, and complete the entire marathon with energy to spare more

The Dark Side of Sports
by Nick T. Pappas

Elite-level athletes are placed upon heightened pedestals in societies world-wide. At the same time, there is a dark side to these glorified competitors that remains hidden from those outside of exclusive athletic circles.

Dr. Nick Pappas' athletic background in collegiate and professional sports has provided insider access, enabling him to uncover an array of disturbing sexually deviant and aggressive behaviors, which have silently thrived for decades in many athlete cultures.

These findings, expressed through the athletes' own words, are the result of more than 10 years of cutting-edge research involving in-depth interviews with 142 collegiate, minor, and major league athletes from five prominent U.S. sports. Written in an engaging style, "The Dark Side of Sports" is a must read with messages not only for athletes, coaches, managers, and administrators, but also for parents, women, students, and sports enthusiasts. more

Ironman 70.3
by Henry Ash & Marlies Penker

Ironman 70.3 is the abbreviation for triathlon competitions that cover half the distance of a classical Ironman Triathlon. Also known as “medium or middle distance”, this event consists of a 1.2-mile swim, 56 miles of cycling and a 13.1-mile run, i.e. a total of 70.3 miles.

It is anything but an easy option, but it represents a fascinating challenge for any well-trained endurance athlete.
A particular highlight of the book is its great amount of detailed training plans. There are in-depth examples of core and peripheral training and heart-rate dependent pace levels T1-T8, which help to illustrate the year-round training recommendations. more

Start to Finish
by Roch Frey, Paul Huddle & T.J. Murphy

Okay, you’ve finished your first shortdistance triathlon, maybe even an Olympic distance triathlon or an Ironman 70.3. Now it’s time to up the ante and go further and faster. Paul Huddle and Roch Frey are up to the challenge.

Longer workouts, balancing work, family and training, adding speed work, recovery and the mental game are all essential when you decide to move up to the Ironman distance.
No one has more training or racing experience than Roch and Paul. They will get you to your target race healthy, happy and ready for more. Guaranteed. more