Or was it Extreme Running by Ranulph Fiennes ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
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Or was it Extreme Running by Ranulph Fiennes ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Ive got that book Al, its not bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Try 'Survival of the fittest' by his polar exploring buddy Mike Stroud. That is a good book, reading that a few years back made me change my lifestyle and eventually get into running.
Survival of the Fittest is pure inspiration if you're getting on in years (like me). There's a whole thread about how we are socialised into believing that as we get older we need to slow down physically and ultimately give up hard physical exercise, and how this just doesn't stack up either historically or physiologically.Quote:
Originally Posted by sol
Like Sol I found that the book made me change my life. It made me realise that I've still got time to do the stuff I want to and that I might be a grey haired owld bloke but that's not going to stop me chucking myself at physical challenges.
Extreme Running by Kym McConnell and Dave HorsleyQuote:
Originally Posted by Trog
Another good Christmas book:
Long Days In Lakeland by Ronald Turnbull
I assume you have all got Joss by Keith Richardson
As a relatively new fell runner (unattached at present) I am in need of some basic technique advice and have been looking for Kev Shevells Uphill and Downhill Techniques respectively. I saw them referenced in the last Fellrunner and here on Xrunner's post but have exhausted the usual and obvious Amazon and Abebooks route with no success. Any advice/direction?
Try the Trail Guides websiteQuote:
Originally Posted by tim
Is 'Joss' only on sale on the site you linked xrunner?
No, many other bookshops will have or can obtain copies for you. e.g Pete Bland SportsQuote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Ah, Ta!Quote:
Originally Posted by XRunner
Fantastic, thanks for your help.
I recently discovered a copy of 'See The Conquering Hero Comes' in excellent condition. As it was from a print run of only 900 in 1973, I suspect this may now be quite rare.
Anyone any ideas as to its scarcity/value?
what a great discovery these books are hard to come by, you are looking at about £25-£40 for a copy, lucky me though i have 4 copys of the book which is a great bit of history about the senior guides race at Grasmere Sports.
Thanks for confirming what I had suspected MarkMc. I found it in amongst a stack of old climbing mags in a club hut and will now have to pass it back to the club librarian for safekeeping. As you said it is an excellent history of the guides races up to 1970.
Grey Stone Books have republished another edition of this book by Ronald Turnbull and Roy Clayton:
The Welsh Three Thousand Foot Challenges. A Guide for Walkers and Hill Runners.
The new edition has 207 pages compared to the original edition which had 128 pages.
IIRC this book covers all the disciplines - hound trailing, wrestling etc. I'm sure it is this that I had a copy of in the mid '80's and gave it to a work colleague who was into the hound / terrier scene and the pro-sports thing ( back when we got suspended for showing an interest ).Quote:
Originally Posted by Rawhead
"See The Conquerining Hero Comes" by Michael Miller and Denis Bland is a history of the Guides Race at Grasmere Sports.
"Grasmere's Giants Of Today. A Pictorial Record" by Rex Woods is about all sports at the Grasmere Games.
There are several copies of the excellent book "Some Records Of The Grasmere Sports" by Hugh Machell (1911) on ABE.
I'm crap at running up hill so am tempted to get Kevin Shevels' Uphill Techniques For Off-Road Runners. Would you guys recommend it?
I've set up this page on my website in an attempt to keep track of classic fell running books for sale on Amazon. See 'Fell Running' tab.
A couple of interesting books have emerged in recent weeks; not purely fell running in content but well worth a mention in this context.
First, Tim Noakes' Waterlogged which surveys current thinking about hydration in endurance exercise. A review from Joe Uhan on iRunFar here:
http://www.irunfar.com/2012/07/water...ring-book.html
And Andy Mouncey's Magic, Madness and Ultramarathon Running available here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Madnes...4954235&sr=1-1
Another copy on sale on ABE for £15.00Quote:
Originally Posted by XRunner
Two more interesting books to add to your reading list:-
1) Magic, Madness & Ultramarathon Running. Lessons from the last decade
by Andy Mouncey ISBN978-1-908691-26-2 Filament Publishing, Paperback £9.99
Website http://bigandscaryrunning.com/#/shop/4567094383
2) British Marathon Running Legends Of The 1980's.
by Gabrielle Collison ISBN 978-0-9572186-0-4 Lightning Source UK Ltd. Paperback £11.99
Website http://www.gabriellecollison.com/boo...-of-the-1980s/
Shamless plug, but I'm selling a copy on Ebay starting at 99p!Quote:
Originally Posted by markmc
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Staying-Th...item3383624f42
If you like to read on a Kindle, 'It's a hill, get over it: fell running's history and characters' is available for Kindle for 99p from Amazon for this weekend only .... also note that 'The Round: in Bob Graham's footsteps' is also available as an e-book.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Hill-Ove...0731478&sr=8-1
If you like touchy-feely books, I will be signing copies of both books in their proper format at a talk at the Keswick Mountain Festival next month.
Fell running books published since 2006 (excluding trail running, ultra-distance running and Club histories):-
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2020 All Or Nothing. The Life Of Billy Bland (Chilton, Steve)
2019 The Big Rounds. Running And Walking The Bob Graham, Paddy Buckley And Charlie Ramsay Rounds (Lintern, David)
2018 Running My Way. A Tale Of Passion, Determination And Adventure (Imber, Tamsin)
2018 Running The Red Line (Carter, Julie)
2018 The Mountains Are Calling. Running In The High Places Of Scotland (Muir, Jonny)
2017 Trail And Fell Running In The Lake District (Jones, Kingsley)
2017 Running Hard. The Story Of A Rivalry (Chilton, Steve)
2016 Trail Running. Chamonix And Mont Blanc Region (Jones, Kingsley)
2015 The Round. In Bob Graham's Footsteps (Chilton, Steve)
2014 Sixty Years Running. A Supplement To A History Of The Mountain Trail (Coupe, Edwin)
2014 Wild Running. 150 Great Adventures On The Trails And Fells of Britain (Benson, Jem and Sim)
2013 The Come...And They Go. The Jura Fells Race 1973-1975 and 1983-1992. A History Of Sorts (Booth, Don)
2013 It's A Hill, Get Over It. Fell Running's History And Characters (Chilton, Steve)
2013 Adventures In Mind. A Personal Obsession With The Mountains (Dawe, Heather)
2012 Charles Ramsay Round. Ben Nevis, Grey Corries & Mamores (1:40,000 Scale Map)
2012 Run Wild (Whalley, Boff)
2011 Terrain Training For Off-Road Runners (Ferguson, Stuart)
2011 Snowdonia. Paddy Buckley Round (1:40,000 Scale Map)
2011 The Mountain Marathon Book (Ferguson, Stuart and Shevels, Keven)
2011 A Trail Runner's Guide To North Wales (Kelly, Jim)
2010 Uphill Techniques For Off-Road Runners (Shevels, Keven)
2010 Celebrating 40 Years Of The FRA (The Fell Runners Association) (Breeze, Graham)
2010 An Introduction To Trail And Fell Running (Shevels, Keven)
2010 Lakeland Fells. Bob Graham Round (1:40,000 Scale Map) (Pete Bland Sports)
2010 A Mountain Runner's Guide To Snowdonia (Kelly, Jim)
2010 The Welsh Three Thousand Foot Challenges. A Guide For Walkers And Hill Runners (Clayton, Roy and Turnbull, Ronald)
2010 The Best Of The Fells. Writing On Running (Hooper, Peter)
2009 Classic Hill Runs And Races In Scotland (Fallon, Steve)
2009 Joss. The Life And Times Of The Legendary Lake District Fell Runner And Shepherd (Richardson, Keith)
2008 Terrain Training For Off-Road Runners (Ferguson, Stuart)
2008 Ivver Sen. Lake District. The Life And Times Of The Men And Women Who Work The Land (Richardson, Keith)
In addition:
The Summer 2012 Fellrunner included a list of all the books in Bill Smith's personal libary (which I sold, on behalf of Bill's sisters, with the proceeds going to Mountain Rescue). Whilst the list included some "obvious" fell running books other books were rarer or more specialised eg Manchester Marathons 1908-2002 by Ron Hill and Neil Shuttleworth and Neil's Bolton UH & AC A Short Review of the First 100 Years.
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Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
These are not fell running books but include names and some details of athletes who ran over the fells.
Update of trail running and ultra distance running books published in the UK since 2007:-
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2019 The Rise Of The Ultra Runners. A Journey To The Edge Of Human Endurance (Finn, Adharanand)
2018 South West Trail Running (Rainsley, Mark)
2018 Brecon Beacons Trail Running (Dyu, Lily; Price, John)
2018 Running Up That Hill. The Highs And Lows Of Going That Bit Further (Alexander, Vassos)
2017 Scottish Trail Running. 70 Great Runs (2nd Edition) (Allison, Susie)
2017 North Wales Trail Running (Franklin Steve)
2016 Running Beyond. Epic Ultra, Trail And Skyrunning Races (Corless, Ian)
2016 The Stubborn Scotsman. World Record Holding Ultra Distance Runner (Ritchie, Don)
2014 Peak District Trail Running (Cook, Nikalas and Barton, Jon)
2013 The Complete Guide To Trail Running (Trailzone) (Coyle, Danny (Editor))
2013 Trail And Mountain Running (Rowell, Sarah and Dodds, Wendy)
2013 A Few Degrees From Hell. White Hot Tales From The Badwater Ultramarathon (Ludwig, Scott)
2012 Ultra Marathon Training (Olbrich, Wolfgang)
2012 Eat & Sleep. My Unlikely Journey To Ultramarathon Greatness (Jurek, Scott with Freidman, Steve)
2012 Magic, Madness And Ultramarathon Running. Lessons From The Last Decade (Mouncey, Andy)
2012 Scottish Trail Running. 70 Great Runs (Allison, Susie)
2012 A Life Without Limits. A World Champion's Journey. Chrissie Wellington (Wellington, Chrissie)
2011 Thud, Sweat & Tears (Marston, Glyn)
2011 The Ghost Runner. The Tragedy Of The Man They Couldn't Stop (John Tarrant) (Jones, Bill)
2011 Run! 26.2 Stories Of Blisters And Bliss (Karnazes, Dean)
2010 Extreme Running (McConnell, Kym and Horsley, Dave)
2009 Just A Little Run Around The World (Swale Pope, Rosie)
2009 Wild Trails To Far Horizons. An Ultra-Distance Runner (paperback repint) (Cudahy, Mike)
2009 The Jungle Marathon. Ultra Endurance Running In The Heart Of The Amazon (Hines, Mark)
2009 Born To Run. The Hidden Tribe, The Ultra-Runners, And The Greatest Race The World Has Never Seen (McDougall, Christopher)
2007 Extreme Running (McConnell, Kym and Horsley, Dave)
2007 The Marathon Des Sables. Seven Days In The Sahara. Enduring The Toughest Race On Earth (Hines, Mark)
Here you go, not a huge amount of fell running (more cross-country) but many famous local Yorkshire runners from times past https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08KH13381/
Has anybody read this book yet?
Tripping Over Clouds by Lucy Bennett
Some reviews indicate that it contains poems about fell running.
Here is a YouTube reading by the author.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucy Burnett
She is a member of Keswick AC.