Running Challenges
Running Challenges

Author: Keri Wallace

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing

Published: 2024-07-18

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1839811781

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Running Challenges by Keri Wallace showcases 100 of the best runs across Great Britain, from inspiring 5Ks through to epic multi-day ultras. Split into three sections – England, Scotland and Wales – and featuring a mixture of marked trails, organised races and unmarked self-navigated challenges, the runs ramp up in difficulty as you go through each section, so, whether you are a beginner or a more experienced trail, fell, mountain or ultra runner, you can find something achievable, accessible or aspirational. Keri draws on her experience as a mountain runner and running guide for Girls on Hills to hand pick the best and most interesting runs across Great Britain, starting with some first-rate parkruns and short trail runs, including the Loch Coruisk loop and the Hampstead Heath circuit, working up to tough and demanding routes and races, such as the Welsh 3000s and the Bob Graham Round. Use this book to tick challenges off, or as a tool to plan where to run next – wherever you are in the UK there will be a run nearby. Each run has handy details to help with planning your adventure – start and finish points, distance and ascent, navigational difficulty, public transport, parking, route profile and overview map – along with inspirational text and stunning photography to give you a flavour of what the run is like. Other options nearby are included, along with suggestions for other similar challenges throughout Great Britain.

Running Outside the Comfort Zone
Running Outside the Comfort Zone

Author: Susan Lacke

Publisher: VeloPress

Published: 2019-03-27

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1948006006

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"I laughed, I cried and I was 100% re-inspired to stick with my own personal fitness goals" Running Outside the Comfort Zone uncovers the brash, bold, and very human sides of running, and along the way Susan Lacke rekindles her own crush on America’s favorite all-comers sport. Running offers much more than road racing! After a decade of writing about running, sports columnist Susan Lacke found herself in a serious running rut. The runners around her seemed to be thriving, setting goals, and having fun, but her own interest in running was lackluster. Seeking to reengage with the sport she once loved, Lacke spends a year exploring running in its many shapes and forms, taking on running challenges that scare her, push her, and downright embarrass her. From races with giant cheese wheels to a regional wife-carrying competition, a naked 5K to climbing the dark stairwells of the Empire State Building, Lacke’s brave forays and misadventures are chronicled in wondrous and funny stories.

Running Events
Running Events

Author: Vassil Girginov

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-27

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1000852709

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This is the first book to critically examine the relationship between running events in local, national and international welfare policy, their marketing and management, and the resulting social impacts. Drawing on original empirical research, the book presents a series of illustrative case studies, with each chapter containing take-home messages for sport and events managers looking to improve their professional practice. Developing a new theoretical perspective on running events, the book presents data from around the world, including five European countries, the US and China. It covers different types of events, from big city marathons to community park runs, and new types of events such as path and trail runs, night runs, ultra runs, extreme runs and obstacle runs, presenting a typology of running events that will help shape the future analysis of this rapidly growing sector. The book also examines the market for running events, runners’ socio-demographic profiles, the main management and marketing approaches and techniques used by organisers, and the socio-economic impacts of running events, such as the effect on people’s attitudes and behaviours, organisational planning, city promotion and social interactions. Running events are central to sport at all levels, from grassroots to professional, so this book is essential reading for any student, researcher or practitioner working in sport management, sport development, sport policy, the sociology of sport or event studies.

Are You Tough Enough? The Toughest, Bloodiest and Hardest Challenges in the World
Are You Tough Enough? The Toughest, Bloodiest and Hardest Challenges in the World

Author: Helen Summer

Publisher: Kings Road Publishing

Published: 2016-01-07

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1784189219

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Each year, thousands of competitors pit themselves against the elements, extremes of geography and their own psyches to take part in the world’s hardest physical challenges. From the cold of the highest peaks to the unforgiving heat of the desert, by water, bike or foot seemingly ordinary people are undertaking extraordinary feats. Whether seeking to prove themselves as athletes, or attempting to escape the humdrum, one thing they all have in common is an unbreakable drive to test the very limits of their endurance. Are You Tough Enough? looks at over 60 of the most extreme marathons, triathlons, bike rides and other iconic endurance events from around the globe, taking in the hottest, coldest, highest and most remote locations, and the toughest, cruellest and wackiest challenges. With a detailed description of each event, featuring personal stories from competitors, this book offers massive highs and excruciating lows, shows just what we can achieve in pushing the bounds of human endeavour. A licensed UK Athletics endurance coach, Helen Summer has been involved in running for many years, both as a club and county runner. She has written for various publications including running magazines, women’s publications and the Food & Drink Guide.

The Best Front Range Trail Runs
The Best Front Range Trail Runs

Author: Peter N Jones

Publisher: Mountaineers Books

Published: 2014-12-19

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1937052125

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• 50 trail runs selected for the beauty of the scenery, the variety of the terrain, and the range of difficulty levels • Complete trail descriptions, highlights, directions, and color photos, maps, and elevation profiles • Quotes on each trail from local legends and professional runners Beginners and experienced trail runners alike will revel in the publication of this guide, which takes the guesswork out of choosing a trail to run along Colorado’s Front Range. Covering 50 trails from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, this book highlights the best running trails chosen for their singletrack terrain, spectacular views, challenging routes, and proximity to major population centers. Each trail write-up includes the essential information one needs to quickly find and enjoy a spectacular run: map, elevation profile, directions, trail description, and more.

Endurance Running
Endurance Running

Author: William Bridel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1317609379

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Running is a fundamental human activity and holds an important place in popular culture. In recent decades it has exploded in popularity as a leisure pursuit, with marathons and endurance challenges exerting a strong fascination. Endurance Running is the first collection of original qualitative research to examine distance running through a socio-cultural lens, with a general objective of understanding the concept and meaning of endurance historically and in contemporary times. Adopting diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to explore topics such as historical conceptualizations of endurance, lived experiences of endurance running, and the meaning of endurance in individual lives, the book reveals how the biological, historical, psychological, and sociological converge to form contextually specific ideas about endurance running and runners. Endurance Running is an essential book for anybody researching across the entire spectrum of endurance sports and fascinating reading for anybody working in the sociology of sport or the body, cultural studies or behavioural science.

Running on Empty
Running on Empty

Author: Jonice Webb

Publisher: Morgan James Publishing

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 161448242X

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A large segment of the population struggles with feelings of being detached from themselves and their loved ones. They feel flawed, and blame themselves. Running on Empty will help them realize that they're suffering not because of something that happened to them in childhood, but because of something that didn't happen. It's the white space in their family picture, the background rather than the foreground. This will be the first self-help book to bring this invisible force to light, educate people about it, and teach them how to overcome it.

Handbook of Research on the Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Responses to Overtourism
Handbook of Research on the Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Responses to Overtourism

Author: Ribeiro de Almeida, Cláudia

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2020-02-28

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1799822265

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In recent years, the increasing number of tourists traveling to specific urban and resort destinations has caused challenges for the effective management of tourism in these areas, with a resulting negative impact on towns, cities, and host communities. Such issues have included placing undue pressure on infrastructure; destruction of the physical, economic, and socio-cultural environment; and affecting the quality of residents’ daily lives by impacting their mobility and, in some cases, the price and rent of resident accommodation, goods, and services. To achieve a certain level of balance between the interests of local residents and visitors, new regulatory measures and legislation in high tourism areas must be discussed. TheHandbook of Research on the Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Responses to Overtourism is a collection of innovative research on best practices and legislation solutions for the management of tourism destinations suffering from overtourism, tourismophobia, or antitourism movement issues. While highlighting topics including overcrowding, social displacement, and tourism management, this book is ideally designed for local government officials, policymakers, lawmakers, researchers, entrepreneurs, industry professionals, travel agencies, hotels, academicians, and students seeking current innovative empirical research on destination-management practices and application techniques.

The Routledge Handbook of Digital Sport Management
The Routledge Handbook of Digital Sport Management

Author: Michael L. Naraine

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-01

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1000788199

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The Routledge Handbook of Digital Sport Management provides students, researchers, and practitioners with a contemporary roadmap of the impact of digital technologies in sport management, at all levels and in all sectors, in a global context. Divided into three sections addressing digital transformations, digital tools, and emerging digital issues, this book explores the impact of digital technology in the core functional areas of sport management, such as sponsorship, event management, and human resources. It introduces essential digital innovations such as esports, social media, VR, wearables, analytics, and artificial intelligence, and examines the debates and issues that are likely to shape and transform sport business over the next decade. The only book to survey the full sweep of digital sport management, this book is an essential reference for all serious students of sport business and management, any researcher working in the nexus of sport business and digital, and all managers, policy-makers or associated professionals working in the sport industry.

The Running Journey
The Running Journey

Author: Ali Mazhin

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2022-11-07

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 166248657X

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Ali Mazhin wrote The Running Journey to help others find more purpose in their running and health. He is forty-three years old and called it The Running Journey because he describes his experience in racing, working two jobs, and how other people can learn, improve, and participate in various running events. He gives examples through his own experience and enjoyment in marathons, his pace, challenges, motivation to succeed, growing up as a kid, racing stories, and health advice, and it's mostly a chronological story. Ali made it a journey and focused on what he felt and discovered with each long-distance event he ran, and it portrays his interactions with volunteers, race crew, race directors, and even spectators.He has a passion for running, and he continues to learn, succeed, and wrote a story about it. He wanted to show the readers that they can learn and appreciate running wherever they are in life. He acknowledges people who work and gives the readers a path to succeed with their goals. The book sets itself apart from the normal running book and entices readers to move beyond their everyday running goals. Ali portrays his running journey to be visually informative and exciting.Ali paints his experiences in various marathons and events and motivates others to run and make sense of their own running. He illustrates his story in color, and is purposeful, constructive, and uses honorable words that show him as a happy, and experienced long-distance runner. The story includes Ali's visions that portray a successful and imaginative running journey. Ali portrays a role model who is worthy or praise and recognition that influences people to go in the right direction. His uses collaboration of words to show his running style to appeal to anyone who runs, works, exercises, or wants to improve themselves. Ali is a runner that goes through a journey of navigating through various challenges to learn, succeed, and complete races. His journey is encouraging and appeals to all types of people, including beginner, intermediate, and professional runners. Ali is professional and worthy of respect to most readers. He shows himself running on his own, in groups of people, and in races as an athletic, elite, and educated man. The book markets to most people, including those who exercise, run, are in school, and others who read various newspapers and magazines. Ali illustrates his own idea of motivation, perseverance, and resilience, and shows people that they can succeed through running and that life challenges are not typically easy, but can be overcome. He shows viewpoints from the many sides to illustrate his success.