Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz podcast

06.15.2024

Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on the Last 10 Books

Send us a Text Message. Here we are again! We can't believe we've read another 10 books already... and actually it's been more than 10 books... This might be a long episode (unless Alan did some aggressive editing) because when...

06.01.2024

The Examined Run, by Sabrina Little

Send us a Text Message. We have a fantastic conversation with author Sabrina Little, about her new book, The Examined Run. In this chat we talk about ethics and role of virtues and vices in running. The Examined Run discusses...

05.15.2024

The Race To Be Myself, by Caster Semenya

Send us a Text Message. The Race to Be Myself is a 4 part memoire where Caster talks about:The beginning: how she grew up, how she liked to hang out with boys and play sports, and what happened in puberty. The...

05.01.2024

Run Through, by SB Stone

Send us a Text Message. Running Through; my journey through moments of flight, is Steven’s journey into Running via a series of tiny moments of flight. This book is divided into short stories describing some of the moments in his...

04.28.2024

BONUS TRACK: Boston Marathon Experience

Send us a Text Message. If you've been following our social media accounts (mainly FB and Instagram... we're not as good about posting to X or Threads...) then you'll have seen that Alan went to Boston this year. Before the...

04.15.2024

All In Stride, by Johanna Garton

Send us a Text Message. All In Stride is the story of two Kenyan born athletes who have competed at the highest levels in running, and one US athlete and Olympian in the modern pentathlon. The bond that the three...

04.01.2024

The Boston Marathon Handbook, by Marc W. Pollina

Send us a Text Message. The Boston Marathon Handbook is part of the Falcon Guides series, which cover the entire spectrum of outdoor activities. This book covers everything about Boston from what makes Boston so special, to getting in and...

03.15.2024

In The Spell Of The Barkley, by Michiel Panhuysen

Send us a Text Message. In The Spell Of The Barkley tells the story of the Barkley race in Tennessee with its history and traditions, how the author discovered it and became determined to finish the “fun run”, and explores...

03.01.2024

There Is No Wall, by Allie Bailey

Send us a Text Message. There Is No Wall is ultrarunner Allie Bailey’s brutally honest and sometimes shocking account of alcoholism, depression and severe mental breakdowns which almost cost her her life. Told with disarming vulnerability, heartbreaking depth of feeling...

02.15.2024

Becoming A Sustainable Runner, by Tina Muir and Zoe Rom

Send us a Text Message. Becoming a Sustainable Runner is a guide written by two environmental advocates, Tina Muir and Zoe Rom, who love running. This book teaches us about the impact running has on the environment, but also how...

02.01.2024

Pain and Performance, by Ryan Whited and Matt Fitzgerald

Send us a Text Message. In this episode we get to chat with author, Ryan Whited, about his book (co-authored with Matt Fitzgerald) Pain + Performance. Pain + Performance is a book that aims to explain how pain is a...

01.17.2024

The Psychology of Running, by Noel Brick and Stuart Holliday

Send us a Text Message. The Psychology of Running is part of The Psychology of Everything series which also includes: The Psychology of Art The Psychology of Wellness The Psychology of Comedy The Psychology of Democracy The Psychology of Counselling The Psychology of Travel The Psychology of...

01.10.2024

BONUS TRACK: Alan Runs A 3000m On The Track?

Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode, Liz interviews Alan about his recent attempt at a Quebec age group record on the indoor track. Alan has never worn spikes or raced on an indoor track. This should be interesting!...

01.01.2024

Running Away from Cancer by Greg Schnoor

Send us a Text Message. Running Away from Cancer is the story of the author, Greg Schnoor's, journey to becoming an ultramarathoner after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The thing is, he wasn’t even a runner before his diagnosis...

12.22.2023

BONUS TRACK: Alan and Liz Behind The Scenes of 8020 Endurance Coaching

Send us a Text Message. This bonus was recorded after we just finished chatting with Matt Fitzgerald and Layla Porteous about 80/20 Endurance High Performance Coaching Course and companion book. It took us months to complete the course so obviously...

12.15.2023

80/20 Endurance Book + High Performance Coaching Course, by Matt Fitzgerald and Leyla Porteous

Send us a Text Message. This episode is a little different because Matt Fitzgerald's book, 80/20 Eandurance, is a companion to a new coaching course created by Leyla Porteous, Director of Training and Operations at 80/20 Endurance. We refer to...

12.01.2023

Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on the Last 10 Books

Send us a Text Message. We love these episodes because it means we get to reminisce about the books we've read over the last 5-6 months. Since we're on a strict reading schedule of one book every 2 weeks, we...

11.15.2023

The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook, by Claire Maxted

Send us a Text Message. In this episode we had the pleasure of chatting with Claire Maxted (a.k.a. Wild Ginger Runner) about her book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook, and also found out that she is currently writing her second...

11.07.2023

BONUS TRACK: 2023 Marathon Race Recap - What Happened and What's Next

Send us a Text Message. For those of you who have been following the podcast, you know that we were gearing up to run a sub-3 hour marathon at the Petit Train du Nord Marathon on October 1st, 2023. You've likely...

11.01.2023

Just Finish! by Sean Kachmarski

Send us a Text Message. Just Finish is author Sean Kachmarski’s story of going from watching The Great North Run on TV every year and telling his wife “I’m going to run that next year”, to actually running it! Sean...

10.27.2023

BONUS TRACK: Mini-Nutrition Chat with Andrew Snow

Send us a Text Message. We had a great chat with Andrew Snow about his book, Run Elite. It was so great in fact, that it ended up being one of our longest episodes because Andrew is so knowledgeable and...

10.15.2023

Run Elite, by Andrew Snow

Send us a Text Message. In this episode we chat with author Andrew Snow about his book Run Elite. Andrew is very passionate about helping runners improve their performance and it shows in the podcast. Run Elite covers all aspects of...

10.01.2023

Run Healthy, by Emmi Aguillard, Jonathan Cane and Allison Goldstein

Send us a Text Message. Run Healthy is a book dedicated to injuries. The authors tell runners about the different tissues in the body and how they respond to stress and healing, areas of the body to pay attention to...

09.15.2023

On The Run, published by Gestalten

Send us a Text Message. On The Run is a hard cover coffee table style book featuring a collection of runs and stories about running from around the world. Each run is its own story so you don’t need to...

09.01.2023

Get to the Line in the Best Shape Possible, by Eoin Everard

Send us a Text Message. Get to the Line in the Best Shape Possible is a collection of articles written by the author and assembled into a book under one of 4 categories:LifestyleTrainingSupplemental trainingInjury and HealthThe book is available in...

08.15.2023

Personal Best Running, by Mark Coogan and Scott Douglas

Send us a Text Message. Personal Best Running is a two-part training manual outlining Coach Coogan’s coaching practice and training plans. Part 1 includes 5 chapters about the theory: 1. Coach Coogan’s training principles 2. Building a good training environment 3. Staying strong...

08.01.2023

Born to Run 2, by Christopher McDougall and Eric Orton

Send us a Text Message. With a name like Born to Run 2 you might be expecting that this is part 2 of Chris McDougall’s story from 2009; there's a little of that, but also so much more. This is...

07.15.2023

Do Hard Things, by Steve Magness

Send us a Text Message. In this episode Alan and Liz chat about Steve Magness' book, Do Hard Things. This book talks about toughness and how we all probably think of toughness wrong. Toughness has long been defined as an...

07.01.2023

You (Only Faster), by Greg McMillan

Send us a Text Message. You (Only Faster) puts a new spin on the training book. In this book you get some good training principles but Greg uses them to guide you through a 6 step process to modifying a...

06.15.2023

The Humiliation Tour, by Jeffrey Recker

Send us a Text Message. The Humiliation Tour is a running themed fiction novel that could’ve probably been 2 novels. There are 2 separate stories, one starting in 1933 during the great depression and the other starting in 1993, that...

06.01.2023

Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on Books 61 to 70

Send us a Text Message. Already 10 books since the last recap episode and also another marathon under our belts. This marathon didn’t go well for either of us but we’ll have another chance in October. Here are the books...

05.16.2023

The Longest Race, by Kara Goucher and Mary Pilon

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Alan and Liz chat about Kara Goucher’s recently released book, The Longest Race. They’ll tell you what they learned, what they thought, and why they wanted to read the book in the...

05.01.2023

A Beautiful Work In Progress, by Mirna Valerio

Send us a Text Message. A Beautiful Work in Progress is Mirna’s memoir and the story of how she got into ultrarunning and subsequently finishing her first 100k race. Although the book starts with her running, she goes back to...

04.15.2023

Run Faster Marathons, by Chris Knighton

Send us a Text Message. Run Faster Marathons is dedicated to providing advice that you can incorporate onto your marathon training, to make you faster. The information is divided into 3 sections:Essential Concepts for Marathon Success – Which talks about...

04.01.2023

Run Your Best Marathon, by Sam Murphy

Send us a Text Message. Run Your Best Marathon is a guide to training and racing the marathon distance. The marathon has many challenges if you are trying to run at your full potential; you need to run at a...

03.15.2023

The Villanova Track Story, by Jerry Bouma

Send us a Text Message. The Villanova Track Story is the story of Villanova University’s dominance in the DMR, distance medley relay, at the Penn Relays from 1966 to 1981. The book features this piece of running history, the athletes...

03.01.2023

Taking Life in Stride, by Harvey Mitro

Send us a Text Message. Taking Life in Stride is Harvey’s memoire divided into short stories. The stories are divided into themes, and each theme section has an introduction story. There are 6 themes: Racing Moments Fun on the run Life’s Little Difficulties People Family The stories...

02.15.2023