Author: Lauren Fleshman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1646047400
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Celebrate 10 years of running with Believe Training Journal, the best-selling comprehensive training journal from professional runners, now updated with even more wisdom, quotes, insights, and tools that will fire up every aspirational athlete's dreams and ambitions. A good running journal makes the miles make sense. Pro athletes Lauren Fleshman and Roísín McGettigan-Dumas created the original Believe Training Journal to help you become the runner you were meant to be. Now, drawing from ten more years of lived experience as coaches, researchers, counselors and parents, this incredible tool just got even better. This revised and updated edition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Believe community coming together to set goals, do the work, learn what works and what doesn’t, keep their heads in the game, overcome obstacles, identify blindspots, be kind to themselves, and enjoy the whole process. The Believe Training Journal has it all: designated grids for recording workout information as well as space to process and plan. The journal offers a full year of undated weeks, an annual calendar, worksheets, quizzes, tips and tools, and plenty of room to record your training journey. The twelve essays accompanying each month have been revised to reflect new wisdom and research, and are jampacked with lessons and insights on training, racing, recovery, mindset and more. Lauren and Ro and well over 100,000 users to date know there’s incredible power in the handwritten logging and reflection process that you won’t get online. Use this training tool to learn more from your runs, to dig deeper, to stay healthier, and to find more meaning in the journey. In the end you’ll be a wiser athlete and have a keepsake and reference for years to come.
Believe Training Journal (10th Anniversary Edition)
Author: Lauren Fleshman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1646047400
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Celebrate 10 years of running with Believe Training Journal, the best-selling comprehensive training journal from professional runners, now updated with even more wisdom, quotes, insights, and tools that will fire up every aspirational athlete's dreams and ambitions. A good running journal makes the miles make sense. Pro athletes Lauren Fleshman and Roísín McGettigan-Dumas created the original Believe Training Journal to help you become the runner you were meant to be. Now, drawing from ten more years of lived experience as coaches, researchers, counselors and parents, this incredible tool just got even better. This revised and updated edition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Believe community coming together to set goals, do the work, learn what works and what doesn’t, keep their heads in the game, overcome obstacles, identify blindspots, be kind to themselves, and enjoy the whole process. The Believe Training Journal has it all: designated grids for recording workout information as well as space to process and plan. The journal offers a full year of undated weeks, an annual calendar, worksheets, quizzes, tips and tools, and plenty of room to record your training journey. The twelve essays accompanying each month have been revised to reflect new wisdom and research, and are jampacked with lessons and insights on training, racing, recovery, mindset and more. Lauren and Ro and well over 100,000 users to date know there’s incredible power in the handwritten logging and reflection process that you won’t get online. Use this training tool to learn more from your runs, to dig deeper, to stay healthier, and to find more meaning in the journey. In the end you’ll be a wiser athlete and have a keepsake and reference for years to come.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1646047400
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Celebrate 10 years of running with Believe Training Journal, the best-selling comprehensive training journal from professional runners, now updated with even more wisdom, quotes, insights, and tools that will fire up every aspirational athlete's dreams and ambitions. A good running journal makes the miles make sense. Pro athletes Lauren Fleshman and Roísín McGettigan-Dumas created the original Believe Training Journal to help you become the runner you were meant to be. Now, drawing from ten more years of lived experience as coaches, researchers, counselors and parents, this incredible tool just got even better. This revised and updated edition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Believe community coming together to set goals, do the work, learn what works and what doesn’t, keep their heads in the game, overcome obstacles, identify blindspots, be kind to themselves, and enjoy the whole process. The Believe Training Journal has it all: designated grids for recording workout information as well as space to process and plan. The journal offers a full year of undated weeks, an annual calendar, worksheets, quizzes, tips and tools, and plenty of room to record your training journey. The twelve essays accompanying each month have been revised to reflect new wisdom and research, and are jampacked with lessons and insights on training, racing, recovery, mindset and more. Lauren and Ro and well over 100,000 users to date know there’s incredible power in the handwritten logging and reflection process that you won’t get online. Use this training tool to learn more from your runs, to dig deeper, to stay healthier, and to find more meaning in the journey. In the end you’ll be a wiser athlete and have a keepsake and reference for years to come.
Believe Training Journal (Electric Blue Edition)
Author: Lauren Fleshman
Publisher: VeloPress
ISBN: 9781948007061
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The new Believe Training Journal was inspired…by YOU! Authors Lauren Fleshman and Roisin McGettigan-Dumas created the Believe Training Journal to help you become the runner you were meant to be. In the new Electric Blue edition, over one hundred runners from the Believe community are featured in the colorful end sheetsbecause we train, dream, and believe in community, and the shared running experience inspires us all. The Believe Training Journal has it all: designated grids for recording workout information as well as space to process and plan. The journal offers a full year of undated weeks, an annual calendar, worksheets, quizzes, lists, and plenty of room for notes. Lauren and Ro share their wisdom and experience on training, racing, recovery, and moreall to help you find balance in your running and to make you a better athlete. A good running journal makes the miles make sense. Use this training tool to learn more from your runs, to dig deeper, and to join a running community that believes in you.
Publisher: VeloPress
ISBN: 9781948007061
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The new Believe Training Journal was inspired…by YOU! Authors Lauren Fleshman and Roisin McGettigan-Dumas created the Believe Training Journal to help you become the runner you were meant to be. In the new Electric Blue edition, over one hundred runners from the Believe community are featured in the colorful end sheetsbecause we train, dream, and believe in community, and the shared running experience inspires us all. The Believe Training Journal has it all: designated grids for recording workout information as well as space to process and plan. The journal offers a full year of undated weeks, an annual calendar, worksheets, quizzes, lists, and plenty of room for notes. Lauren and Ro share their wisdom and experience on training, racing, recovery, and moreall to help you find balance in your running and to make you a better athlete. A good running journal makes the miles make sense. Use this training tool to learn more from your runs, to dig deeper, and to join a running community that believes in you.
COMPETE Training Journal (Tangerine Edition)
Author: Lauren Fleshman
Publisher: Believe Training Journal
ISBN: 9781948007085
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Nothing makes a runner feel quite so alive as the pre-race jitters. Racing is when you find out what works for you and what holds you back, when you find out how you stack up--and where you want to go next. Whether your next race is a 5K or an ultramarathon, the Compete Training Journal will transform your approach to competing and make sure that race day brings out the best in you. New racers will get a fast-track road map to racing success while experienced competitors will deepen all aspects of their mental game for even better performances. Drawing from their two decades of professional racing experience, runners Lauren Fleshman and Roisin McGettigan-Dumas will guide you to: · Set goals you can achieve. · Map out the steps to achieve your goals. · Log your workouts. · Keep it real--and avoid harmful obsession with outcomes. · Make racing an expression of your training. · Set smart race strategies. · Relax! And train with intention. · Emphasize the process instead of the goals. · Avoid comparing yourself to others. · Get in the zone the week before your race. · Own your strengths--and root out your weaknesses. · Build up the mental case to enable success. · Keep it fun. · Reflect on your season and consider the next challenge. Racing should make you sweat in a good way. With Compete Training Journal, you'll look at competition in a new way and find new reward from the running you love. Includes space for goal setting, workout log space for two seasons of racing (spring/fall), race plans and reviews, a race calendar, pace charts for 200m to 26.2 mi.
Publisher: Believe Training Journal
ISBN: 9781948007085
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Nothing makes a runner feel quite so alive as the pre-race jitters. Racing is when you find out what works for you and what holds you back, when you find out how you stack up--and where you want to go next. Whether your next race is a 5K or an ultramarathon, the Compete Training Journal will transform your approach to competing and make sure that race day brings out the best in you. New racers will get a fast-track road map to racing success while experienced competitors will deepen all aspects of their mental game for even better performances. Drawing from their two decades of professional racing experience, runners Lauren Fleshman and Roisin McGettigan-Dumas will guide you to: · Set goals you can achieve. · Map out the steps to achieve your goals. · Log your workouts. · Keep it real--and avoid harmful obsession with outcomes. · Make racing an expression of your training. · Set smart race strategies. · Relax! And train with intention. · Emphasize the process instead of the goals. · Avoid comparing yourself to others. · Get in the zone the week before your race. · Own your strengths--and root out your weaknesses. · Build up the mental case to enable success. · Keep it fun. · Reflect on your season and consider the next challenge. Racing should make you sweat in a good way. With Compete Training Journal, you'll look at competition in a new way and find new reward from the running you love. Includes space for goal setting, workout log space for two seasons of racing (spring/fall), race plans and reviews, a race calendar, pace charts for 200m to 26.2 mi.
Minders of Make-believe
Author: Leonard S. Marcus
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395674079
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Marcus offers this animated history of the visionaries--editors, illustrators, and others--whose books have transformed American childhood and American culture.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395674079
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Marcus offers this animated history of the visionaries--editors, illustrators, and others--whose books have transformed American childhood and American culture.
Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Author: Ozan Varol
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541762614
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
* One of Inc.com's "6 Books You Need to Read in 2020 (According to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Adam Grant)"* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of 2020* One of 6 Groundbreaking Books of Spring 2020 (according to Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam Grant). A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies that will empower you to turn the seemingly impossible into the possible. Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets. Fortunately, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think like one. In this accessible and practical book, Ozan Varol reveals nine simple strategies from rocket science that you can use to make your own giant leaps in work and life -- whether it's landing your dream job, accelerating your business, learning a new skill, or creating the next breakthrough product. Today, thinking like a rocket scientist is a necessity. We all encounter complex and unfamiliar problems in our lives. Those who can tackle these problems -- without clear guidelines and with the clock ticking -- enjoy an extraordinary advantage. Think Like a Rocket Scientist will inspire you to take your own moonshot and enable you to achieve liftoff.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541762614
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
* One of Inc.com's "6 Books You Need to Read in 2020 (According to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Adam Grant)"* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of 2020* One of 6 Groundbreaking Books of Spring 2020 (according to Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam Grant). A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies that will empower you to turn the seemingly impossible into the possible. Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets. Fortunately, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think like one. In this accessible and practical book, Ozan Varol reveals nine simple strategies from rocket science that you can use to make your own giant leaps in work and life -- whether it's landing your dream job, accelerating your business, learning a new skill, or creating the next breakthrough product. Today, thinking like a rocket scientist is a necessity. We all encounter complex and unfamiliar problems in our lives. Those who can tackle these problems -- without clear guidelines and with the clock ticking -- enjoy an extraordinary advantage. Think Like a Rocket Scientist will inspire you to take your own moonshot and enable you to achieve liftoff.
I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die
Author: Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593193539
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593193539
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Run Fast. Eat Slow.
Author: Shalane Flanagan
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1623366828
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Fuel up like New York City Marathon champion Shalane Flanagan. “Run Fast. Eat Slow. contains sound advice and delicious and nutritious recipes—finally a true runner's kitchen companion.”—Joan Benoit Samuelson, first-ever women’s Olympic marathon champion From world-class marathoner and four-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky comes a whole foods, flavor-forward cookbook that proves food can be indulgent and nourishing at the same time. Finally here’s a cookbook for runners that shows fat is essential for flavor and performance and that counting calories, obsessing over protein, and restrictive dieting does more harm than good. Packed with more than 100 recipes for every part of your day, mind-blowing nutritional wisdom, and inspiring stories from two fitness-crazed women that became fast friends over fifteen years ago, Run Fast. Eat Slow. has all the bases covered. You’ll find no shortage of delicious meals, satisfying snacks, thirst-quenching drinks, and wholesome treats—all made without refined sugar and flour. Fan favorites include Can’t Beet Me Smoothie, Arugula Cashew Pesto, High-Altitude Bison Meatballs, Superhero Muffins, Kale Radicchio Salad with Farro, and Double Chocolate Teff Cookies.
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1623366828
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Fuel up like New York City Marathon champion Shalane Flanagan. “Run Fast. Eat Slow. contains sound advice and delicious and nutritious recipes—finally a true runner's kitchen companion.”—Joan Benoit Samuelson, first-ever women’s Olympic marathon champion From world-class marathoner and four-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky comes a whole foods, flavor-forward cookbook that proves food can be indulgent and nourishing at the same time. Finally here’s a cookbook for runners that shows fat is essential for flavor and performance and that counting calories, obsessing over protein, and restrictive dieting does more harm than good. Packed with more than 100 recipes for every part of your day, mind-blowing nutritional wisdom, and inspiring stories from two fitness-crazed women that became fast friends over fifteen years ago, Run Fast. Eat Slow. has all the bases covered. You’ll find no shortage of delicious meals, satisfying snacks, thirst-quenching drinks, and wholesome treats—all made without refined sugar and flour. Fan favorites include Can’t Beet Me Smoothie, Arugula Cashew Pesto, High-Altitude Bison Meatballs, Superhero Muffins, Kale Radicchio Salad with Farro, and Double Chocolate Teff Cookies.
Why People Believe Weird Things
Author: Michael Shermer
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1429996765
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
"This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science." --Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print, Why People Believe Weird Things debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and cults so appealing. In an entirely new chapter, "Why Smart People Believe in Weird Things," Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science. Shermer, science historian and true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking, including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual abuse scare, and other modern crazes. Why People Believe Strange Things is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible among us and those who want to protect them.
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1429996765
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
"This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science." --Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print, Why People Believe Weird Things debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and cults so appealing. In an entirely new chapter, "Why Smart People Believe in Weird Things," Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science. Shermer, science historian and true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking, including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual abuse scare, and other modern crazes. Why People Believe Strange Things is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible among us and those who want to protect them.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307373088
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
From the best-selling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and After Dark, a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running, and the integral impact both have made on his life. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Haruki Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and—even more important—on his writing. Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and includes settings ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of sport emerges a cornucopia of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs and the experience, after the age of fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307373088
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
From the best-selling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and After Dark, a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running, and the integral impact both have made on his life. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Haruki Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and—even more important—on his writing. Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and includes settings ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of sport emerges a cornucopia of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs and the experience, after the age of fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.
Strong
Author: Kara Goucher
Publisher: Blue Star Press
ISBN: 1950968022
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Longest Race shares her secrets to conquering self-doubt and improving performance in this empowering self-confidence guide Selected as an all-time favorite running book by the readers of Women's Running magazine. Mental conditioning is an important part of any athlete’s training regimen. In Strong: A Runner’s Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You, two-time Olympian and New York Times bestselling author Kara Goucher opens up about her personal struggles with confidence and offers readers her best techniques for overcoming self-doubt so you can stay focused on your daily training routine and better mentally prepare for a race or your whatever you’re hoping to accomplish. This comprehensive guide to developing confidence includes: • Stories from Kara’s career and glimpses inside her personal confidence journal • Confidence Techniques and Guided Activities to incorporate into your own training, including: Positive Self Talk, Mantra, Setting Goals, Enclothed Cognition, Power Pose, Visualization Techniques, Power Words, and Social Connections. • Insights from inspiring women in the field of running and other Olympic athletes • Tools to start your own Kara-style confidence journal, with over 25 prompts to get you going In addition to Goucher’s best tips and techniques, Strong also shares the real-life experiences of fellow athletes, including Olympians Emma Coburn and Molly Huddle ,and New York Times best-selling author Robin Arzón. The book also provides perspective from two experts in the field of sport psychology, including Kara's own sport psychologist, Dr. Stephen Walker. "Strong is the ultimate guide to dreaming big and reaching your goals whether that's qualifying for the Boston Marathon or scoring the big promotion at work." —Liz Plosser Editor-in-Chief, Women's Health
Publisher: Blue Star Press
ISBN: 1950968022
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Longest Race shares her secrets to conquering self-doubt and improving performance in this empowering self-confidence guide Selected as an all-time favorite running book by the readers of Women's Running magazine. Mental conditioning is an important part of any athlete’s training regimen. In Strong: A Runner’s Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You, two-time Olympian and New York Times bestselling author Kara Goucher opens up about her personal struggles with confidence and offers readers her best techniques for overcoming self-doubt so you can stay focused on your daily training routine and better mentally prepare for a race or your whatever you’re hoping to accomplish. This comprehensive guide to developing confidence includes: • Stories from Kara’s career and glimpses inside her personal confidence journal • Confidence Techniques and Guided Activities to incorporate into your own training, including: Positive Self Talk, Mantra, Setting Goals, Enclothed Cognition, Power Pose, Visualization Techniques, Power Words, and Social Connections. • Insights from inspiring women in the field of running and other Olympic athletes • Tools to start your own Kara-style confidence journal, with over 25 prompts to get you going In addition to Goucher’s best tips and techniques, Strong also shares the real-life experiences of fellow athletes, including Olympians Emma Coburn and Molly Huddle ,and New York Times best-selling author Robin Arzón. The book also provides perspective from two experts in the field of sport psychology, including Kara's own sport psychologist, Dr. Stephen Walker. "Strong is the ultimate guide to dreaming big and reaching your goals whether that's qualifying for the Boston Marathon or scoring the big promotion at work." —Liz Plosser Editor-in-Chief, Women's Health