COURSE GUIDE
Books
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Allison, Don. 2002. A step beyond: a definitive guide to ultrarunning. Ultrarunning Publishers.
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Austin, Michael W. 2007. Running and philosophy: a marathon for the mind. Blackwell: Malden, MA.
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Ayres, Ed. 2013. The longest race. The Experiment: New York.
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Benyo, Richard. 1991. The Death Valley 300: near death and resurrection on the world's toughest endurance course. Specific Publications:
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Berg, Alexis and Berg, Frédéric. 2015. Grand trail. La Plage: Paris.
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Boeder, Robert B. 2013. Hardrock fever. Createspace.
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Boeder, Robert B. 2012. Beyond the marathon: the Grand Slam of trail ultrarunning. Createspace.
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Burfoot, Amby. 2007. The runner's guide to the meaning of life. Skyhorse Publishing: New York.
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Chase, Adam and Hobbs, Nancy. 2010. The ultimate guide to trail running. Falcon Guides: Guilford, CT.
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Clark, David. 2014. Out there: a story of ultra recovery. Createspace.
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Crane, Richard and Crane, Adrian. 1984. Running the Himalayas. Hodder and Stoughton: London.
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Furtaw, Frozen Ed. 2010. Tales from out there: the Barkley Marathons, the world's toughest trail race. Createspace.
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Gotaas, Thor. 2009. Running: a global history. London: Reaktion Books.
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Hawker, Lizzy. 2015. Runner: a short story about a long run. Aurum Press: London.
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Heinrich, Bernd. 2002. Why we run: a natural history. Ecco: New York.
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Henn, Cathy and Henn, Kyle. 2011. The virgin and the veteran. Createspace.
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Inman, Matthew. 2014. The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances. Andrew McMeels Publishing: Kansas City, MO.
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Irigoyen-Rascon, Fructuoso and Palma Batista, Jesus Manuel. 2012. Rarajipari: the kick ball race of the Tarahumara Indians. Don Quixote Publications: McAllen, TX.
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Jamison Neal. 2003. Running through the wall: personal encounters with the ultramarathon. Breakaway Books: Halcottsville, NY.
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Jhung, Lisa. 2015. Trailhead: the dirt on all things trail running. VeloPress: Boulder, CO.
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Johnson, Kirk. 2001. To the edge: a man, Death Valley, and the mystery of endurance. Warner Books: New York.
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Jornet, Kilian. 2013. Run or die. VeloPress: Boulder, CO.
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Jurek, Scott. 2013. Eat and run: my unlikely journey to ultramarathon greatness. Houghton Miffler Harcourt: Boston.
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Karnazes, Dean. 2008. 50/50 secrets I learned running 50 marathons. Hatchett Book Group: New York.
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Karnazes, Dean. 2006. Ultramarathon man: confessions of an all-night runner. Tarcher: New York.
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Kastner, Charles B. 2007. Bunion derby: the 1928 footrace across America. University of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, NM.
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Koerner, Hal. 2014. Hal Koerner's field guide to ultrarunning: training for an ultramarathon, from 50K to 100 miles and beyond. VeloPress: Boulder, CO.
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Lake, Lazarus. 2012. My name is Big: the search for a home for a Pit Bull rescue dog. Createspace.
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Latour, Steven. 2010. A clydesdale's tale: or how a big guy trained for and ran the Vermont 100. Createspace.
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Ludwig, Scott. 2013. A few degrees from Hell: white hot tales from the Badwater Ultramarathon. Meyer & Meyer: Aachen, Germany.
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Macy, Travis. 2015. The ultra mindset: an endurance champion's 8 core principles for success in business, sports, and life. Da Capo Lifelong Books: Boston.
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Maffetone, Philip. 2010. The big book of endurance training and racing. Skyhorse Publishing: New York.
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McDougall, Christopher. 2011. Born to run: a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen. Vintage: New York.
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Milroy, Andy. 2013. Training for ultra running. JMD Media.
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Milroy, Andy. 2012. North American ultrarunning: a history. JMD Media.
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Mipham, Sakyong. 2013. Running with the mind of meditation: lessons for training body and mind. Harmony: New York.
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Moehl, Krissy. 2015. Running your first ultra: customizable training plans for your first 50K to 100-mile race. Page Street: Salem, MA.
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Morelock, John. 2013. Run gently out there: trials, trails, and tribulations of running ultramarathons. Createspace.
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Murakami, Haruki. 2008. What I talk about when I talk about running. Borzoi Books: New York.
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Noakes, Timothy. 2012. Waterlogged: the serious problem of overhydration in endurance sports. Human Kinetics: Champaign, IL.
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Noakes, Timothy. 1985. The lore of running. Human Kinetics: Champaign, IL.
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Parker, John L. Jr. 2011. And then the vulture eats you: true tales about ultramarathons and those who run them. Breaway Books: Halcottsville, NY.
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Parker, John L. 1978. Once a runner: a novel. Scribner: New York.
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Powell, Bryon. 2011. Relentless forward progress: a guide to running ultramarathons. Breakaway Books: Halcottsville, NY.
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Reed, Pam. 2007. The extra mile: one woman's personal journey to ultrarunning greatness. Rodale: Emmaus, PA.
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Robillard, Jason. 2013. Never wipe your ass with a squirrel: a trail running, ultramarathon, and wilderness survival guide for weird folk. Createspace.
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Roll, Rich. 2013. Finding ultra. Harmony: New York.
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Runs, Vanessa. 2015. Daughters of distance. Createspace.
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Shapiro, James E. 1982. Meditations from the breakdown lane: running across America. Random House: New York.
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Shapiro, James E. 1980. Ultramarathon. Bantam Books: New York.
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Sheean, George A. 2014. Running and being: the total experience (reprint). Rodale: Emmaus, PA.
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Sheehan, George A. 1975. Dr. Sheehan on running. World Publications: Mountain View, CA.
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Sheridan, Molly. 2014. Running past midnight: a woman's ultra-marathon adventure. Molly LLC.
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Stevens, John. 1988. The marathon monks of Mount Hiei. Boston: Shambhala Publications.
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Ulrich, Marshall. 2011. Running on empty: an ultramarathoner's story of love, loss, and a record-setting run across America. Avery: New York.
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Vonhof, John. 2011. Fixing your feet: prevention and treatment for athletes, 5th edition. Wilderness Press: Birmingham, AL.
John Morelock maintains an excellent bibliography of running-related books, updated regularly