Book & Movie Reviews

Book and movie reviews

Movie watch: Runner: One Man’s Journey from Refugee to Olympian

https://runner.vhx.tv/products/runner-hosted-by-athletics-illustrated Athletics Illustrated is provided with a 72-hour watch window of this story of a Sudanese runner, who literally ran away from war-torn Sudan after...

Book Review: The Complete History of Cross-Country Running

Title: The Complete History of Cross-Country Running Author: Andrew Boyd Hutchinson Pages: 287 Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc. ISBN print: 978-1-63144-076-2 ISBN e-book: 978-1-63144-077-9 The Complete History of Cross-Country Running is...

Book Review: The Unforgiving Line

© Copyright - 2020 - Athletics Illustrated Title: The Unforgiving Line Author: Paul C Maurer Pages: 268 Publisher: Lulu Press ISBN: 978-0-359-94494-1 The Unforgiving Line, by author Paul C Maurer,...

Book Review: Science of Running: Analyze Your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize Your Training

© Copyright - 2020 - Athletics Illustrated Title: Science of Running: Analyze Your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize Your Training Author: Chris Napier, PhD Published: Feb. 4, 2020...

Movie Review: The Game Changers, short on credibility and science

© Copyright - 2020 - Athletics Illustrated The Game Changers is marketed as a documentary on the benefits of a plant-based diet to fuel performance,...

Book Review: Running to the Edge

© Copyright - 2019 - Athletics Illustrated Title: Running to the Edge Author: Martin Parnell Published: November 22, 2016 Language: English ISBN: 978-1-77160-172-6 (paperback) ISBN: 978-1-77160-172-3 (electronic) Pages: 192 Publisher: RMB |...

Book Review: In Search of Al Howie

© Copyright - 2019 - Athletics Illustrated Title: In Search of Al Howie Author: Jared Beasley Published: October 8, 2019, by Rocky Mountain Books Language: English ISBN-10: 1771603380 ISBN-13: 978-1771603386 Pages:...

Human Powered: A Film by Matt Cecill about the Finlayson Arm Ultramarathon

© Copyright - 2019 - Athletics Illustrated Human Powered is runner, coach and multi-media specialist (photography and videography) Matt Cecill’s short (23:51) film on the...

Book Review: Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age

© Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Title: Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age Author: Jeff Bercovici Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing...

Book Review: Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

© Copyright - 2018 - Athletics Illustrated Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance Author: Alex Hutchinson Published: February 6th 2018 by William...