Book & Movie Reviews

Book and movie reviews

Book Review: When Running Was Young and So Were We, by Jack D. Welch

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated Genre: Journalism Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: D & B Publishing; First Edition (April 21 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1909457167 ISBN-13: 978-1909457164 Purchase here. Jack D....

The Science of Running: A Book Review

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated Genre: Sport and Leisure Title: The Science of Running: How to find your limit and train to maximize your...

Science of Running Interview: Steve Magness’s New Book on Training

© Copyright - 2014 - Athletics Illustrated Steve Magness who writes for the website Science of Running is publishing a book. It will be available...

John McDonnell: The most successful coach in NCAA history

© Copyright - 2013 - Athletics Illustrated Genre: Biography Title: John McDonnell: The Most Successful Coach in NCAA History Author: Andrew Maloney and John McDonnell ISBN: 10: 1...

Not About the Medal – Leah Pells – A Memoir

© Copyright - 2012 - Athletics Illustrated Genre: Biography Title: Not About the Medal Author: Leah Pells ISBN: 9780978064129 Availability: www.leahpells.com Status: Recommended The protagonist of Leah Pell's transfixing autobiography, NOT...

Ovett An Autobiography – Book Review

© Copyright - 2011 - Athletics Illustrated Genre: Biography Title: Steve Ovett: An Autobiography Author: Steve Ovett and John Rodda ISBN: 0002181193 Pages: 209 Published by: Willow Books, 1984 Book Review Steve...

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has...

Chris McDougall Born to Run A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. Random House, Inc, 2009 Knopf. 287 pp. $24.95 © Christopher Kelsall...

Book Review: Healthy Intelligent Training: The Proven Principles of Arthur Lydiard

 © Copyright – 2009 – Athletics Illustrated(editor's note: Updated in August 2025) The Arthur Lydiard phenomenon — A method of any other way could only...

Once a Runner – by John L. Parker Jr.

John L. Parker: Comeback Author John L. Parker Jr. took 30 years to write the sequel to his classic novel Once a Runner. Then he...

Marathon – by Hal Higdon

© Copyright - 2010 - Athletics Illustrated Perhaps you have read John L. Parker Junior’s contribution to running culture, the quasi-fictional parable, Once a Runner...