Books by Alex Hutchinson
“Alex Hutchinson is a well-known sports journalist. In the book, he writes about human limits and how they’re elastic to a certain extent. We think that we can just go this far but, actually, we can push it further. He opens the book with the story of Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes. Previously, we thought that if you ran faster than a four-minute mile, your heart would just explode, that it was not something that we could do. But, thereafter, people realized it was possible. Now, talented high schoolers run that fast every year. So we have this collective, human enterprise of pushing these limits.” Read more...
Sabrina Little, Sportspersons & Sportswriter
Interviews where books by Alex Hutchinson were recommended
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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
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Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
by Matt Hart -
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Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
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How She Did It: Stories, Advice, and Secrets to Success from Fifty Legendary Distance Runners
by Molly Huddle & Sara Slattery
The best books on Running, recommended by Sabrina Little
The best books on Running, recommended by Sabrina Little
Success in running could be narrowly defined in terms of performance or more broadly as part of leading a good life, argues runner and ethics professor Sabrina Little. She recommends some of her favourite books on running, from the role models that inspired her to tales of what not to do.
