Books by Sabrina Little
Sabrina Little is an Assistant Professor at Christopher Newport University. Sabrina’s research is in virtue ethics, classical philosophy, and moral psychology. She is also a 5-time US Champion and World Championship silver medallist in trail and ultramarathon running.
“We often narrowly define happiness in running in terms of performance. I think that we should think in broader human ways about what success or happiness could look like in the sport. Sometimes there’s an immature rhetoric around sports, at least in the United States. We’ll hear things like ‘no pain, no gain’ or ‘pain is weakness leaving the body’—this glorification of suffering at any cost. I treat that and I ask questions like ‘What makes suffering good or productive?’ ‘Where are the lines there?’ I think those kinds of questions are important and not taken seriously enough in sports.” Read more...
Sabrina Little, Sportspersons & Sportswriter
Interviews with Sabrina Little
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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
by David Epstein -
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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
by Alex Hutchinson -
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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
by Lauren Fleshman -
5
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.
Interviews where books by Sabrina Little were recommended
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1
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
by David Epstein -
2
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
by Alex Hutchinson -
3
Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
by Matt Hart -
4
Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
by Lauren Fleshman -
5
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.
