Böcker om löpning

Böcker om löpning som kan ge inspiration och motivation till din löpträning. Här har vi samlat böckerna som går all in på löpningen från A till Ö. En del handlar om generell löpträning medan andra är biografier om personerna som springer för livet. Lite längre ner på sidan avslöjar vi våra tre favoriter bland löparböcker.

Populära och bra böcker om löpning

  • Extrem löpning : Ultra, trail och skyrunning

    Extrem löpning : Ultra, trail och skyrunning
    Att springa, fort och långt, handlar om att göra en resa, - oavsett om ditt äventyr utspelar sig på vindlande spår längs bergstoppar, i intensiv ökenhetta, utmed steniga stigar, eller bara på din vanliga runda. Ultralöpning pressar ben, hjärta, lungor och inte minst viljestyrka till det yttersta. Ian Corless har rest runt jorden för att dokumentera de fantastiska banorna och den oerhörda skönheten i världens mest ikoniska ultralopp. Den intensiva, fysiska sporten skildras i en samling otroliga fotografier - från den svåra och tekniskt utmanande banan genom Grand Canyon till de snötäckta bergstopparna i Dolomiterna. Varje lopp presenteras med kartor och fakta, och bokens slående vackra bilder fångar tävlingarnas action och drama - och de män och kvinnor som deltar och presterar. Dessutom innehåller boken exklusiva intervjuer med legender inom ultralöpning som Kilian Jornet, som även skrivit förord till boken, Anton Krupicka och svenska Emelie Forsberg. Sportens stjärnor berättar om de
  • Effektiv löpteknik

    Effektiv löpteknik
    Förbättra din löpteknik med tips och övningar från landslagslöparen Lilian Magnusson. Med hjälp av det här materialet får du hjälp att utveckla, förbättra och effektivisera löpningen. Övningarna är väldigt flexibla. De kan genomföras överal...
  • Running: Cheaper Than Therapy

    Running: Cheaper Than Therapy
    A witty and expertly compiled compendium of running wisdom and humour. From a short jog that lifts your mood to the closing stages of a marathon when you feel physically exhausted but emotionally invincible all at once, running delivers every time...
  • Run-Walk-Run Method

    Run-Walk-Run Method
    Jeff Galloways injury-free marathon training program has helped hundreds of thousands of runners of all abilities. His training schedules have inspired the second wave of marathoners who follow the Galloway RUN-WALK-RUN, low mileage, three-day sug...

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  • A Midlife Cyclist

    A Midlife Cyclist
    'Inspiring... proves anything is possible if you just believe and give it a go' Sun 'Masses of heart... frank and funny' Melanie Sykes 'Gritty and glorious' Ruth Field 'Thrillingly hon...
  • Advanced Marathoning

    Advanced Marathoning
    If you're setting your sights on competing in your next marathon rather than just completing it, then Advanced Marathoning, 3rd Edition is the book for you. This essential guide gives you the tools to choose the training plan that works b...
  • The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Running

    The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Running
    Running is one of the most popular activities worldwide, and is an enjoyable and accessible way to get fit. To help you get started, this book provides practical advice on progressive walk/run routines, a six-week plan of running for fitness, and ...
  • Older Yet Faster

    Older Yet Faster
    Older Yet Faster (book with illustrations and photos, and online lesson and exercise videos) is a manual for teaching runners how to transition to efficient running and to help them to avoid incurring almost all of the common running inju...
  • Two Hours

    Two Hours
    WINNER OF THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 'Lyrical and passionate ... a celebration of the human spirit and what it can achieve' Observer Two hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. An exceptional fe...
  • The Race Against Time

    The Race Against Time
    'Inspirational' - Observer A transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think about growing older. Colourful, informative and inspiring, The Race Against Time is a st...
  • Easy Interval Method

    Easy Interval Method
    As a distance runner, are you tired of long, slow runs? Do you often feel sluggish and flat and, despite doing your regular long runs, can never quite improve on your personal best times? If so, The Easy Interval Method may be just the book for yo...
  • Fat Man to Green Man

    Fat Man to Green Man
    Despite believing he was bionic as a child, Ira Rainey was far from an elite athlete with superhuman running abilities like the ones he read about in books. He was in fact an overweight and unfit slacker who felt a bit sorry for himself because he...
  • Running Free of Injuries

    Running Free of Injuries
    The ultimate pain-to-personal-best guide to running injuries, covering prevention, detection and rehabilitation. Runners suffer from the highest injury rates of all recreational athletes. Whether you are a novice or elite-level runner, guide yours...
  • Jojje, den meningssökande löparen

    Jojje, den meningssökande löparen
    Göran Wallin har gett ut sin bok Jojje den meningssökande löparen. En bok som handlar om livet efter en svår trafikolycka som gav honom bestående skador. Han var först multihandikappad. Det var en början på svår löpning mellan alla olika instans...
  • Run Forever

    Run Forever
    In Run Forever, Boston Marathon winner and former Runner's World editor-in-chief Amby Burfoot shares practical advice and wisdom on how to run with greater joy and health for an entire lifetime. Everyone learns how to run at an early age. It's nat...
  • The Lure of Long Distances

    The Lure of Long Distances
    Robin Harvie was a fairly ordinary runner. He ran his first marathon after a bet. Then he found that although he couldn't run fast, he could run long distances- very long. A casual hobby turned into a 120-miles-a-week obsession, and a tra...
  • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of cr...
  • Why Running Matters

    Why Running Matters
    You might run for fitness. You might run for speed. But ultimately, running is about much more than the physical act itself. It is about the challenges we face in life, and how we measure up to them. It is about companionship, endurance, ambition,...
  • Fifty Places to Run Before You Die

    Fifty Places to Run Before You Die
    Fifty Places to Run Before You Die is a beautifully illustrated collection of the most exhilarating running courses in the world. Featuring a balance of popular races (marathons, 10Ks, and endurance runs) and scenic trails off the beaten path, as ...
  • 80/20 Running

    80/20 Running
    This revolutionary training method has been embraced by elite runners - with extraordinary results - and now you can do it too. Respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald explains how the 80/20 running program - in which you do 80 per ce...
  • Skyrunner : finding strenght, happiness and balance in your running

    Skyrunner : finding strenght, happiness and balance in your running
    Become the best version of yourself as a runner!Whether you run 3 kilometres or 50, this book will change how you look at your running; it will give you a more profound motivation and meaning in what you do. Sky and trail running is about s...
  • Paula

    Paula
    Paula Radcliffe has managed to be both very successful in her field and incredibly popular with the Great British Public. She was the underdog for so long -- narrowly missing out on medals in the 1999 World Championships and the 2000 Sydney Olympi...
  • Out Of Thin Air

    Out Of Thin Air
    'Full of wonderful insights and lessons from a world where the ability to run is viewed as something almost mysterious and magical.' Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans 'Ethiopia is a place where I have been told that e...
  • A Runner's High

    A Runner's High
    Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits, from running in the shoe-melting heat of Death Valley to the lung-freezing cold of the South Pole. He's raced and competed across the globe and once ran 50 marathons, in ...
  • This Mum Runs

    This Mum Runs
    The inspirational story of athlete Jo Pavey, the runner and mum who ran at a record-breaking fifth Olympic Games at Rio 2016. 'Come-back races? I've had more than a few, the night of 10 May 2014 was the ultimate long shot. I was ...
  • Lost Art of Running

    Lost Art of Running
    'Heads up here's how to run like a pro' - The Times'A fascinating book' - Adharanand Finn, author of Running With the Kenyans'I'm convinced that Shane's insights were were instrumental in me winning the Marathon des Sables for a second time' - Eli...
  • Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing

    Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing
    Are you a triathlete, runner, cyclist, swimmer, cross-country skier? Learn how to stay healthy, achieve optimal athletic potential, and be injury-free.Dr. Philip Maffetone's approach to endurance offers a truly ';individualized' outlook and unique...
  • The Lost Art of Running

    The Lost Art of Running
    'Heads up heres how to run like a pro' - The Times 'A fascinating book' - Adharanand Finn, author of Running With the Kenyans 'I'm convinced that Shane's insights were were instrumenta...
  • Running The World

    Running The World
    'Superb - a great book to fuel your wanderlust.' Mark Beaumont 'The ultimate running book, showcasing the ultimate running adventure.' Sean Conway --- In 2019, Nick Butter became the first person to run a marath...
  • Running For Dummies

    Running For Dummies
    Running For Dummies is for everyone with a desire to run. If youre a reforming couch potato, it helps ease you into a healthier lifestyle. If you have Olympic aspirations, take a look at different ways to improve your training. This easy-to-unders...
  • 119 Days to Go

    119 Days to Go
    The essential day-to-day guide for training for and nailing your first marathon. Chris is a mad keen runner. I hope this book inspires others to get out and do it. Sir Mo Farah WHEN IT COMES TO RUNNING A MARATHON, ITS NOT ACTUALLY ABOUT MAKING IT ...
  • Running Free

    Running Free
    Shortlisted for the 2015 Thwaites Wainwright prize for nature writing Richard Askwith wanted more. Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements, buying fancy kit and racking up extreme challenges, he looked for ways to liberate him...
  • Running Beyond Limits

    Running Beyond Limits
    Andrew Murray has been running since 2005 when he realised that it might be a good way to see a bit of the world. Since then he has been placed first overall in races in the Arctic, the Sahara, Outer Mongolia and the jungle, amongst others. But in...
  • The Round

    The Round
    The Round: In Bob Graham's Footsteps by Steve Chilton is not only a history of the Bob Graham Round, but also an exploration of the what, why and how of this classic fell endurance challenge. After covering the genesis of the Bob Graham R...
  • Good For A Girl

    Good For A Girl
    Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running. One of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, she was a major face of women's running for Nike before leaving to shake up the industry wit...
  • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional'A compelling mediation on the power of running and a fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer. A perfect reading companion for runners. In 1982, having sold his jazz ba...
  • Anatomy, Stretching & Training for Marathoners

    Anatomy, Stretching & Training for Marathoners
    With training tips, exercises, and injury remedies, this is a book that every runner and coach should have!Running has become more and more popular in recent years, with thousands of people entering marathons, buying new running shoes with the lat...
  • The Way of the Runner

    The Way of the Runner
    Welcome to Japan, the most running-obsessed nation on earth, where: a long-distance relay race is the country's biggest annual sporting event; companies sponsor their own running teams, paying the athletes like employees; and marathon mon...
  • The Ghost Runner

    The Ghost Runner
    The mystery man threw off his disguise and started to run. Furious stewards gave chase. The crowd roared. A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as 'the ghost runner'. John Tarrant. The extraordinary man whom nobody cou...
  • Out of Thin Air

    Out of Thin Air
    'Full of wonderful insights and lessons from a world where the ability to run is viewed as something almost mysterious and magical.' - Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans What we can learn from Ethiopian running culture written by ...
  • Your Pace or Mine?

    Your Pace or Mine?
    From the co-author of the best-selling Running Made Easy, with a foreword by running legend Kathrine Switzer. Lisa Jackson is a surprising cheerleader for the joys of running. Formerly a committed fitness-phobe, she became a marathon runner at 31,...
  • 80/20 Running

    80/20 Running
    TRAIN EASIER TO RUN FASTERThis revolutionary training method has been embraced by elite runners—with extraordinary results—and now you can do it, too.Respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald explains how the 80/20 r...
  • Don't Stop Me Now

    Don't Stop Me Now
    This is a celebration of running, and what lots of us think about when we run. Part escape, part self-discovery, part therapy, part fitness. Part simple childlike joy of running when you could be walking. Vassos Alexander shares the highs and lows...
  • My Marathon

    My Marathon
    My Marathon: Reflections on a Gold Medal Life is a revealing memoir by Frank Shorter, the father of American distance running. After winning the 1969 NCAA title in the 10,000 meters during his senior year at Yale, Shorter went on to win a...
  • Kicksology

    Kicksology
    Kicksology is your all-access pass into the fascinating, colorful world of running shoes-and what makes up a perfect pair of kicks. Sports journalist and veteran shoe tester Brian Metzler takes runners and kicksologists deep inside the $10 billion...
  • Yoga for Runners

    Yoga for Runners
    Yoga for Runners uses yoga postures to both stretch and lengthen those short, tight running hotspots in a way that is time-efficient and highly targeted.Running is a fantastic cardiovascular workout that floods the body with 'feel good' endorphins...
  • Maraton - Bli en bättre långdistanslöpare

    Maraton - Bli en bättre långdistanslöpare
    Miljontals människor springer maraton och löpartrenden verkar ha kommit för att stanna även i Sverige. Det arrangeras årligen över 500 maratonlopp runt om i världen och Stockholm maraton är med sina 16 000 deltagare bland de största i Europa.
  • Why We Run

    Why We Run
    Everyone can run. Whether it is a jog around the park on a Sunday morning, or lining up with 40,000 other people at the start of the London Marathon, all it requires is a pair of trainers and the open road. But where does that road lead and why do...
  • Slow Jogging

    Slow Jogging
    Running is Americas most popular participatory sport, yet more than half of those who identify as runners get injured every year. Falling prey to injuries from overtraining, faulty form, poor eating, and improper footwear, many runners eventually,...
  • Mindful Thoughts for Runners

    Mindful Thoughts for Runners
    Designed to coach us to see running as a spiritually enriching activity that connects us to our breath, body and the natural world. - Healthy - Holland & Barrett magazine In this beautifully illustrated book, author Tessa Wardley meditates...
  • Lonely Planet Epic Runs of the World

    Lonely Planet Epic Runs of the World
    Put on your running shoes - it's time to hit the road, the trails and the great outdoors. In this comprehensive runner's companion, you'll find 50 of the world's greatest running routes - from short city runs an...
  • Runner's World Training Journal

    Runner's World Training Journal
    This updated and revised version includes the latest tips, advice, and motivation from the pros to keep runners going all year long. With space for recording daily routes, mileage, times, and notes - as well as weekly doses of information on train...

Våra 3 favoriter av löparböcker

Det finns några böcker som sticker ut och som fångat intresset kring löpningen lite extra. Vi vill lyfta fram dessa tre då vi tycker de är bra löparböcker att läsa en eller flera gånger. Böckerna som tillför en extra dimension kring löpning som en livsstil.

Born to Run, löparbok av Christopher McDougall

Born to Run, bok av Christopher McDougall

Nästan alla inbitna löpare man pratar med nämner denna kultförklarade bok. Den handlar om den mexikanska indianstammen Tarahumara som beskrivs som det löpande folket. I Copper Canyons tar de sig fram på sina tunna sandaler i oländig terräng mil efter mil.

I boken får man följa flera kända karaktärer inom ultralöpning som till exempel Scott Jurek. Micah True (aka Caballo Blanco) är amerikanen som bosatte sig i Mexico och föll för löparkulturen hos Tarahumaras. Han organiserar ett lopp 2003 (Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon) och det är bland annat det loppet som man får följa i Born to Run.

Eat and Run, av Scott Jurek

Eat and Run, bok av Scott Jurek

En rent subjektiv känsla är att antalet vegetarianer och veganer är större bland trail och ultralöpare än i övriga samhället. Kanske är det för att den levande legenden inom sporten, Scott Jurek, har lyft fram vegansk kosthållning som en nyckelfaktor för träning och återhämtning.

Eat and Run är en av hans böcker och handlar om hans löpning och kost. Det finns en del recept också i boken även om det mesta är skrivet som en biografi över hans löparliv.

Löparglädje - en liten bok om löpning av Rune Larsson

Löparglädje, bok om löpning av Rune Larsson

Rune Larsson är lite av svenska ultralöpningsvärldens pappa. Han har i sin lilla bok om löpning sammanfattat hur han ser glädjen i löpningen och hur man kan träna för att behålla den livet ut.

På Rune Larssons meritlista finns bland annat tre segrar i det ultralånga loppet Spartathlon som går över 246 kilometer. Som lite kuriosa kan vi även nämna att Rune har rott över Atlanten och sprungit tvärs över hela USA. Du kan köpa boken här.