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Along the path to any goal - completing a marathon or a thesis paper, winning a medal or a contract - familiar mental hurdles arise: We may fixate on the odds of failure or find our interest flags two-thirds of the way through. That’s when elite endurance athletes - top performers in running, cycling, and swimming - turn to their rich arsenal of cognitive strategies to overcome self-doubt and unlock peak performance.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A world-class runner and four-time Olympian shares the life lessons he’s learned from each of the twenty-six marathons he’s run in his storied career. “An athlete whose wisdom and lessons aren’t just for runners.”—The Washington Post When Meb...

With his historic win at the 2014 Boston Marathon, Meb Keflezighi cemented his legacy as one of the great champions of long-distance running. Runners everywhere wanted to know how someone two weeks away from his 39th birthday, who had only the 15th best time going into the race, could defeat the best field in Boston Marathon history and become the first American man to win the race in 31 years. Meb for Mortals describes in unprecedented detail how four-time Olympian Keflezighi prepares to take on the best runners in the world.

There's no other book like this. Longtime running writer Scott Douglas marshals expert advice (including his own, cultivated from more than 100,000 miles of personal experience), and a growing body of scientific research to show how running can make us happier. How? Everyone knows that running builds stronger muscles and a healthier heart; science now shows it also helps develop a healthier brain. For those struggling with depression and anxiety, a consistent running routine can enhance the mental-health benefits of talk therapy, antidepressants, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

Find the plan that works best for you from the detailed day-by-day training schedules by choosing between 18- and 12-week preparation and selecting weekly distances of 55, 55 to 70, 70 to 85, or 85-plus miles. If you run marathons close together, you'll find six- to 12-week training plans to maximize your training time and recovery. For older marathoners, there is a full chapter dedicated to their unique training, nutrition, and recovery needs.

Do you want to make money in the markets while protecting your stock holdings? The conservative call option strategy of selling covered calls offers you the rare opportunity to create some additional monthly income while providing you with some downside protection. This guide focuses on how to select market leaders in the stock market that’ll generate a monthly stream of income from covered calls being sold on those holdings.

Take a short journey to adventure with Iron Kingdoms Excursions! Each season features six volumes, each containing three very short tales about the people, creatures, and machines of Immoren. The Season One Collection gathers all 18 previously released tales from the first season of Iron Kingdom Excursions into one book. Experience the Iron Kingdoms through the eyes of nine talented authors, including New York Times best-selling author Larry Correia, Hugo Award winner Howard Tayler, and Iron Kingdoms lead writer Douglas Seacat.

Proactive tax planning for 2025 and beyond. This book is for business owners who would like to better protect what they have created, pay less tax, increase cash flow and enjoy more life. A lot of tax professionals are compliance focused rather than planning focused. As such they may not be looking at ways to improve your future but rather focused on accounting for the past. As an entrepreneur you are always focused on the future and looking to optimize your business and its value.

Almost as soon as the last shot was fired in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the battlefield became an archaeological site. For many years afterward, as fascination with the famed 1876 fight intensified, visitors to the area scavenged the many relics left behind. It took decades, however, before researchers began to tease information from the battle's debris - and the new field of battlefield archaeology began to emerge.

TWO SWORN ENEMIES. ONE CHANCE TO SAVE THE GALAXY. In the midst of an unforgiving galactic war, Joel Chambers and his unit never expected their greatest challenge to come from beneath their feet. While engaged in a fierce skirmish on a primitive planet, their reality is upended as a mysterious starship bursts from the ground, altering the course of their mission — and the war itself. Suddenly, survival demands the unthinkable: an alliance with their sworn enemies. Chambers, leading his beleaguered team, must navigate this precarious truce in pursuit of a formidable adversary, one whose ...

For most of us, librarians are the quiet people behind the desk, who, apart from the occasional "shush", vanish into the background. But in Quiet, Please, McSweeney's contributor Scott Douglas puts the quirky caretakers of our literature front and center. With a keen eye for the absurd and a Kesey-esque cast of characters (witness the librarian who is sure Thomas Pynchon is Julia Roberts's latest flame), Douglas takes us where few listeners have gone before.

Alla vigilia delle feste natalizie, Betrys Dunford compie un’incredibile scoperta: la pittrice Vera Martin, un tempo amante di suo fratello Rodhry, dichiarata morta un anno prima, è in realtà ancora in vita e abita in un quartiere malfamato di Londra con il suo bambino di quattro anni. Il ritorno dal viaggio di nozze di Rodhry e Sophie viene sconvolto prima dalla notizia della morte di Maddalena, e subito dopo dal ritrovamento di Vera, che creerà scompiglio nel loro matrimonio.

“Beyond Belief – True Stories of New Mexico Heroes That Defy Comprehension” is the most comprehensive book every published to highlight the heroism of the military heroes of the “Land of Enchantment.” It features stories of 117 New Mexico military heroes from the 1,800s to present, with connections to 88 cities, towns, and communities in New Mexico. They came to service from large cities and small farming communities, some of which are now ghost towns. They included college graduates, as well as young men who never finished high school but came to military service with an ...

Beyond Belief is a unique compilation of short stories by a team of authors/historians. Herein you will find some of the most amazing stories ever told, each of them presented in a historically factual manner without hyperbole or literary license. Even more amazing is the fact that each of these stories are TRUE! This book profiles nearly 150 of Idaho's most heroic Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, in actions from World War I to present. They hailed from almost 100 cities, towns, and communities in Idaho, many of them almost forgotten with time – UNTIL NOW! Each of ...

“Beyond Belief” is a unique compilation of short stories by a team of authors and researchers. Herein you will find some of the most amazing stories ever told, each of them presented in an historically factual manner without hyperbole or literary license. Even more amazing is the fact that each of these stories is TRUE! The scene illustrated on the cover was chosen as a fitting example of what kind of stories we wanted to write for this book, and is a vivid and historically accurate depiction of a World War II event that in which a Navy Corps on a submarine during a War Patrol, ...

The Bible teaches us the real story of Christmas. The problem is people have taken this story and added onto it. Cultures have added on to it. It’s passed through countries, and they’ve tacked on their little spin. We have thousands of years of a Christmas that is built around legends and myths. The Christmas we know is, in places, more a fairy-tale. It’s an inspiring one for sure. But a fairy-tale, nonetheless. This book helps us slow down and unpack the layers so we can see just how beautiful this gift really is.

“Beyond Belief” is a unique compilation of short stories by a team of a dozen authors and researchers. Herein you will find some of the most amazing stories ever told, each of them presented in an historically factual manner without hyperbole or literary license. Even more amazing is the fact that each of these stories is TRUE! The scene illustrated on the cover was chosen as a fitting example of what kind of stories we wanted to write for this book, and is a vivid and historically accurate depiction of a 1941 event that the Navy described as: “one of the most brilliant and daring ...

Beyond Belief is a unique compilation of short stories by a team of authors/historians. Herein you will find some of the most amazing stories ever told, each of them presented in a historically factual manner without hyperbole or literary license. Even more amazing is the fact that each of these stories are TRUE! This book profiles more than 150 of Oregon’s most heroic Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, in actions from the 1800s to present. They hailed from more than 100 cities, towns, and communities in Oregon, many of them almost forgotten with time – UNTIL NOW! ...

This is a unique compilation of short stories by a team authors. Herein you will find some of the most amazing stories ever told, each presented in historically factual manner without hyperbole or literary license. Even more amazing is the fact that each of these stories is TRUE! This book profiles more than 100 of Alabama's most heroic Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, in actions from the Civil War to the present. They are men and women from more than 80 Alabama cities, towns, and communities, many of them almost forgotten with time – UNTIL NOW! Each of them served...

“Beyond Belief” is a unique compilation of short stories by a team of authors and researchers. Herein you will find some of the most amazing stories ever told, each of them presented in an historically factual manner without hyperbole or literary license. Even more amazing is the fact that each of these stories is TRUE! The scene illustrated on the cover was chosen as a fitting example of what kind of stories we wanted to write for this book, and is a vivid and historically accurate depiction of a World War II event that in which four Army chaplains, each from different faiths, bonded ...