The Essential Sheehan: A Lifetime of Running Wisdom from the Legendary Dr. George Sheehan_George Sheehan_2013

    The Essential Sheehan: A Lifetime of Running Wisdom from the Legendary Dr. George Sheehan
    byGeorge Sheehan(Author), Andrew Sheehan (Editor), David Willey (Foreword)
    Hardcover: 336 pages
    Publisher: Rodale Books (October 29, 2013)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1609619323
    ISBN-13: 978-1609619329

    (本书非George Sheehan生前编写的书籍,而是后代整理的文集。为了更好统计和归类各种跑步书籍,本书也收录在《George A. Sheehan(乔治希恩)跑步书籍合集》。)

    本书中文版为(链接内有几篇书籍摘录):

    愈跑,心愈强大:跑步教父席翰医生教你成为自己的英雄_The Essential Sheehan繁体中文版_乔治席翰George Sheehan著;游淑峰译_2015

    更多关于George Sheehan的书籍(含下载)请看

    George A. Sheehan(乔治希恩)跑步书籍合集(附PDF电子书网盘下载地址)
    //www.nduoke.com/shujibaike/george-sheehan-books

    部分精选:

    Running & Being: The Total Experience_George Sheehan_1978/1998/2013/2014

    This Running Life_George Sheehan_1980

    George Sheehan on Running to Win: How to Achieve the Physical, Mental and Spiritual Victories of Running_George Sheehan_1994

    Going the Distance: One Man's Journey to the End of His Life_George Sheehan_1996

    被翻译的书籍:

    跑步圣经_Running & Being简体中文版_(美)乔治·希恩着;郭佳译_2007

    跑步圣经:我跑故我在_Running & Being简体中文版_乔治·希恩George Sheehan著;于嘉译_2014

    《The Essential Sheehan》简介:

    Runners and readers whose connections to the sport date back to the 1970s surely remember Dr. George Sheehan, the New Jersey cardiologist and writer whose unique approach to the joy of exercise helped spark America's fitness boom. As a columnist for his local Red Bank Register and later as the medical editor of Runner's World and through eight bestselling books, Sheehan became, through the influence of his example and writing, the spokesperson for an entire generation of runners and the manifold benefits they discovered through the running lifestyle.

    Sadly, several of Sheehan's books are now out of print, and the hundreds of newspaper magazine columns he penned over the last 25 years of his life have been lost to time. Until now.

    The Essential Sheehan is a collection of the best running pieces George Sheehan wrote in his lifetime, many of which ran in Runner's World when Sheehan was a columnist there. This collection illuminates Sheehan's lasting influence on running culture and is a reintroduction of George Sheehan to a new generation of runners and readers.

    Review
    “November 1 marks the 20th anniversary of Dr. George Sheehan's death and the publication of The Essential Sheehan: A Lifetime of Running Wisdom from the Legendary Dr. George Sheehan (Rodale). "Twenty years after George Sheehan's passing," says Mark Weinstein, executive editor, Rodale Books, "his message is as relevant and as needed as ever, if not more so. Sadly, the vast majority of his work is now out of print, so the idea behind the release of The Essential Sheehan (and the re-release of his classic, Running and Being) is to introduce his writings to a whole new generation of readers and runners" There will be an excerpt of The Essential Sheehan in the December issue of Runner's World and there will be promotions at both the Chicago and New York marathons.” ―PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

    “This book is sure to inspire” ―EXAMINER.COM

    “This is a must-have book for any runner.” ―SALTMARSHRUNNING.COM

    “Reading this book will be a major treat…” ―RUN BLOG RUN

    “These excerpts from his books and columns can help provide the renewal many of us may be able to put to excellent use when we ‘hit the wall' of life…Call it a gold-medal read. Dr. Sheehan's worlds are timeless.” ―RUN BLOG RUN

    About the Author
    DR. GEORGE SHEEHAN was a respected cardiologist, accomplished runner, and bestselling author of eight books on the importance of exercise and sport. One of the pioneers of the fitness boom of the late '70s, he was dubbed by many as the runner's "guru," but his audience encompassed all athletes. He passed away in 1993.

    《The Essential Sheehan》亚马逊读者评价:

    Dr. George Sheehan was a cardiologist, runner, writer, and philosopher. Yet no label is sufficient for him. And of all that's been written about him, I wasn't truly impressed until I read this book and heard from Dr. Sheehan himself.

    There is something in his writing that makes this book hard to put down. It's honest and insightful, direct and inspiring. Sheehan's voice is like Thoreau's (whom he often quotes): calm and wise, inviting us to walk along with him. In the process, he stirs our deepest desire to be great. This is the kind of writing I always look for, but seldom find.

    Sheehan loved running. He loved running in every season, and in any condition. He loved the soul cleansing affect it had on him, he loved the agony of pushing himself to the limit in every race, and he loved both the solitude and the camaraderie he found in running. And he wanted others to share that love.

    Sheehan believed that life should be simple, that people needed to free themselves from the things that squash creativity and play. Play, he believed, was serious business, and people should make time for it:

    "Certainly, a case can be made that the true object of life is play."

    For Sheehan, running was play.

    Throughout these writings, we hear the importance of becoming the best we can physically, mentally, and spiritually. Sheehan urges readers to be heroic, something he believed could happen through running:

    "This stage on which we can be bigger than life is a place where we can exhibit all that is good in us. Courage and determination, discipline and willpower, the purging of all negative impulses--we see that we are indeed whole and holy."

    The Essential Sheehan is a treasure for runners, especially those of us who are getting older.

    If you've spent any time in runners' circles, you've heard a quote by George Sheehan. He is perhaps the grandfather of running writers, the spiritual Obi-Wan Kenobi whose happy ghost looks over us all.

    Many months ago, Rodale sent me "The Essential Sheehan" to review, and I've found it to be a treasure chest of running wisdom. It took me a while to read only because I did so in snippets, which to me is what makes the book work. It is a series of articles written throughout his life, none of which take more than a few minutes to read, but all of them with something that will make you think and add to your running life.

    I knew Sheehan was a mind-body-spirit runner, with all sorts of quotes to evoke emotions, but I had no idea that Sheehan was also a great source of training theories that are practical and tangible. He heralded the power of intervals, how to train muscles that need strengthening for injury prevention, and running less junk miles. I was very happy to read him write, in so many words or less, "I can comfortably run a marathon on 30 miles a week" since that is about all I can get to these days. Some articles were dated and wore their tube socks, but this added to the charm. Other subjects included the communal nature of races, the role of natural highs as opposed to alcohol use, and a goody bag full of spiritual inspiration.

    This is a book which lends itself to hardcover, to be read many times over and flipped open to random pages, and should have a place on your coffee table, next to your bed, or perhaps the perfect toilet reader. Since some runners may hesitate to buy a hardcover for themselves, this makes it a perfect gift. Huge thanks to both Dr. George Sheehan for his words and to Rodale for this gift.

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