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The Running Bucket List

104 Ideas to Inspire Every Runner
Brief Description
There are a lot of reasons to run. We do it to lose or maintain weight, to be healthier, and to clear our minds. Running can do all these things, and more. But running can be, well, repetitive. For everyone, at some point, it can get... Read More
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A bucket list to inspire runners everywhere - this book provides a fun and organized way to keep motivated and reinvigorate your love for running.

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There are a lot of reasons to run. We do it to lose or maintain weight, to be healthier, and to clear our minds. Running can do all these things, and more. But running can be, well, repetitive. For everyone, at some point, it can get boring. Predictable. Routine.

Experienced runner, coach, and adventurer Jeff Horowitz wrote The Running Bucket List to provide a fun and organised way to reinvigorate your love for running. Pulling from his nearly four decades of running, which includes racing in every state in the US and on every continent, running in everything from the world's biggest races to solo runs in almost every kind of condition imaginable, Horowitz offers ideas to spice up your training and events that you might already be familiar with, as well as others that you've never dreamed of before.

Check items off your running bucket list like:

  • Join a running club;
  • Get a gait analysis;
  • Participate in your local parkrun;
  • Conquer the Great Wall Marathon;
  • Run on the Roger Bannister Track in Oxford;
  • Become a race volunteer;
  • And so much more!

In this book, you'll find over 100 bucket list items, ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, from the deeply challenging to the whimsical. Pick and choose from among these adventures or work your way through the list one by one. Either way, you can be sure to banish boredom from your running.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804193815

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Octopus Publishing Group

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 368g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Jeff Horowitz is an author, editor, speaker, certified triathlon, running, and cycling coach, as well as a personal trainer, with over 25 years experience in the fitness industry.

Formerly a practicing attorney, Jeff quit law to share his passion for endurance sport and healthy living. His books include Quick Strength For Runners (Velo Press, 2013), Smart Marathon Training - Run Your Best Without Running Yourself Ragged (Velo Press, 2011), Ageless Strength (Velo Press 2013), and My First 100 Marathons; 2,620 Miles With An Obsessive Runner (Skyhorse Press, 2008). He has been published in the New Yorker, Competitor magazine - for which he was also the mid-Atlantic editor - Running Times, and Marathon & Beyond.

Jeff was also the program director for sport development programs serving at-risk youth, a race director, and the head coach for several charity fund-raising running programs, He also teaches running, cycling, and strength training at George Washington University in Washington DC.

Among his own endurance sports accomplishments, Jeff has run over 200 marathons, completing at least one marathon in every state and on six continents, including Antarctica. He lives in Washington DC with his wife, the artist and teacher Stephanie Kay, and their son Alex.

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