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  Your First Marathon

  Dennis Samuels

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  Your First Marathon: An Essential Guide to Running Your First Marathon. Get All the Help You Need to Help You Cross the Finish LineRunning a marathon is a remarkable achievement, one that requires both physical and mental toughness. For many people, the idea of running 26.2 miles is daunting and overwhelming, but with the right preparation and training, anyone can complete their first marathon. Whether you're a seasoned runner or just starting out, this audiobook is designed to guide you through the process of preparing for, and completing, your first marathon. From setting your goals, to training and recovery, this audiobook provides step-by-step guidance to help you reach your personal best. This audiobook will cover the following topics:- The Excitement of Running a Marathon and What to Expect- Setting Goals- Physical Preparation- Mental Preparation- The Right Gear- Fueling Your Body- Staying Injury-Free- Tapering and Race Day Preparation- Race Day Strategy- After the Marathon- Next Steps- And many more!Whether you're running for fun, fitness, or to conquer a lifelong dream, this audiobook is the ultimate guide to help you reach the finish line and celebrate your amazing accomplishment. So scroll up and click “add to cart” now!

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  Data Game - The Story of...

  Josh Williams

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  Data Game: The Story of Liverpool FC's Analytics Revolution explores the lesser-known story of how Liverpool rose to greatness in the 21st century with the help of big data. 
  The Anfield institution is an industry leader in the field of data science, but little is known about how Liverpool's relationship with numbers began, and how the marriage of data and football helped to deliver wins on the pitch by impacting tactics and recruitment. 
  Upon their takeover, Fenway Sports Group set out to transform Liverpool into a data-driven organisation, but there is a story behind why that vision took around a decade to become a reality. 
  From errors in the transfer market, to suboptimal playing styles, to conflicting egos, Liverpool jumped many hurdles before achieving their ambitions under Jürgen Klopp, with the German surrounded by unsung heroes who shunned the limelight. This is the tale of how Liverpool gained an edge over their wealthier rivals by getting smart.

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  United with Dad - Fatherhood...

  Simon Lloyd

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  United With Dad is an emotional tale of football fandom and fatherhood, detailing the agonising final two years of a man’s life while drawing on his love for and memories of Manchester United. 
   
  David Lloyd passed away from metastatic prostate cancer in a nursing home in November 2019. During his heartbreaking decline, he also lived with dementia. His affection for United was ignited by early visits to Old Trafford as a boy in the 1950s. Through the anguish of his final months, his passion for the club never completely faded, even when so many other things did. 
   
  United With Dad is written by David’s son, Simon, who reflects on his father’s life and their relationship, attempting to make sense of why, at such a bleak time, a shared love of a football club should matter so much. 
   
  It is a book that transcends club allegiances, for anyone who knows what it is to devote a large chunk of their life to watching their favourite team beside someone they love, then, one day, realise the time has come to go on doing so without them.

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  Jail Blazers - How the Portland...

  Kerry Eggars

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  In the late ’90s and early 2000s, the Portland Trail Blazers were one of the hottest teams in the NBA. For almost a decade, they won 60 percent of their games while making it to the Western Conference Finals twice. However, what happened off-court was just as unforgettable as what they did on the court. 
   
  When someone asked Blazers general manager Bob Whitsitt about his team’s chemistry, he replied that he’d “never studied chemistry in college.” And with that, the “Jail Blazers” were born. Built in a similar fashion to a fantasy team, the team had skills, but their issues ended up being their undoing. In fact, many consider it the darkest period in franchise history. 
   
  While fans across the country were watching the skills of Damon Stoudamire, Rasheed Wallace, and Zach Randolph, those in Portland couldn’t have been more disappointed in the players’ off-court actions. This, many have mentioned, included a very racial element—which carried over to the players as well. As forward Rasheed Wallace said, “We’re not really going to worry about what the hell [the fans] think about us. They really don’t matter to us. They can boo us every day, but they’re still going to ask for our autographs if they see us on the street. That’s why they’re fans and we’re NBA players.” 
   
  While people think of the Detroit Pistons of the eighties as the elite “Bad Boys,” the “Jail Blazers” were actually bad. Author Kerry Eggers, who covered the Trail Blazers during this controversial era, goes back to share the stories from the players, coaches, management, and those in Portland when the players were in the headlines as much for their play as for their legal issues.

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  Baseball - Hitting Pitching and...

  Zane Ryder

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  Baseball is a game of precision, strategy, and athleticism, and understanding its fundamental principles is essential for success at any level of play. Whether you’re a seasoned player or just starting out, mastering the basics forms the foundation for all other skills in the game. This chapter will introduce you to the core aspects of baseball, focusing on the essential elements of hitting, pitching, and fielding that every player must know. 
  The history of baseball is steeped in tradition, yet the fundamentals have remained largely unchanged. The game’s structure revolves around three primary skills: hitting, pitching, and fielding, and excelling in each of these areas requires dedication, practice, and an understanding of the fundamentals. These skills work together to form the rhythm of the game, creating both offensive and defensive strategies that are key to a team’s success. 
  In hitting, the ability to consistently make contact with the ball and drive it to the right areas of the field is a cornerstone of baseball. The stance, grip, and swing mechanics are essential for generating power, precision, and timing. Understanding how to read a pitcher’s delivery and anticipating pitches are also fundamental skills that elevate a hitter's effectiveness.

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  A Big Mess in Texas - The...

  David Fleming

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  The incredible, untold true story of the 1952 Dallas Texans—the most dysfunctional team in the craziest season in NFL history. 
    
  Rattlesnakes on the practice field, barroom brawls between teammates, bounced checks, paternity suits, house bombings by the Ku Klux Klan, stadium fields covered in circus-elephant dung, one-legged trainers, humiliating defeats, miraculous wins, All-Pro quarterbacks getting drunk at halftime, strip poker with groupies, and even a future Hall of Fame coach stealing a cab.  
    
  Nearly lost to history, this singular season in the most football-mad region of the world is a kaleidoscope of every larger-than-life, fictionalized Texas football folktale ever written or filmed, with one incredible twist: it's all true. Over a fascinating, ten-month rollercoaster ride in 1952, in the waning Wild West days of the NFL, before television turned the game into a corporation, the forgotten Dallas Texans would go down in history as one of the worst (and, wildest) teams of all time and the last NFL team to fail. But not before defying the Jim Crow South, pulling off a Thanksgiving Day miracle against George Halas’s famed Chicago Bears and then celebrating with an even more infamous bender that would make Jimmy Johnson’s Dallas Cowboys blush. A year later, the NFL buried all traces of the most loveable, dysfunctional, entertaining team in history by secretly rebranding the train wreck Texans as the wholesome, all-American Baltimore Colts, the team that would go on to save pro football. 
    
  A Big Mess in Texas tells the Texans’ tale with all the humor, drama, game action, colorful characters, villains, world-class athletes, civil rights trailblazers, and incredible plot twists of that legendary season. 
    
  This audiobook includes an exclusive conversation between the author and singer-songwriter Rhett Miller (the Old 97's, Wheels Off podcast).

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