Catching up from the weekend?
- I participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5k Walk in Philadelphia
- Shared my learning from Bloggy Boot Camp: Build A Better Blog, How to SEO & {my} Brace Face
- Friday Favorites: J.Crew {on sale}
If you loved Born to Run – you will love The Cool Impossible.
I enjoyed every minute I spent reading The Cool Impossible: a goal pursued by dreaming beyond fear and living beyond limits. I was hooked when the book stated that Athleticism is Awareness. Everything comes back to athleticism as an awareness of form and technique, awareness of effort level and {most important} awareness of what we think and what we don’t think. From that awareness stems endless potential and improvement, progress and mastery.
I love that mindset. I think most runners would agree. With running, you set a goal {or sign up for a race} – map out a training schedule and put in the work. You do speed work, you will get faster. You cross-train, you will get stronger. You log more miles, you can go farther.
With Eric Orton, training begins with a new idea of strength, which he believes is the ability to use stored up energy in our muscles to create power, to propel and stabilize movement as efficiently as possible – specifically foot and leg strength – followed by upper body and core strength. Makes sense being that we are talking about running, right? Within The Cool Impossible, Orton creates a True Strength Program to improve your athleticism, to train your body to help you become a better, more natural runner.
The program focuses on proper running form {with pictures!}, strength development and cardiovascular training – but more importantly Orton teachers runners to find the joy in running. The Cool Impossible is about getting back to daydreaming and creating the biggest, coolest fantasy we can think to achieve – it’s about embracing the fear, urging everyone to run and live like you mean it.
Want to win a signed copy of The Cool Impossible by Eric Orton?
Enter to win!
U.S. entries only – Giveaway ends Friday – Winner will be picked at random and receive an email notifying that he/she won!
I was given an advanced copy of The Cool Impossible for review, but not compensated for this post. All opinions expressed are my own & I hope my readers enjoy the giveaway!
11 Comments
oooh! I’d love to win this book! I need some running mojo right now!
I have been dying to read this book since I read about it in the paper!
I loved “Born To Run,” so I’m eager to read another book of the same vein.
I loved Born To Run and adore reading books about running, so this would make me super happy 🙂
I read and enjoyed Born To Run so I know I would love this book as well!
I just completed my first half-marathon in DC on April 28, and now I’m in a running funk. This book sounds like it would be a great motivator!
I think what you said in your post makes perfect sense! We all need some inspiration and this book could be the answer. Hope I win!
Sounds like a great inspirational book! Always looking for ways to improve my running!
I read Born to Run a few years ago and would love to read this one as well.
This book sounds like one I would enjoy reading. I’m sure I could take away a ton of useful information from it. Thanks for holding this giveaway!
This sounds like a great book to get me motivated to run more!