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This ultimate stretching guide will help runners of all abilities run further, avoid injuries and improve their pace. Stretching is an incredibly important aspect of running and yet it is frequently overlooked or poorly executed. Written by the globally respected physiotherapist Paul Hobrough, who works with Olympic and World Champion athletes, The Runner's Guide to Stretching details and explains the stretches that can ease pain, build strength and enhance running performance. This book will help runners to understand their bodies, identify weaknesses and develop a natural defense against injury. Whatever your age or ability, runners will find a range of stretches, clearly organized by body part, as well as a detailed strength and conditioning program.

This updated edition features a new introduction, and an exclusive interview with long-distance runner Paula Radcliffe. It is the world's most iconic road race. It is twenty-six-point-two miles of iconic landmarks, cheers, tears, sweat, pain, courage, determination and inspiration. It is triumph over adversity on a colossal scale. It is the London Marathon - and it's an event unlike any other. Running The Smoke tells the story of what it's like to take part in this race in the most enlightening and enriching way possible: from the perspectives of twenty-six different people who have participated in it since its inception in 1981. Candid and inspiring if you are preparing for your first marathon or your 100th, Running The Smoke will give you the encouragement, insight and belief you need to cross that line.

“You’re Going To Be A Dad is a fantastic read for first time fathers. It conveys the very real ups and downs of the pregnancy journey from a dad’s perspective, and just as importantly, provides the real solutions at every step of the way.” -- Sean O’Sullivan. The Royal College of Midwives. Become a great first time dad and partner by learning not just from one dad, but from a whole community of dads in this reassuring pregnancy guide for men. This new dad playbook from the team at DaddiLife - the worlds leading online platform for fathers - provides the experience and in-depth knowledge needed for first time fathers. It addresses the real challenges that new dads and dads-to-be go through, and provides the answers at every step of the way - from conception and early scans, being ready for the delivery room and birth, and navigating life across the first full year with your baby. What you will learn in this new dads book: ✓ A week by week focus in pregnancy: This comprehensive guide has a variety of dad perspectives sharing what you may be going through each week, alongside what’s happening for mother and baby too. It also contains a weekly checklist and a new dad dictionary so you’re fully prepared for the important milestones at every step of the way. ✓ How to be one team throughout with your partner: The insights on how to go through pregnancy and the first full year with empathy and confidence, so you and your partner are one team together. ✓ A focus on the real solutions: Over 400 pages of practical knowledge that’s easily digestible. This new dads survival guide features key stories and learnings from interviews with over 50 expectant dads and new fathers who have been through it all in their own unique way; dealing with morning sickness, doctors visits, getting the baby’s nursery ready, financial planning, packing the overnight bag, the challenges around baby bonding, mental health, and much more. This also includes learnings when parts of the pregnancy haven’t gone to plan, including Covid-19. So even if you’re asking yourself ‘am I ready to be a dad?’ or you have hidden dad fears, this book has you covered. What the experts have said: "You're Going To Be A Dad is a comprehensive handbook into pregnancy and early life after baby for dads (and partners) written in a supportive, fun, engaging and importantly, useful way. It's an absolute must-read." -- Vicki Broadbent, founder of Honest Mum "It will help both men and women become the best parenting teams." -- Female First "The essential step-by-step pregnancy and parenting guide for millennial first-time fathers and fathers-to-be." -- The Scotsman "A refreshingly honest book targeting the specific anxieties of dads during pregnancy, that also gives wonderfully clear advice on how men can best support their partners during this time."-- Yorkshire Post This book is a great first time dad gift because it’s more than just a new daddy guide. It’s the result of 5 years of research and understanding of what modern day dads experience throughout pregnancy and beyond. It gives dads the confidence and clarity they need through guidance from a whole community of dads (and it's great for partners too!). Scroll up, click on “Buy Now”, and get ready for an incredible journey ahead.

At the time of its construction, the Forth Bridge was the largest bridge in the world, and to this day it remains a breathtaking monument to the vision and confidence of the Victorian age which created it. For seven years, thousands of men from all over Europe worked beneath the waters of the Forth and hundreds of feet in the sky on what was widely regarded as the eighth wonder of the modern world. Sheila Mackay vividly recounts the story of the bridge from its inception to the opening ceremony in 1890. Featuring more than a hundred archive photographs which detail every stage of the project, this book is a magnificent celebration of one of humankind’s most impressive engineering achievements.

Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the “essential nature” of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains, and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. Composed during the Second World War, the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published.

The long-awaited cookbook from Tom Kerridge's legendary two-Michelin-star pub. The Hand & Flowers is the first (and only) pub in the world to acquire two Michelin stars. At this relaxed and accessible dining space in the heart of Buckinghamshire, Tom Kerridge serves up innovative, sophisticated dishes that masterfully reinvent and elevate British classics for the twenty-first century. The incredible new cookbook presents 70 of the best dishes that have ever appeared on the menu, including Roast hog with salt-baked potatoes and apple sauce; Slow-cooked duck breast, peas, duck-fat chips and gravy; Smoked haddock omelette; Salt cod Scotch egg with red pepper sauce and picante chorizo; and Chocolate and ale cake with salted caramel and muscovado ice cream. With specially commissioned photography by renowned photographer Cristian Barnett, The Hand & Flowers Cookbook is a stunning celebration of one of the world's best and most authentic restaurants.