Book Review: Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside With Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, And The University Of Colorado Men's Cross Country Team
Author: Chris Lear
Areas of Focus: Cross Country Running, Training, Team Spirit, Goal Setting, Setbacks and Overcoming Obstacles, Motivation for All Runners
Approximate Cost: $12 paperback/$25 hardcover
In 2009, I was blessed to have hosted the author of this must read for runners, Chris Lear at a training camp in the Catskill Mountains in New York State. Chris shared his experience which was the basis for his work with our athletes. The result was an auditorium full of 500 runners and coaches able to hear a pin drop as they took in this true life account. Running with the Buffaloes is a story of a team of cross country runners who set out on a journey to do something special, something that critics said they could not do. Along the way, the group of harriers experience love and loss, gains and setbacks, emotionally gripping roadblocks and unforeseen achievements as they grew as close as any group of humans could. Lear tells of the ways the team pushed themselves to the outer limits of human physical ability and the transformations it produced. If you are looking for a great read about our sport, laced with motivational takeaways, exclusive insights from one of the greatest coaches and training philosophies that has ever existed, packed into a gripping story that will captivate you, then pick up Chris Lear’s account of his season spent with the University of Colorado’s Buffaloes.
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