Slaying the Badger

2 classics stand out for me:
Iron War
Born to Run

Tyler Hamilton The secret race
Edit: see that it was already mentioned. Rightly so!

I enjoy Rich Roll's Finding Ultra too... interesting and well written!

I also enjoyed... A Life Without Limits by Chrissie Wellington... and... I'm Here to Win by Chris McCormack

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I liked the following:

Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists;
Once a Runner...
I'm Here to Win: A World Champion's Advice for Peak Performance
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Open by Andre Agassi

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It isn't cycling/tri related but you mentioned sports biographies. If you like hockey, I'd give "Playing With Fire" a read. It's the biography of Theo Fleury and it's well, well worth the read. Both his and John Daly's books were eye-opening in terms of how open they were about some very dark chapters in their lives.

Running with the buffalous is my favorite running book of all time hands down

26 marathons

Endure by Alex Hutchinson. More on the nerd side of things but gives a lot of anecdotes

The science of running. Again more of a nerd book by steve magness.

If you like the science behind training and learning about that then the above 2 are perfect for that

Once a runner. Fiction, but reads like a memoir and is mostly realistic

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. Fascinating. About ultra running, Caballo Blanco, the native tribes of Northern Mexico. Oh man I love this book.

I found the Gaimon books as OK. I read them as layover/airplane fodder while on work trips. Don't buy the "ask a pro" book. I didn't really find it that funny or interesting, didn't even finish it.

I 2nd the choice of Gironimo, good choice.

I thought Secret Race by Hamilton was OK. Another doping tell all but I didn't want to read anything from that other guy, so that was the choice.

I liked Obree's "Flying Scotsman" enough I mailed my copy out for an autograph. Not everyone reads it, but I liked it. I like the personal feel to it and the pictures thrown in. Watch the "Endura" wind tunnel video of him and you'll get an idea.

Surprised more people haven't read this.... Running for my Life. Incredibly inspiring.
https://www.amazon.com/...illing/dp/1595555153

Finding Ultra by Rich Roll changed my life.
Same goes for Born to Run.
A Life Without Limits is good too.

No Shortcuts to the Top by Ed Viesturs. A great read and relatable to endurance sports and life in general. I couldn't put it down.

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The correct answer for "best endurance book ever" is hands down Boys in the Boat, as a few others have correctly mentioned.

Also a great book, Assault on Lake Casitas. God damn do I love that book. I would read it every year before our Spring Training trip to get ready for the trip and to make the most of it.

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A Slowtwitch user released a new book over the weekend that might interest you: Tring, a journey of discovery, challenges, and camaraderie while racing in 50 States and the continents beyond

https://www.amazon.com/...pe_3052080_397514860

I just finished Running With Sherman also by Christopher McDougall

I learned a lot about the Amish, donkeys, mental illness & therapy, and that Dr. Bruce Banner did his undergrad at Penn State

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Bowerman and the Men of Oregon.

It is pretty in depth about his life and then the advent of Nike etc.

+1, and Hutchinson has a great sense for humor!

Good For A Girl is the best book I’ve read in a bit. Highly recommend it for anyone with a daughter. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/...-by-lauren-fleshman/

Agree. Highly recommended to all. Very well written.

I have this audiobook, but after a few hours, I just couldn't get into it. I know it's a great book, but is this one that's better read rather than listened to?

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Project Rainbow - Rod Ellingworth

I loved this one! It’s kind of a cool history of how British Cycling got where it is now. There’s also some insight into the process and detail driven management that produced Team Sky, and likely influenced how endurance sports across other disciplines operate as well.

Chris McDougall was on Beer On The Run podcast doing promo for Born To Run 2 and they asked him about narrating the audiobook for Born To Run himself

He told a funny story that when he got to a part where he was quoting his wife - the first part in the book where a woman was speaking, I think - he asked her "Do you want to read this part? Or do I imitate your voice, like a falsetto? Or just read it as me?"

I don't remember how it turned out, and I haven't listened to either audiobook

Truth is, the only audiobook that I've ever listened to was Coraline, narrated by author Neil Gaiman

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

180 degrees from the "sporting" side of cycling, but still a good read:

The Masked Rider: Cycling In West Africa by Neil Peart



https://www.amazon.com/...Africa/dp/1550226657

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"I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10, and I don't know why!"

Gotta agree "Boys in the boat" is my favorite, close second Unbroken. On the fiction side once a runner is also good.

Just finished this book. Really good read,

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"Good genes are not a requirement, just the obsession to beat ones brains out daily"...the Griz

+1 to Shoe Dog and Endure

Hadn't seen How Bad Do You Want It mentioned yet. That's a good one too.

Phil Gaimon's books (Pro Cycling on $10 a Day and Draft Animals) are great

And it isn't directly endurance sport related, but I always recommend Open by Andre Agassi