The Runner's Cookbook

"The Runner's Cookbook: Winning Recipes from Some of the World's Best
Athletes" is now available at http://www.lulu.com/content/2392159. The book contains 100 recipes from 90+ world-class distance runners, including Deena Kastor, Alan Webb, Sebastian Coe, Ryan and Sara Hall, Adam and Kara Goucher, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Catherine Ndereba, Hendrick Ramaala, and many more. All of the proceeds from sales of the book will be split between the Ryan Shay Memorial Fund and the Jenny Crain "Make It Happen" Fund. In addition to sending their favorite recipes, many of the contributors included notes about why the recipes they submitted are special to them, how they use them as part of their recovery, and so on. The cookbook costs $14.95, plus shipping. For more information, visit http://www.runnerscookbook.com.

About Ryan Shay: Ryan Shay won the 2001 NCAA 10,000m title and was a nine-time All-American for the University of Notre Dame. During his professional running career, Shay won the 2003 USA Marathon
Championship, the 2003 and 2004 USA Half Marathon Championships, the 2004 USA 20k Championship, and the 2005 USA 15k Championship. On November 3, 2007, five-and-a-half miles into the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
Trials — Men's Marathon in New York City, Shay collapsed and died suddenly, due to a heart condition. It was an event that shocked and deeply saddened the entire running community.

About Jenny Crain: Jenny Crain suffered serious head and neck injuries after being hit by a car while training in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 21, 2007. Crain is a four-time Olympic Trials qualifier in the marathon and a two-time qualifier on the track. She represented the U.S. in the marathon at the 2005 World Track & Field Championships, and was the top U.S. finisher at the 2004 ING New York City Marathon. Crain
finished 11th at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in a personal record of 2:37:36. She has made great strides in her recovery, but still has a long way to go.

About the editor. Alison Wade is the current editor of www.EliteRunning.com and the former editor of the now-defunct web sites, fast-women.com and mensracing.com. Wade serves as an assistant men's and women's cross country and track & field coach at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. In her spare time, she runs, operates EliteRunning.com, and occasionally does something like produce a cookbook.