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EFFECTIVE TRAINING

• 10-Step Plan to Effective Training
• High-Altitude Training
• Optimal Marathon Training
• A Comparison of Triathlon Running Training to Elite Runners' Training (Power Point presentation)
• The Benefits of Long Runs
• Improving Speed for Distance Runners
• Should You Increase Your Mileage?
• Increasing Mileage Safely
• Should You Run Twice Per Day?
• When to do Back-to-Back Hard Days
• The Benefits of Cooling Down
• Detecting Overtraining
• Training Safely in the Summer
• Effective Training in the Winter
• Common Training Mistakes
• Developing Your Personal Support Team
• Finding Your Optimal Work/Recovery Ratio
• Preparing Your Legs for 26.2 Miles of Hard Road
• Training, Recovery and Supercompensation
• Risk and Reward
• Training in the ‘70’s Compared to Today

RACING

• How to Plan Your Racing Schedule
• Race Preparation
• Tapering for a Marathon
• Benefits of Tune-Up Races
• Tapering for Optimal Racing Performance
• Benefits of Pre-Cooling Before Racing
• Race Analysis
• Decision-Making During a Marathon

RECOVERY

• Effects of Running on Your Immune System
• Recovering from a Marathon, Part One
• Recovering from a Marathon, Part Two
• Resuming Training After a Marathon
• How to Speed Recovery from Racing
• Listen to Your Body
• Recovering from Overtraining
• Sleep and Exercise

SUPPLEMENTARY TRAINING

• Should You Lift Weights?
• Benefits of Cross-Training
• Cross-Training for Injury Prevention and Technique
• Deep-Water Running During Injuries (includes nine-week training schedule)

NUTRITION

• Eat and Drink for Distance Running Performance
• The Dangers of Dehydration
• Iron for Runners
• Fat Facts

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

• Exercise Physiology Concepts for Runners
• Basic Training Concepts for Runners
• Determinants of Running Performance
• Altitude Training and Simulation
• Determinants of Heart Rate During Running
• Limitations of Physiological "Predictors"
• Using Your Heart-Rate Monitor
• Avoiding Heart-Rate Monitor Pitfalls
• What Happens When You Stop Training?

OVERCOMING INJURIES

• Reducing Shock to Prevent Running Injuries
• Returning to Running After a Stress Fracture (includes seven-week training schedule)

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

• Running and Pollution
• Slowing Down With Age
• Setting Running Goals
• Stay Away From EPO
• What's Your Running Age?
• Will Women Marathoners Catch the Men?