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Pete recommends these Web sites as resources for distance runners in search of training, sports physiology, and racing information. Also, print up a copy of his pace chart for race distances from the 400 meters to the marathon.
Running Publications
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Running Times is the most popular magazine in circulation oriented toward competitive runners, offering training principles and strategies for runners trying to outpace not only the couch but the competition.
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Human Kinetics is branded "the information leader in physical activity" with good reason: The company offers a cornucopia of books, textbooks, software, and journals spanning the range of human athletic performance endeavors from running and other endurance sports to strength training to dance to aquatics. A very user-friendly site.
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Nutrition, Hydration, and Injuries
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Fitter, Smarter, Stronger is the creation of John Lythe, a New Zealand-based sport scientist who works with a range of elite athletes in areas such as strength and conditioning, laboratory physiological testing, and video analysis. Included on his Web site are a variety of conditioning exercises and routines pertinent to a slew of sports, with pictures for demonstration and in-depth explanation of the exercises.
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The Gatorade Sports Science Institute site contains a wealth of information on sports nutrition and exercise scientists for athletes, scientists, coaches, medical professionals, athletic trainers, nutritionists and other sports health professionals. Fans of the Pfitzinger Lab Report will love this site for its assortment of technical but easily understood material.
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SPORTSCIENCE
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The main feature of Sports Science is the journal Sportscience, which publishes articles in four categories: News & Comment, Perspectives, Reviews, and Original Research. There's also a forum (mailing list) and links to other sites.
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The London-based Lucozade Sport Science Academy aims to advance the understanding of the role sports nutrition plays in driving sporting performance. LOts of useful information for athletes behind a superior Web interface.
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Sports Injury Clinic provides diagnostic and therapeutic information on a slew of athletic injuries. Covers rehabilitation, stretching, strengthening, and massage.
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The Palo Alto, California-based Sports Medicine Institute is a non-profit public benefit corporation dedicated to the prevention and treatment of overuse injuries, optimization of human function and enhancement of athletic performance. Through education, research and the operation of a therapy clinic and a human-performance lab, SMI helps athletes maximize their potential and function at the highest level possible.
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Race Information and Results
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Athletics Weekly is the world's only devoted weekly track and field magazine designed to keep you informed about all the best news, reports and results from Britain and around the world. The the magazine also offers a sharp and detailed news service focusing on the top athletes and issues which rage within the sport. |
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The UK-based OnRunning.com provides information on a number of major events in Ireland and England, articles on the latest in track and field and road running, and runners' services including weight-training tips, performance predictors, and pacing guidelines.
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Runningstats.com includes results, stories, squib results, industry announcements and information, athlete quotes, and a fairly regular people column as well as occasional photos and extensive interviews.
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The Analytical Distance Runner
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Ken Young's The Analytical Distance Runner focuses on races, 3000m and longer, including road, track, and crosscountry events. Male runners who have achieved a sub-30:00 time for 10K road or the equivalent, and female runners who have achieved a sub-35:00 time for 10K road or the equivalent are tracked. These criteria include virtually all world and national class open runners and many top masters runners.
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MarathonGuide.com is the most comprehensive marathon site on the Internet. Find upcoming races, results (including the complete recent marathon history of any athlete), profiles, and links to local media coverage.
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Shoes and Products
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Loco Sports, Inc., based in Newmarket, New Hampshire, was founded in 2003 by long-time runners interested in making great, lightweight performance running shoes. Its commitment: to offer these shoes to runners and to make a difference in the world by supporting runners, running clubs, race directors and school running teams.
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Virtual Brand Video's Virtual Running products are designed to help runners prepare for marathons and selected other races. Virtual Running videos enable runners to “virtually experience” a specific course prior to race day. Virtual Sport Psychology videos are intended to vividly illustrate the latest in performance enhancement techniques.
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General Running Resources
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The Runner's Web contains a variety of running and triathlon information, a forum for Ottawa area runners and triathletes, links to other information sites, running, triathlon and cycling clubs, associations, organizations, race sites, race results, pace charts, various calculators, and more.
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If you are interested in fitness as your career -- from fitness to sports to spa jobs to careers in tourism, travel and hospitality -- then Leisure Jobs New Zealand is your ideal career partner.
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Letsrun.com, operated by 28:06 10,000m runner Weldon Johnson and his twin brother Robert, head cross-country and track coach at Cornell University, is one of the chief online hot spots for runners. It features news, editorials, a raucous message board, training tips and more.
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Cool Running is one of the longest-standing and most comprehensive running sites on the Web. It features a huge calendar of events, searchable results, a message board, a variety of articles, and an online store, and has partners in Australia and New Zealand.
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Mensracing.com, one of several New York Road Runners' Club sites maintained by Alison Wade, is a chief source of top-caliber road-racing and track and field information, results and photos.
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Scott Douglas is not only one of the leading figures in the running-publications community, but the bearer of a scathing wit as well. His Web site resonates with the world view of a man happily jaded with the vicissitudes of modern life. The former Running Times editor and co-author of Road Racing for Serious Runners and Advanced Marathoning offers his training logs, numerous running articles, puzzles, musical effluvia, and a new batch of random thoughts every month. Don't miss the letters he receives from his "fans" (along with his pithy responses, often aimed just above these solicitors' heads) and the "Galloway Whopper Watch," by far the best among hundreds of online attempts to overstate the obvious.
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Multisport Resources
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iBikeCoach.Co.NZ provides best practice cycle coaching and world-class bike events, including training camps both in New Zealand and Australia.
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Brendon Downey's
EnduranceCoach.com
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Brendon Downey provides triathlon, duathlon, cycling, running, adventure racing, and other endurance sports training programmes for individuals based on their experience, goals, and ability. For novices, pros and everyone in between.
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