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USA-Triathlon, the national governing body for multi-sport racing, is committed to fostering the duathlon as the organization’s “growth sport.” With the full backing of USA-Triathlon—including sections on duathlon history and the forthcoming USA-T program for promoting duathlon—author Steven...

With the right training, anyone can finish a marathon! Hansons First Marathon, from one of America’s most successful marathon training groups, offers a smart, friendly guide to preparing for your first marathon. With their proven method, the coaches of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project...

So you want to run an ultra-marathon? And why not? Like the Marathon des Sables (MdS)? What is it like to run marathons, every day, in the Sahara, for a week?There are sandy desert races all around the world to test your body mind and spirit. All in breathtaking scenery far away from the daily hamster...

In the summer of 1912 Hopi runner Louis Tewanima won silver in the 10,000-meter race at the Stockholm Olympics. In that same year Tewanima and another champion Hopi runner, Philip Zeyouma, were soundly defeated by two Hopi elders in a race hosted by members of the tribe. Long before Hopis won trophy...

Glenn Cunningham set the world record for the mile in the 1930s. But as a boy, he had been terribly burned in a schoolhouse fire, a fire that took the life of his older brother Floyd. And that is when Glenn’s life quest began. He was bed-ridden for months. The doctors thought he might never walk...

It is undisputed that the country of Kenya is a haven to many great destinations for long distance athletes to train. The factors that make this country so lies on its great climatic conditions throughout the year, the places on high altitudes, the availability of many groups of athletes to train...

"Bannister writes in much the same fashion as he runs-with rippling smoothness, eye-catching grace, and spectacular effectiveness." -The New York Times "It is strange that the intrinsically simple and unimportant act of placing one foot after another for 1,760 yards, as fast as possible, should become...

26.2 Essays is a collection of essays on a broad range of topics as seen through the eyes of Bobbi Gibb. the first woman to run the Boston Marathon.Bobbi applies the insights she developed through decades of living, loving, and running to a multitude of human endeavors, including economics, politics,...

"… cuando tengo un problema, salgo a correr con él… Sólo me ocupa la carretera que absorbe mi percepción. Soy un flujo constante, un movimiento puro, totalmente concentrado. Me siento cómodo, en calma, relajado, dominado por la acción de correr. Podría seguir corriendo así toda mi vida…"...

Si quieres correr más lejos, más rápido y sin lesiones, existe una forma mejor de entrenar que sumar kilómetros. Este práctico manual presenta las últimas investigaciones sobre fisiología del atletismo para abordar todos los componentes que intervienen en cada zancada, como los músculos, el...

parkrun – a stunningly simple concept. Every Saturday morning, tens of thousands of people, all ages and sizes, gather at their local park to run, jog or walk five kilometres. parkrun is about taking part, no matter how fast you go or how long it takes you to finish. parkrun is open to all,...

Für die verschiedenen Lauftypen – das ganze Wissen des Laufspezialisten Die Distanzen für Halbmarathon und Marathon erfreuen sich bei Laufsportlern immer größerer Beliebtheit. Doch wie lässt sich die Strecke von ca. 21 oder 42 Kilometern tatsächlich bewältigen? Was muss beim Training,...

Un viaje, un descubrimiento. Letras a medio camino entre la ironía y el romanticismo. Situaciones y sentimientos encontrados corriendo en las montañas del Pamir (Himalaya), y en el camino hacia ellas. Correr como viaje al infinito y a nosotros mismos. A través de diferentes textos,...

In 70 Bildern und erlebnisreichen, spannenden, lustigen Texten erzählt Joe Kelbel von seinen Läufen aus aller Welt. Trainings- oder Ernährungspläne sind für Joe Kelbel tabu. Seitdem der Börsianer seinen Job und sein Geld verloren hat, genügen ihm zwei Füße, eine Pizza und ein Kasten Bier,...