Running

Suffering Is Optional
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a dozen critically

It Starts With a Plan
Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide: Plans, Scheduling Tips, and Workout Goals for Triathletes of All Levels
by Matt Fitzgerald
Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide offers 42 complete training plans for every variety of triathlete, from absolute beginner to elite veteran, for every distance from sprints to Ironman.

Light Weigh, A Sound Mind
The Cutting-Edge Runner: How to Use the Latest Science and Technology to Run Longer, Stronger, and Faster
by Matt Fitzgerald
Did I have to bring up the topic of body weight? Unfortunately, yes. Being light is as beneficial to performance in long-distance running as any other physical characteristic. As body weight increases, so does the energy cost of running at any given speed

A Big 'Fuel Tank', An Energy-Saving Stride
The Cutting-Edge Runner: How to Use the Latest Science and Technology to Run Longer, Stronger, and Faster
by Matt Fitzgerald
Carbohydrate stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen is the principal fuel for race-pace running for most runners at most distances. Because carbohydrate fuel stores in the body are relatively small, depletion of these stores and the resulting fatigue

Characteristic #4: Raw Speed
The Cutting-Edge Runner: How to Use the Latest Science and Technology to Run Longer, Stronger, and Faster
by Matt Fitzgerald
The importance of raw speed to distance running performance is often underestimated. In fact, studies have shown that maximum sprint speed is a strong predictor of performance in distance running events. In other words, the fastest runners over long

The Courage to Start
The Courage To Start
by John Bingham
The real joy begins when we, like that boy, run the bases. The celebration begins when we stop deciding if we are going to run or how we are going to run, and start deciding when we are going to run. The miracle begins by taking the first step.

ChiRunning Versus Power Running
ChiRunning
by Danny Dreyer, Katherine Dreyer
The current trend in sports training toward using one's core muscles is just starting to scratch the surface of knowledge the Chinese have been developing for three thousand years.

Running Lessons from a T'ai Chi Master
ChiRunning
by Danny Dreyer, Katherine Dreyer
Not long ago, I was running past a grade school. It was a warm, late-spring day, and the kids were out on recess. They were busy playing tag and chasing balls and just doing what kids do best — running around.

Beginnings: It Is Easy to Improve as a Runner
Masters Running: A Guide to Running and Staying Fit After 40
by Hal Higdon
At the end of my junior year at Carleton College, I traveled to California to compete in the NCAA Track and Field Championships. My focus until that time had been more on getting decent enough grades to graduate and squiring good-looking females

Starting Over
Sub 4:00: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile
by Chris Lear
I arrive at the University of Michigan during the first week of March 2002, at the beginning of the outdoor track sea son. A handful of athletes will compete at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in a few days

Eight Benefits of Cross-Training
Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training
by Matt Fitzgerald
If you ask 10 other runners to name a benefit of cross-training, at least 8 of them will mention injury prevention. But although injury prevention is by far the most widely recognized benefit of cross-training among runners, it's hardly the only one.

The Right Stuff: The Physiology of Speed and Endurance
The Cutting-Edge Runner: How to Use the Latest Science and Technology to Run Longer, Stronger, and Faster
by Matt Fitzgerald
What's inside the bodies of runners who are able to run fast and far? How much of what they have comes from training, and what's the best way to train to develop whatever it is they have? Exercise physiologists; scientists who study what makes our bodies